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. 2023 Apr 28:10:1081713.
doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1081713. eCollection 2023.

Accelerometer-derived physical activity and sedentary time and cardiac biomarkers: The Maastricht Study

E J Vandercappellen  1   2   3 , A Koster  3   4 , H H C M Savelberg  5   6 , S J P M Eussen  2   3   7 , P C Dagnelie  1   2 , M T Schram  1   2   8 , M M J van Greevenbroek  1   2 , A Wesselius  7 , J P Kooman  1   6 , A A Kroon  1   2   8 , R M A Henry  1   2   8 , C D A Stehouwer  1   2
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Accelerometer-derived physical activity and sedentary time and cardiac biomarkers: The Maastricht Study

E J Vandercappellen et al. Front Cardiovasc Med. .

Abstract

Background: Cardiac troponins and NT-proBNP are biomarkers of cardiac injury that are used clinically in the diagnosis of myocardial infarction and heart failure. It is not known whether the amount, types and patterns of physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviour are associated with levels of cardiac biomarkers.

Methods: In the population-based Maastricht Study (n = 2,370, 51.3% male, 28.3% T2D) we determined cardiac biomarkers hs-cTnI, hs-cTnT, and NT-proBNP. PA and sedentary time were measured by activPAL and divided into quartiles [quartile 1 (Q1) served as reference]. The weekly pattern of moderate-to-vigorous PA (insufficiently active; regularly actives; weekend warriors) and coefficient of variation (CV) was calculated. Linear regression analyses were conducted with adjustment for demographic, lifestyle, and cardiovascular risk factors.

Results: There was no consistent pattern between physical activity (different intensities: total, light, moderate-to-vigorous and vigorous) and sedentary time on the one hand and hs-cTnI and hs-cTnT on the other. Those with the highest levels of vigorous intensity PA had significantly lower levels of NT-proBNP. With regard to PA patterns, weekend warriors and regularly actives had lower levels of NT-proBNP but not with hs-cTnI and hs-cTnT (reference:insufficiently actives). A higher weekly moderate-to-vigorous PA CV (indicating more irregular activity) was associated with lower levels of hs-cTnI and higher levels of NT-proBNP, but not with hs-cTnT.

Conclusions: In general, there was no consistent association between PA and sedentary time and cardiac troponins. In contrast, vigorous and possibly moderate-to-vigorous intensity PA, especially if done regularly, were associated with lower levels of NT-proBNP.

Keywords: cardiac biomarkers; cardiac injury; physical activity; sedentary time; type 2 diabetes.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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