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Do women with fibromyalgia present higher cardiovascular disease risk profile than healthy women? The al-Ándalus project
P. Acosta-Manzano1, V. Segura-Jiménez2, F. Estévez-López3, I.C. Álvarez-Gallardo4, A. Soriano-Maldonado5, M. Borges-Cosic6, B. Gavilán-Carrera7, M. Delgado-Fernández8, V.A. Aparicio9
- Department of Physical Education and Sport, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Granada, Spain. acostapedro23@ugr.es
- Department of Physical Education and Sport, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Granada; and Department of Physical Education, Faculty of Education Sciences, University of Cádiz, Spain.
- Department of Physical Education and Sport, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Granada, Spain; and Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
- Department of Physical Education and Sport, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Granada, Spain.
- Department of Physical Education and Sport, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Granada; and SPORT Research Group (CTS-1024), Department of Education, Faculty of Education Sciences, University of Almeria, Spain.
- Department of Physical Education and Sport, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Granada, Spain.
- Department of Physical Education and Sport, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Granada, Spain.
- Department of Physical Education and Sport, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Granada, Spain.
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Faculty of Sport Sciences, and Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology, University of Granada, Spain.
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2017 Vol.35, N°3 ,Suppl.105
PI 0061, PF 0067
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PMID: 28406763 [PubMed]
Received: 30/12/2016
Accepted : 13/03/2017
In Press: 05/04/2017
Published: 29/06/2017
Abstract
OBJECTIVES:
To analyse the cardiovascular disease risk profile of women with fibromyalgia and compare it with control women; and to test whether physical activity is associated with the cardiovascular disease risk profile in this population.
METHODS:
This cross-sectional study comprised 436 women with fibromyalgia (51.4±7.5 years old) and 217 controls (48.4±9.6 years old) from Andalusia, Spain. Clinical data, waist circumference, body fat percentage, resting heart rate, blood pressure and cardiorespiratory fitness were assessed. Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity was objectively assessed with accelerometry. A clustering of individual cardiovascular disease risk factors was represented by the number of cigarettes/day, adiposity, mean arterial pressure, resting heart rate and cardiorespiratory fitness.
RESULTS:
Women with fibromyalgia presented higher waist circumference and body fat percentage, greater number of cigarettes/day consumption and lower levels of cardiorespiratory fitness after controlling for age, marital status, educational level, occupational status, medication for cholesterol and monthly regular menstruation (all, p<.05). Women with fibromyalgia showed higher clustered cardiovascular disease risk than control women after controlling for the potential confounders described above (p<.001). Women with fibromyalgia who did not meet moderate-to-vigorous physical activity recommendations showed increased clustered cardiovascular disease risk after adjusting for the potential confounders described above (p<.001).
CONCLUSIONS:
Women with fibromyalgia may present higher risk of cardiovascular disease than controls. Inadequate levels of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity may play a significant role as an additional predisposing factor for cardiovascular disease risk in this population.