January 1, 2016Open Access

Rationale and design of the cardiorespiratory fitness and hospitalization events in armed forces study in Eastern Taiwan

Q: What is the clinical evidence from this study?

Study design: Cohort. Population: Healthy armed forces personnel (n=4080). Intervention: Cardiorespiratory fitness. Primary outcome: Hospitalization events for cardiovascular disease, acute kidney injury, rhabdomyolysis, severe infectious disease, acute psychiatric illness, diabetes, orthopedic surgery, and mortality.

Key Result

Cardiorespiratory fitness and its association with 10-year hospitalization events for severe illness will be investigated in the retrospective CHIEF cohort of 4,080 military members in Eastern Taiwan.

Study Design

Type

Cohort (n=4,080)

PICO

Population

Healthy armed forces personnel (n=4,080)

Intervention / Comparator

Cardiorespiratory fitness

Primary Outcome

Hospitalization events for cardiovascular disease, acute kidney injury, rhabdomyolysis, severe infectious disease, acute psychiatric illness, diabetes, orthopedic surgery, and mortality

Limitations

Selection bias cannot be completely excluded as 33.5% of military members received health examinations but did not undergo physical exercise tests.
Women account for only 10% of the cohort, which may limit statistical power for female-specific analyses.
Retrospective design means potential confounders such as systemic inflammatory markers, diet, and specific daily exercise training types are not available.

Abstract

AIM: To investigate the association between cardiorespiratory fitness and hospitalization events in a cohort of large voluntary arm forces in Taiwan. METHODS: The cardiorespiratory fitness and hospitalization events in armed forces (CHIEF) is a retrospective cohort consisting of more than 4000 professional military members aged 18-50 years in Eastern Taiwan. All participants received history taking, physical examination, chest radiography, 12-lead electrocardiography, blood tests for cell counts and fasting glucose, lipid profiles, uric acid, renal function and liver function in the Hualien Armed Forces General Hospital during 2014. In addition, participants were required to undergo two indoor resistant exercise tests including 2-min push-up and 2-min sit-up, both scored by infrared sensing, and one outdoor endurance 3000-m none weight-bearing running test, the main indicator of cardiorespiratory fitness in the Military Physical Training and Testing Center in Eastern Taiwan in 2014. RESULTS: Hospitalization events for cardiovascular disease, acute kidney injury, rhabdomyolysis, severe infectious disease, acute psychiatric illness, diabetes, orthopedic surgery and mortality will be identified in the National Insurance Research Database for 10 years. CONCLUSION: CHIEF will be among the largest Eastern Asian armed forces cohort, in which physical status was strictly evaluated to follow up the hospitalization events for severe illness.

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Lin et al. (Fri,) conducted a cohort in Healthy armed forces personnel (n=4,080). Cardiorespiratory fitness was evaluated on Hospitalization events for cardiovascular disease, acute kidney injury, rhabdomyolysis, severe infectious disease, acute psychiatric illness, diabetes, orthopedic surgery, and mortality. Cardiorespiratory fitness and its association with 10-year hospitalization events for severe illness will be investigated in the retrospective CHIEF cohort of 4,080 military members in Eastern Taiwan.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1c2ca91567d2fc4d5fb62d https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.4330/wjc.v8.i8.464