The HHT and Afib Athlete

  Hello dear reader (there is probably only one of you!) Well after my triumphal return to 'competition' in March I got fitter and fitter... Until I went camping in Wales and returned with my first bout of Covid - it wasn't too bad - worse than a cold, not as bad as the flu, but it was three weeks of training wiped out.  I just started training again when I went on holiday (it's a tough life being married to a teacher!) and when I got back I managed to fall while running and sprain my ankle - so that was six weeks without any running! Started again (all on the road which is killing my knees) with an accelerated version of Couch-to-5k but the very next week caught a nasty cold.  Managed two weeks running before a hiking trip to the Lake District and so I have just started the running yet again.  It feels like two steps forward and one step back (or sometimes three steps forward, four steps back!). In the meantime, however, I am having vision problems - I have a coloured

A layperson’s look at 24 studies into exercise and Afib UPDATE - I added a few more at the end! I’m no scientist, but I have drawn together what I could find.   However, be sure to read the caveats at the end re the quality of some of the data plus an explanation of some terminology and abbreviations.  I tried hard not to be biased, but I'm only human so some may have crept in.  I also stopped at 24 studies because it was taking over my life!! 1.        1. Kunutsor et al 2021– Meta analysis of 23 cohort studies Excludes case controls; also excludes athletes or competitive or endurance sportspeople; quality of evidence low to medium; selection bias; lacks temporality ((i.e., lacks a link)) Most Physically active vs Least                    -1% risk of AF Men only                                                              +20% Women only                                                      -9%   Conclusion was that lower mortality in active people far outweighs