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High-Intensity Interval Training and Cardiometabolic Health in the General Population: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials

Overview of attention for article published in Sports Medicine, May 2023
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Title
High-Intensity Interval Training and Cardiometabolic Health in the General Population: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials
Published in
Sports Medicine, May 2023
DOI 10.1007/s40279-023-01863-8
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Authors

Jamie J. Edwards, Megan Griffiths, Algis H. P. Deenmamode, Jamie M. O’Driscoll

Abstract

High-intensity interval training (HIIT) remains a promising exercise mode in managing cardiometabolic health. Large-scale analyses are necessary to understand its magnitude of effect on important cardiometabolic risk factors and inform guideline recommendations. We aimed to perform a novel large-scale meta-analysis on the effects of HIIT on cardiometabolic health in the general population. PubMed (MEDLINE), the Cochrane library and Web of Science were systematically searched. Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) published between 1990 and March 2023 were eligible. Research trials reporting the effects of a HIIT intervention on at least one cardiometabolic health parameter with a non-intervention control group were considered. This meta-analysis included 97 RCTs with a pooled sample size of 3399 participants. HIIT produced significant improvements in 14 clinically relevant cardiometabolic health parameters, including peak aerobic capacity (VO2) [weighted mean difference (WMD): 3.895 ml min-1 kg-1, P < 0.001), left ventricular ejection fraction (WMD: 3.505%, P < 0.001), systolic (WMD: - 3.203 mmHg, P < 0.001) and diastolic (WMD: - 2.409 mmHg, P < 0.001) blood pressure, resting heart rate (WMD: - 3.902 bpm, P < 0.001) and stroke volume (WMD: 9.516 mL, P < 0.001). Body composition also significantly improved through reductions in body mass index (WMD: - 0.565 kg m-2, P < 0.001), waist circumference (WMD: - 2.843 cm, P < 0.001) and percentage body fat (WMD: - 0.972%, P < 0.001). Furthermore, there were significant reductions in fasting insulin (WMD: - 13.684 pmol L-1, P = 0.004), high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (WMD: - 0.445 mg dL-1, P = 0.043), triglycerides (WMD: - 0.090 mmol L-1, P = 0.011) and low-density lipoprotein (WMD: - 0.063 mmol L-1, P = 0.050), concurrent to a significant increase in high-density lipoprotein (WMD: 0.036 mmol L-1, P = 0.046). These results provide further support for HIIT in the clinical management of important cardiometabolic health risk factors, which may have implications for physical activity guideline recommendations.

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Unknown 29 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Unspecified 4 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 14%
Other 3 10%
Researcher 3 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 7%
Other 4 14%
Unknown 9 31%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Sports and Recreations 5 17%
Unspecified 4 14%
Medicine and Dentistry 4 14%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 10%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 7%
Other 1 3%
Unknown 10 34%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 233. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 March 2024.
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#166,200
of 25,758,695 outputs
Outputs from Sports Medicine
#154
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#4,016
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Outputs of similar age from Sports Medicine
#4
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