Related Experiment Videos
Weekend warrior physical activity patterns can reduce the risk of gallstone formation: NHANES 2017-2020 and Mendelian
1Department of General Surgery, Dongguan Tungwah Hospital, Dongguan, China.
Introduction:
Physical activity (PA) has a significant impact on gallstone formation, but the relationship is still unclear, and the patterns of PA have received little attention. This study aimed to examine the potential association between PA patterns and gallstone disease (GSD).
Material And Methods:
This study conducted two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses to assess the causal relationships between PA and GSD, cholecystectomy, and biliary tract disorders. The inverse variance weighting (IVW) method was employed as the primary reference, supplemented with sensitivity tests. Subsequently, validation was performed using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) for the period 2017-2020, from which four PA patterns (no activity, insufficient exercise, weekend warrior, regular exercise) were derived to investigate the association between the weekend warrior pattern and the risk of GSD and cholecystectomy.
Results:
The MR analysis showed significant causal relationships between PA and GSD (OR = 0.97, 95% CI = 0.94-0.99, p = 0.01), cholecystectomy, and biliary tract diseases, passing rigorous sensitivity tests. In the NHANES analysis, adjusted covariate survey-weighted logistic regression demonstrated that weekend warrior (OR = 0.57, 95% CI = 0.35-0.94, p = 0.03) and regular exercise (OR = 0.74, 95% CI = 0.56-1.00, p = 0.047) had equivalent protective effects against GSD. Similarly, weekend exercise and regular exercise significantly reduced the risk of cholecystectomy.
Conclusions:
A negative causal relationship between PA and GSD was observed. Both weekend warrior and regular exercise were found to effectively reduce the risk of GSD.
Related Concept Videos
Urinary Tract Calculi IV: Nutrition Therapy and Prevention
Cancer Prevention
Some...
Atherosclerosis III: Management
Gallbladder
The gallbladder's anatomy consists of three regions: the fundus, body, and neck. Extending from the neck, the cystic duct joins the common...
Cholecystitis
Exercise and Cardiovascular Response
Light to moderate physical activity initiates a series of interconnected responses in the body. The heart rate modestly increases in anticipation of the workout, followed by widespread vasodilation as oxygen consumption by skeletal muscles increases. This results in decreased peripheral resistance, increased capillary blood flow, and accelerated...