Francesco Zaccardi

Aug 14, 2024 | academic.oup.com | Francesco Zaccardi

Physical activity is a fundamental tool in the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD)1, whilst also representing a first-line treatment in the management of a number of modifiable cardiovascular risk factors (e.g. blood pressure, hypercholesterolaemia, and Type 2 diabetes mellitus).2 More broadly, higher levels of physical activity are associated with reduced rates of all-cause and cardiovascular-specific mortality (∼30%–40%).3–5 The cardiovascular benefits of...

Dec 1, 2023 | heart.bmj.com | Mohammad Ali |Anna Stromberg |Anna Strömberg |Sarah Booth |Francesco Zaccardi

Twitter @mo_r_aliContributors MRA— guarantor of the research, literature search, study design, data analysis, data interpretation, figures and writing. CSPL—data interpretation and writing. AS—data interpretation and writing. SPPH—figures, data interpretation and writing. SB—figures, study design, data interpretation and writing. FZ—study design, data interpretation and writing. IS—data interpretation and writing. GPM—data interpretation and writing. KK—study design, data interpretation and writing.

Mar 22, 2023 | medrxiv.org | Daniel Ayoubkhani |Francesco Zaccardi |Koen B. Pouwels |A. Sarah Walker

AbstractBackground Evidence on the long-term employment consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infection is lacking. We used data from a large, community-based sample in the UK to estimate associations between Long Covid and subsequent employment outcomes. Methods This was an observational, longitudinal study using a pre-post design.