Highly fit teenagers coped better with COVID-19 later in life

(University of Gothenburg) Of the Swedish men in their late teens who performed well in the physical fitness tests for military conscription, a relatively high proportion were able to avoid hospital care when they became infected with COVID-19 during the pandemic up to 50 years later. This has been shown by University of Gothenburg researchers in a register study, with results now published in the BMJ Open.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news