Mixed
For secondary prevention of coronary heart disease, exercise interventions provide mortality benefits statistically equivalent to standard drug therapies (statins, beta-blockers, ACE inhibitors, antiplatelets).
If you have coronary heart disease, engaging in exercise rehabilitation (aerobic, resistance, or mixed) is a viable strategy for reducing mortality risk, offering benefits comparable to standard drug treatments like statins or beta-blockers. Consult your doctor to integrate exercise into your care plan.
No statistically detectable differences were evident between exercise and drug interventions in the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease... all interventions were not different beyond chance: there were no statistically detectable differences among any of the exercise and drug interventions in terms of their effects on mortality outcomes
Why this rating
High volume of participants (339,274) but limited number of direct exercise trials (57) and lack of head-to-head trials creates reliance on network meta-analysis.
Source
Comparative effectiveness of exercise and drug interventions on mortality outcomes: metaepidemiological study
Huseyin Naci et al. · BMJ · 2013
DOI 10.1136/bmj.f5577
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