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Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Alcohol Intake, And Metabolic Syndrome Incidence In Men, Kerem Shuval, Carrie E. Finley, Karen G. Chartier, Bijal A. Balasubramanian, Kelley Pettee Gabriel, Carolyn E. Barlow
Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Alcohol Intake, And Metabolic Syndrome Incidence In Men, Kerem Shuval, Carrie E. Finley, Karen G. Chartier, Bijal A. Balasubramanian, Kelley Pettee Gabriel, Carolyn E. Barlow
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Purpose
To prospectively examine the independent and joint effects of alcohol consumption and cardiorespiratory fitness on the incidence of metabolic syndrome in a cohort of men.
Methods
A prospective examination of 3,411 apparently healthy men at baseline, who came to the Cooper Clinic (Dallas, Texas) for at least 2 preventive visits (1979–2010). Primary exposure variables were cardiorespiratory fitness and alcohol intake; the outcome measure was metabolic syndrome (MetS) and the components thereof. Cox proportional hazard models were computed to assess the relationship between the exposure variables and the incidence of MetS while adjusting for confounders.
Results
Over a mean follow-up …