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Cardiorespiratory Fitness And Mortality In Healthy Men And Women, Mary T. Imboden, Matthew P. Harber, Mitchell H. Whaley, W. Holmes Finch, Derron L. Bishop, Leonard A. Kaminsky
Cardiorespiratory Fitness And Mortality In Healthy Men And Women, Mary T. Imboden, Matthew P. Harber, Mitchell H. Whaley, W. Holmes Finch, Derron L. Bishop, Leonard A. Kaminsky
Faculty Publications - Department of Kinesiology
Background
There is a well-established inverse relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and mortality. However, this relationship has almost exclusively been studied using estimated CRF.
Objectives
This study aimed to assess the association of directly measured CRF, obtained using cardiopulmonary exercise (CPX) testing with all-cause, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and cancer mortality in apparently healthy men and women.
Methods
Participants included 4,137 self-referred apparently healthy adults (2,326 men, 1,811 women; mean age: 42.8 ± 12.2 years) who underwent CPX testing to determine baseline CRF. Participants were followed for 24.2 ± 11.7 years (1.1 to 49.3 years) for mortality. Cox-proportional hazard models were …