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Association Between Muscular Strength And Mortality In Men: Prospective Cohort Study, Jonatan R. Ruiz, Xuemei Sui, Felipe Lobelo, James R. Morrow Jr., Allen W. Jackson, Michael Sjöström, Steven N. Blair
Association Between Muscular Strength And Mortality In Men: Prospective Cohort Study, Jonatan R. Ruiz, Xuemei Sui, Felipe Lobelo, James R. Morrow Jr., Allen W. Jackson, Michael Sjöström, Steven N. Blair
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Objective: To examine prospectively the association between muscular strength and mortality from all causes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer in men.
Design: Prospective cohort study.
Setting: Aerobics center longitudinal study.
Participants: 8762 men aged 20-80.
Main outcome measures: All cause mortality up to 31 December 2003; muscular strength, quantified by combining one repetition maximal measures for leg and bench presses and further categorised as age specific thirds of the combined strength variable; and cardiorespiratory fitness assessed by a maximal exercise test on a treadmill.
Results: During an average follow-up of 18.9 years, 503 deaths occurred (145 cardiovascular disease, 199 cancer). Age …