Open AccessPrevalence and Cardiovascular Disease Correlates of Low Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Adolescents and Adults
Author(s) -
Mercedes R. Carnethon,
Martha Gulati,
Philip Greenland
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.294.23.2981
Subject(s) - cardiorespiratory fitness , medicine , population , national health and nutrition examination survey , demography , percentile , physical fitness , anthropometry , vo2 max , cohort , gerontology , physical therapy , heart rate , blood pressure , environmental health , statistics , mathematics , sociology
Population surveys indicate that physical activity levels are low in the United States. One consequence of inactivity, low cardiorespiratory fitness, is an established risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity and mortality, but the prevalence of cardiorespiratory fitness has not been quantified in representative US population samples.
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