Aerobic fitness in late adolescence and the risk of early death: a prospective cohort study of 1.3 million Swedish men
Author(s) -
Gabriel Högström,
Anordström,
Peter Nordström
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyv321
Subject(s) - aerobic exercise , hazard ratio , medicine , physical fitness , overweight , demography , proportional hazards model , obesity , prospective cohort study , confidence interval , cause of death , lower risk , cohort , cohort study , national death index , gerontology , physical therapy , disease , sociology
Fitness level and obesity have been associated with death in older populations. We investigated the relationship between aerobic fitness in late adolescence and early death, and whether a high fitness level can compensate the risk of being obese.
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