Open AccessAge-Specific Exercise Capacity Threshold for Mortality Risk Assessment in Male Veterans
Author(s) -
Peter Kokkinos,
Charles Faselis,
Jonathan Myers,
Xuemei Sui,
Jiajia Zhang,
Steven N. Blair
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.114.009666
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , metabolic equivalent , confidence interval , demography , proportional hazards model , cohort , physical fitness , physical therapy , physical activity , sociology
Mortality risk decreases beyond a certain fitness level. However, precise definition of this threshold is elusive and varies with age. Thus, fitness-related mortality risk assessment is difficult.
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