Open AccessThe Illusion of Improved Physical Fitness and Reduced Mortality
Author(s) -
Paul T. Williams
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1249/01.mss.0000064995.89335.40
Subject(s) - medicine , demography , epidemiology , treadmill , statistics , physical therapy , mathematics , sociology
To conduct a computer simulation to assess the effects of measurement error on prospective epidemiological studies that attribute mortality outcomes to apparent changes in the independent variable (e.g., physical fitness or activity) at baseline.