ArticleJournal of the American College of Cardiology2011
Lifetime risks for cardiovascular disease mortality by cardiorespiratory fitness levels measured at ages 45, 55, and 65 years in men. The Cooper Center Longitudinal Study.
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74 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Effectiveness of outdoor fitness equipment intervention on health outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
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- Mapping Scientific Research on High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) in Overweight Populations (2011-2024).Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Prenatal alcohol exposure worsens acute but not long-term cognitive outcomes due to stroke in middle-aged Sprague-Dawley rat offspring.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2025Article
- Coronary atherosclerosis in athletes: emerging concepts and preventive strategies.European heart journal · 2025Review
- Independent influence of type 2 diabetes on reduced cardiopulmonary fitness in patients after percutaneous coronary intervention: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Associations between Multiple Health Indicators and Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness in A Healthy and Active Elderly Population.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2024Article
- Females Display Lower Risk of Myocardial Infarction From Higher Estimated Cardiorespiratory Fitness Than Males: The Tromsø Study 1994-2014.Mayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes · 2024Article
- High "fitness age" as a risk factor for morbidity and premature mortality.Physiological research · 2023Article
- Closing the Gaps in Care of Dyslipidemia: Revolutionizing Management with Digital Health and Innovative Care Models.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Review
- Effects of aging and endurance exercise training on cardiorespiratory fitness and cardiac structure and function in healthy midlife and older women.Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2023Review
- Analysis of Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Early Adulthood and Midlife With All-Cause Mortality and Fatal or Nonfatal Cardiovascular Disease.JAMA network open · 2023Article
- A Non-Exercise Model for Predicting Cardiovascular Risks among Apparently Healthy Male Office Workers-Cross-Sectional Analysis: A Pilot Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- OSA and cardiorespiratory fitness: a review.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2022Review
- Association of cardiorespiratory fitness with the risk factors of cardiovascular disease: Evaluation using the Japan step test from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.Journal of occupational health · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe purpose of this study was to determine the association between fitness and lifetime risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD).
backgroundHigher levels of traditional risk factors are associated with marked differences in lifetime risks for CVD. However, data are sparse regarding the association between fitness and the lifetime risk for CVD.
methodsWe followed up 11,049 men who underwent clinical examination at the Cooper Institute in Dallas, Texas, before 1990 until the occurrence of CVD death, non-CVD death, or attainment of age 90 years (281,469 person-years of follow-up, median follow-up 25.3 years, 1,106 CVD deaths). Fitness was measured by the Balke protocol and categorized according to treadmill time into low, moderate, and high fitness, with further stratification by CVD risk factor burden. Lifetime risk for CVD death determined by the National Death Index was estimated for fitness levels measured at ages 45, 55, and 65 years, with non-CVD death as the competing event.
resultsDifferences in fitness levels (low fitness vs. high fitness) were associated with marked differences in the lifetime risks for CVD death at each index age: age 45 years, 13.7% versus 3.4%; age 55 years, 34.2% versus 15.3%; and age 65 years, 35.6% versus 17.1%. These associations were strongest among persons with CVD risk factors.
conclusionsA single measurement of low fitness in mid-life was associated with higher lifetime risk for CVD death, particularly among persons with a high burden of CVD risk factors.
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