ArticleMenopause (New York, N.Y.)2021
The role of cardiorespiratory fitness on quality of life in midlife women.
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- Life's Essential 8 Cardiovascular Health Score and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in the Community.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2024Article
- Perceptions, Benefits, and Use of Complementary and Integrative Therapies to Treat Menopausal Symptoms: A Pilot Study.Women's health reports (New Rochelle, N.Y.) · 2023Article
- Nutritional Risk Factors Associated with Vasomotor Symptoms in Women Aged 40-65 Years.Nutrients · 2022Article
- The influence of menopause and cardiorespiratory fitness on lipoprotein particles in midlife women.Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveWe aimed to characterize the relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness and quality of life in a sample of healthy midlife women aged 40 to 65 years.
methodsCardiorespiratory fitness was measured with a VO2max test. Quality of life was assessed with the menopause-specific Utian Quality of Life scale (UQOL). The UQOL measures overall quality of life, which comprises health, emotional, occupational, and sexual domains. Simple and multiple linear regression models were built to analyze relationships between cardiorespiratory fitness and overall quality of life as well as the separate UQOL domains.
resultsForty-nine women with an average age of 52.5 years were included in the analysis. In simple linear models, cardiorespiratory fitness was related to overall (R2 = 0.34, P < 0.001), health (R2 = 0.55, P < 0.001), emotional (R2 = 0.08, P = 0.05), and occupational (R2 = 0.09, P = 0.03) quality of life. In multiple regression models, cardiorespiratory fitness was associated with overall (P < 0.01) and health (P < 0.001) quality of life, after controlling for physical activity, age, body mass index, and time sedentary.
conclusionsHigher cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with better quality of life during midlife, particularly in the health domain. Increasing cardiorespiratory fitness may be a useful means to promote quality of life in this population.
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