Predictors of age-associated decline in maximal aerobic capacity: A comparison of four statistical models

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2163-2170

  Rosen, Mitchell J ^a,d   Sorkin, John D ^a,b   Goldberg, Andrew P ^a   Hagberg, James M ^a,c   Katzel, Leslie I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Heteroscedasticity; Log linear model; Ratio; Weighted least squares

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SITTING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0031803406     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1998.84.6.2163     Document Type: Article

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