Exercise capacity and mortality in older men: A 20-year follow-up study

Circulation

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 790-797

  Kokkinos, Peter ^a,b   Myers, Jonathan ^c,d   Faselis, Charles ^a   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^e   Doumas, Michael ^a   Pittaras, Andreas ^a   Manolis, Athanasios ^a,f   Kokkinos, John Peter ^a   Karasik, Pamela ^a   Greenberg, Michael ^a   Papademetriou, Vasilios ^a   Fletcher, Ross ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^f IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aging; Epidemiology; Exercise; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HAZARD RATIO; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; VETERAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 77956635024     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.938852     Document Type: Article

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