Low aerobic capacity in middle-aged men associated with increased mortality rates during 45 years of follow-up

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 23, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 1557-1564

  Ladenvall, Per ^a   Persson, Carina U ^b   Mandalenakis, Zacharias ^a   Wilhelmsen, Lars ^a   Grimby, Gunnar ^b   Svärdsudd, Kurt ^c   Hansson, Per Olof ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

aerobic capacity; epidemiology; exercise capacity; Exercise testing; mortality

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DYSPNEA; ECG ABNORMALITY; ERGOMETRY; EXERCISE TEST; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY RATE; MYALGIA; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; THORAX PAIN; WORKLOAD; AGE; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FORECASTING; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84984893156     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487316655466     Document Type: Article

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