Exercise Capacity and the Risk of Death in Women
Why the study?
Does exercise capacity predict the risk of death in asymptomatic women?
Population
asymptomatic women
Design
Cohort
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
May support risk stratification in asymptomatic women; extends male-centric data but remains hypothesis-generating pending prospective trials.
Structured PICO
Does exercise capacity predict the risk of death in asymptomatic women?
P
Population
asymptomatic women
I
Intervention
exercise capacity
O
Outcome
deathhard clinical
Exercise capacity is a strong, independent predictor of mortality in asymptomatic women, with implications for clinical practice and health care policy.
Cite This Study
Gulati et al. (2003) studied this question.