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To determine the interaction among exercise capacity, body mass index, and all-cause mortality risk in hypertensive men.

January 12, 2012American Journal of HypertensionOpen Access

Body mass index, exercise capacity, and mortality risk in male veterans with hypertension

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To determine the interaction among exercise capacity, body mass index, and all-cause mortality risk in hypertensive men.
Conducted symptom-limited graded exercise testing in 4,183 hypertensive male veterans (mean age 63.3 ± 10.5 years) with a median follow-up of 7.2 years.
Categorized participants by body mass index into normal weight (<25 kg/m²), overweight (25–29.9 kg/m²), and obese (≥30 kg/m²), and by peak exercise capacity into low-fit (≤5 METs), moderate-fit (5.1–7.5 METs), and high-fit (>7.5 METs).
Across 1,000 recorded deaths, each 1-MET increase in exercise capacity lowered adjusted mortality risk by 20% in normal weight, 12% in overweight, and 25% in obese individuals (P < 0.001).
Compared to normal-weight unfit individuals, all-cause mortality risk was 60% lower in overweight high-fit individuals and 78% lower in obese high-fit individuals (P < 0.001).

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Cohort study reveals higher exercise capacity reduces mortality across body mass index categories in hypertensive men, indicating physical fitness is more protective than normal weight.

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Faselis et al. (2012) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0fc8bf2badbc352afeb594 https://doi.org/10.1038/ajh.2011.242

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Cohort study reveals higher exercise capacity reduces mortality across body mass index categories in hypertensive men, indicating physical fitness is more protective than normal weight.

Body mass index, exercise capacity, and mortality risk in male veterans with hypertension

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