Why the study?
Does the addition of cardiorespiratory fitness to traditional risk factors improve risk classification for cardiovascular disease mortality in subjects without prior CVD?
Population
66,371 subjects without prior cardiovascular disease enrolled in the Cooper Center Longitudinal Study…
Comparison
Addition of cardiorespiratory fitness to a… vs Traditional risk factor model alone
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
median 16 years
Authors
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May refine long-term CVD risk stratification in men; extends models observationally but should not yet change practice.
Does the addition of cardiorespiratory fitness to traditional risk factors improve risk classification for cardiovascular disease mortality in subjects without prior CVD?
A single measurement of cardiorespiratory fitness significantly improves both short-term and long-term risk classification for CVD mortality when added to traditional risk factors.
Gupta et al. (2011) studied this question.
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