Key result
Physical fitness at median age 50 years was independently associated with early cardiovascular death (0-11 years), while changes in fitness impacted mortality risk over the 35-year period.
Why the study?
Does physical fitness and its change over time predict early, intermediate, and late cardiovascular death in healthy middle-aged men?
Population
2014 apparently healthy, middle-aged men, median age 50 years
Comparison
Physical fitness and change in physical fitness vs Different levels of physical fitness and other…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
35 years
Authors
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Fitness at age 50 may flag early CV death risk in men; leaves open whether fitness changes causally alter lifetime mortality.
Cohort (n=2,014)
Does physical fitness and its change over time predict early, intermediate, and late cardiovascular death in healthy middle-aged men?
Physical fitness is a modifiable risk factor for early cardiovascular death, and improving fitness during middle age has a sustained impact on lifetime cardiovascular mortality risk.
Engeseth et al. (2018) conducted a cohort in Healthy (n=2,014). Physical fitness was evaluated on Cardiovascular death. Physical fitness at median age 50 years was independently associated with early cardiovascular death (0-11 years), while changes in fitness impacted mortality risk over the 35-year period.
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