Population
335 individuals, including 233 males (aged 9 through 53 years) and 102 females (aged 9 through 20 years)
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Normative Qmax values by age and sex may refine exercise test interpretation; leaves open links to longitudinal outcomes.
Maximum cardiac output during exercise peaks in late adolescence to early adulthood, is significantly higher in males than females, and declines steadily with age.
Miyamura et al. (1973) studied this question.
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