Why the study?
Does higher cardiopulmonary fitness improve large artery properties in adults at age 36?
Population
351 subjects at age 36 for cross-sectional analyses, and a subpopulation of 154 subjects for prospective…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
From adolescence (13-16 years) to age 36
Authors
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Supports potential vascular benefits of fitness in young adulthood; leaves open causality and requires prospective trials.
Does higher cardiopulmonary fitness improve large artery properties in adults at age 36?
Higher cardiopulmonary fitness in adolescence and adulthood is associated with more favorable large artery properties, including reduced carotid intima-media thickness in men, at age 36.
Ferreira et al. (2002) studied this question.
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