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Age, Lifestyle Affect Cardiorespiratory Fitness  

Jump to full article: MedPage Today, 2009-10-26
Author: Nancy Walsh, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today

Intro:

Action Points

* Explain to interested patients that cardiorespiratory fitness declines throughout adulthood, but this decline accelerates if they are physically inactive, obese, or smokers.

* Also explain that the decline begins to increase rapidly after age 45.

After age 45, cardiorespiratory fitness declines at an accelerated rate and is independently influenced by body mass index (BMI), physical activity, and smoking, a longitudinal study confirmed. . . .

The analysis revealed that current smoking also was associated with lower cardiorespiratory fitness, with a decline of 0.29 METs in women (95% CI −40 to −0.19) and a decline of 0.41 METs in men (95% CI −0.44 to −0.38).

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