VO₂max and All-Cause Mortality

Summary

Across 122,007 adults, each step down the fitness ladder roughly doubled long-term mortality risk.

Takeaway

Low cardiorespiratory fitness carried a larger mortality hazard than smoking, diabetes, or hypertension.

Citations · 1

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