Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Mortality in Patients Aged 60 to 90 Years

• Published in: The American journal of cardiology Vol. 170; pp. 132 - 137
• Main Authors: Phan, Derek Q., Zheng, Chengyi, Thai, Tydus, Hammershaimb, Bryant, Gyurjian, Karo, Patel, Sej, Chen, Aiyu, Lee, Ming-Sum
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.05.2022; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Age; Age groups; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Cardiorespiratory Fitness; Confidence intervals; Decision making; Exercise; Exercise Test; Female; Gender; Heart failure; Humans; Male; Medical prognosis; Middle Aged; Morbidity; Mortality; Multiracial people; Patients; Physical Fitness; Population; Prognosis; Proportional Hazards Models; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Survival; Treadmills; United States > US; California

Chronological age alone does not fully reflect a patient's prognosis. We sought to assess the association of cardiorespiratory fitness (quantified by METs) with all-cause mortality among patients aged 60 to 90 years. This retrospective study included patients who underwent exercise treadmill te...