Purpose
Carnethon MR, Gidding SS, Nehgme R, Sidney S, Jacobs DR, Liu K.2003
Journal of the American Medical Association. 290 (23): 3092-3100.
Determine if low fitness predicted cardiovascular disease risk factors development, and whether improving fitness is related with risk reduction. (Fitness estimated by the duration of a maximal treadmill exercise test.)
Methods and Participants: Population-based longitudinal cohort study of men and women, ages 18-30. Participants completing a treadmill test at baseline were followed up from 1985-1986 to 2000-2001.
This fact sheet was last updated on 12-21-2005.
The information provided in this website was supported by Grant/Cooperative Agreement Number U59/CCU522742-02 from the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).