Low Cardiorespiratory Fitness Is a Risk Factor for Death: Exercise Intervention May Lower Mortality?

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¹ Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland; Central Finland Health Care District, Department of Internal Medicine, Jyväskylä, Finland. Electronic address: jari.a.laukkanen@jyu.fi.
² Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.

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Jari A Laukkanen et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018.

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. 2018 Nov 6;72(19):2293-2296.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.06.081.

¹ Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland; Central Finland Health Care District, Department of Internal Medicine, Jyväskylä, Finland. Electronic address: jari.a.laukkanen@jyu.fi.
² Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.

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Keywords: cardiorespiratory fitness; mortality; peak oxygen uptake; physical activity; sudden cardiac death.

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Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Mortality in Healthy Men and Women.
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