Combined effect of cardiorespiratory fitness and adiposity on mortality in patients with coronary artery disease

High cardiorespiratory fitness and body mass index (BMI) are associated with decreased mortality in patients with coronary artery disease. Our objective was to determine the joint impact of fitness and adiposity measures on all-cause mortality in this subgroup. Coronary artery disease patients (n =...

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Published in:	The American heart journal Vol. 161; no. 3; pp. 590 - 597
Main Authors:	Goel, Kashish, Thomas, Randal J., Squires, Ray W., Coutinho, Thais, Trejo-Gutierrez, Jorge F., Somers, Virend K., Miles, John M., Lopez-Jimenez, Francisco
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.03.2011 Mosby Elsevier Limited
Subjects:	Adiposity - physiology Aged Biological and medical sciences Body Mass Index Cardiology. Vascular system Cardiovascular Coronary Artery Disease - mortality Coronary heart disease Coronary vessels Exercise Test Female Heart Heart attacks Humans Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Mortality Obesity Obesity - epidemiology Oxygen Consumption Physical Fitness Proportional Hazards Models Human Prognosis Mortality Patient Cardiovascular disease Circulatory system Cardiology Coronary heart disease Fitness
ISSN:	0002-8703, 1097-6744, 1097-6744
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