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physical fitness; cardiorespiratory fitness
A level of muscle & cardiovascular function that results in increased energy reserves, enhanced performance & well being.
Notes:
- physical fitness associated with diminished mortality regardless of body mass index (BMI)
- physical fitness in midlife associated with reduced risk of lung cancer & colorectal cancer after age 65 (RR=0.5) [3]
- moderate & high cardiorespiratory fitness are associated with a lower risk of colon cancer [4]
- high cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with lower risk of death due to lung cancer [4]
- low, moderate, & high CRF are associated with lower risk of death due to prostate cancer [4]
- physical fitness in midlife is not associated with reduced risk of prostate cancer
Related
endurance
exercise
physical conditioning (training)
physical status
References
- Saunders Manual of Medical Practice, Rakel (ed), WB Saunders,
Philadelphia, 1996, pg 224
- Lee DC et al
Long-Term Effects of Changes in Cardiorespiratory Fitness
and Body Mass Index on All-Cause and Cardiovascular Disease
Mortality in Men: The Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study
Circulation 2011; 124: 2483-2490
PMID: 22144631
http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/124/23/2483.abstract
- Lakoski SG et al
Midlife Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Incident Cancer, and Survival
After Cancer in Men. The Cooper Center Longitudinal Study.
JAMA Oncol. Published online March 26, 2015.
PMID: 26181028
http://oncology.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2203829
- Ekblom-Bak E, Bojsen-Moller E, Wallin P et al
Association Between Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Cancer Incidence and
Cancer-Specific Mortality of Colon, Lung, and Prostate Cancer Among
Swedish Men.
JAMA Netw Open. 2023;6(6):e2321102.
PMID: 37382952 PMCID: PMC10311389 Free PMC article
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2806585