Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Body Mass Index and All-Cause Mortality in Women, ACLS 1970-1994
dc.contributor.advisor | Sally Blakley | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Antonio A. Rene | |
dc.creator | Braun, LeeAnn | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-08-22T21:29:45Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-08-22T21:29:45Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1999-12-01 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2013-11-25T17:34:14-08:00 | |
dc.description.abstract | Braun, LeeAnn, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Body Mass Index and All-Cause Mortality in Women, Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study, 1970-1994. Master of Public Health (Epidemiology), December, 1999, 44 p.p., 9 tables, references, 24 titles. Cardiorespiratory fitness and body mass index are related to morbidity and mortality (Manson, 1996). There is a preponderance of evidence supporting this relation in men (Gibbons, 1983; Blair, 1989, 1995, 1996; Lee, I, 1993; Barlow, 1995; Kampert, 1996; Dorn, 1997; Lee, C, 1999). The evaluation of the stated risk factors have been virtually unexplored in a cohort of women. The aim of this study is to evaluate whether higher levels of cardiorespiratory fitness attenuate the risk of all-cause mortality in overweight and obese women. In this prospective study, the study population consisted of 7572 women ages 20-89 years, who had a medical examination and achieved at least 85% of their age-adjusted maximal heart rate during a maximal treadmill test were followed for 69,979 woman-years. After adjustment for age, exam year, health status and smoking status, unfit women had a higher risk for all-cause mortality across BMI categories [RR 1.70 95% CI (1.18, 2.43)]. The benefits of cardiorespiratory fitness significantly decrease the risk of all-cause mortality in women as the concurrent consideration of cardiorespiratory fitness. | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12503/29375 | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.provenance.legacyDownloads | 0 | |
dc.subject | Clinical Epidemiology | |
dc.subject | Community Health and Preventive Medicine | |
dc.subject | Exercise Science | |
dc.subject | Kinesiology | |
dc.subject | Life Sciences | |
dc.subject | Medicine and Health Sciences | |
dc.subject | Other Public Health | |
dc.subject | Public Health | |
dc.subject | Cardiorespiratory fitness | |
dc.subject | body mass index | |
dc.subject | all-cause mortality | |
dc.subject | women | |
dc.subject | Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study | |
dc.subject | stated risk factors | |
dc.subject | overweight | |
dc.subject | obese | |
dc.title | Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Body Mass Index and All-Cause Mortality in Women, ACLS 1970-1994 | |
dc.type | Thesis | |
dc.type.material | text | |
thesis.degree.department | School of Public Health | |
thesis.degree.discipline | Epidemiology | |
thesis.degree.grantor | University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth | |
thesis.degree.name | Master of Public Health |
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