Tracking of Cardiorespiratory Fitness from Childhood to Mid-adulthood



: Guo, Jia; Fraser, Brooklyn J.; Blizzard, Leigh; Schmidt, Michael D.; Dwyer, Terence; Venn, Alison J.; Magnussen, Costan G.

Publisher: MOSBY-ELSEVIER

: NEW YORK

: 2024

 Journal of Pediatrics

: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS

: J PEDIATR-US

:  113778

: 264

: 5

: 0022-3476

: 1097-6833

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113778

: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113778

: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/387112035


High cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) in adulthood is important for survival from major chronic diseases and preserving good health. We examined how childhood CRF tracks, or persists, into adulthood. Among a cohort of 748 school children followed over 34 years, we found child CRF correlated with young- (r = 0.30) and mid-adulthood (r = 0.16) CRF.

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