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AAP Grand Rounds 12:47-48 (2004)
© 2004 American Academy of Pediatrics

MEDICINE AND PEDIATRICS

Fitness Lessens Effects of Metabolic Syndrome in Adults

Source: Katzmarzyk PT, Church TS, Blair SN. Cardiorespiratory fitness attenuates the effects of the metabolic syndrome on all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in men. Arch Intern Med. 2004;164:1092–1097.[Abstract/Free Full Text]

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The increasing prevalence of obesity in the United States affects both children and adults. In this study from Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, and the Cooper Institute, Dallas, Tex, almost 20,000 men aged 20–83 without any current coronary heart disease, stroke, or cancer were divided into quintiles of cardiorespiratory fitness by exercise treadmill testing. Covariates analyzed included cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, and parental history of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Subjects were followed prospectively thereafter until death or, for the survivors, until December 31, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Brett W. Robbins, MD
Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY