Cardiorespiratory fitness in young adults associated with lower risk of cardiovascular disease death

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-11/tjnj-cfi112415.php

Public Release: 30-Nov-2015
Cardiorespiratory fitness in young adults associated with lower risk of cardiovascular disease death
The JAMA Network Journals

Cardiorespiratory (heart & lung) fitness in young adults was associated with lower risk of cardiovascular (heart & blood vessel) disease and death but it was not associated with the development of coronary artery calcification in a long-term study of a large racially diverse group of U.S. adults, according to an article published online by JAMA Internal Medicine.

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"Efforts to evaluate and improve fitness in early adulthood may affect long-term health at the earliest stages in CVD pathogenesis," the authors conclude.

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