Importance of assessing cardiorespiratory fitness in clinical practice: a case for fitness as a clinical vital sign: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

R Ross, SN Blair, R Arena, TS Church, JP Després… - Circulation, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Mounting evidence has firmly established that low levels of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF)
are associated with a high risk of cardiovascular disease, all-cause mortality, and mortality …

[HTML][HTML] Lack of exercise is a major cause of chronic diseases

FW Booth, CK Roberts, MJ Laye - Comprehensive physiology, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Chronic diseases are major killers in the modern era. Physical inactivity is a primary cause
of most chronic diseases. The initial third of the article considers: activity and prevention …

Physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness as major markers of cardiovascular risk: their independent and interwoven importance to health status

J Myers, P McAuley, CJ Lavie, JP Despres… - Progress in …, 2015 - Elsevier
The evolution from hunting and gathering to agriculture, followed by industrialization, has
had a profound effect on human physical activity (PA) patterns. Current PA patterns are …

[HTML][HTML] National Lipid Association recommendations for patient-centered management of dyslipidemia: part 2

TA Jacobson, KC Maki, CE Orringer, PH Jones… - Journal of clinical …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract An Expert Panel convened by the National Lipid Association previously developed
a consensus set of recommendations for the patient-centered management of dyslipidemia …

Strategies to increase nitric oxide signalling in cardiovascular disease

JO Lundberg, MT Gladwin, E Weitzberg - Nature reviews Drug …, 2015 - nature.com
Nitric oxide (NO) is a key signalling molecule in the cardiovascular, immune and central
nervous systems, and crucial steps in the regulation of NO bioavailability in health and …

Reference standards for cardiorespiratory fitness measured with cardiopulmonary exercise testing: data from the Fitness Registry and the Importance of Exercise …

LA Kaminsky, R Arena, J Myers - Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective To develop standards for cardiorespiratory fitness by establishing reference
values derived from cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPX) in the United States. Patients …

A systematic review of reliability and objective criterion-related validity of physical activity questionnaires

HHJF Helmerhorst, S Brage, J Warren… - International Journal of …, 2012 - Springer
Physical inactivity is one of the four leading risk factors for global mortality. Accurate
measurement of physical activity (PA) and in particular by physical activity questionnaires …

Obesity phenotypes and their paradoxical association with cardiovascular diseases

A Vecchié, F Dallegri, F Carbone… - European journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The pro-inflammatory state of the visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is supposed to accelerate
cardiovascular (CV) and metabolic diseases in obese subjects. Some studies have recently …

The antioxidant effect of exercise: a systematic review and meta-analysis

CV de Sousa, MM Sales, TS Rosa, JE Lewis… - Sports medicine, 2017 - Springer
Background Physical activity has been associated with reduced oxidative stress (OS) in
observational studies and clinical trials. Objective The purpose of this systematic review and …

Cardiorespiratory fitness and cardiovascular disease-the past, present, and future

LA Kaminsky, R Arena, Ø Ellingsen, MP Harber… - Progress in …, 2019 - Elsevier
The importance of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is now well established and it is
increasingly being recognized as an essential variable which should be assessed in health …