1Research Division, Cooper Institute, Dallas, TX; 2Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; and 3Center for Human Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2015 Sep;47(9):1825-32. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000608.
A low level of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is a strong and independent predictor of all-cause mortality in men; however, it is unknown whether a gradient of mortality risk exists within the lowest CRF category.
A total of 6251 apparently healthy men (mean age, 48.7 ± 6.3 yr) completed a comprehensive baseline clinical examination, including a maximal treadmill exercise test at Cooper Clinic between 1971 and 2006. In accord with previous studies using this cohort, low CRF was defined as a treadmill time in the first quintile within each age category of 40-49, 50-59, and 60-69 yr. The low CRF cohort was then grouped by tertiles (low/low, LL; mid/low, ML; and high/low, HL) using the same age categories.
After a mean follow-up period of 19.1 ± 10.4 yr, 1259 deaths occurred. Adjusted all-cause mortality rates were 57.0, 31.1, and 34.4 deaths per 10,000 man-years across LL, ML, and HL CRF categories for the 40- to 49-yr-old age group (P trend = 0.007). Similar trends were seen across low CRF categories for the 50- to 59-yr-old and 60- to 69-yr-old age groups (P trend = 0.02 and 0.09, respectively). When using treadmill time as a continuous variable, each 1-min increment in treadmill time was associated with a 9%, 11%, and 15% reduction in risk of all-cause mortality among low-CRF men in the 40-49, 50-59, and 60-69 age groups, respectively.
An inverse trend in all-cause mortality exists among men across LL, ML, and HL CRF groups. Although all low-fit men should be targeted for physical activity intervention, it is especially important to target the LL CRF group.
心肺功能(CRF)水平较低是男性全因死亡率的一个强有力且独立的预测因素;然而,在最低 CRF 类别中是否存在死亡率风险的梯度尚不清楚。
共有 6251 名看似健康的男性(平均年龄,48.7±6.3 岁)在 1971 年至 2006 年期间在库珀诊所完成了全面的基线临床检查,包括最大跑步机运动测试。根据使用该队列的先前研究,低 CRF 定义为每个年龄组(40-49、50-59 和 60-69 岁)的前五分位跑步机时间。然后,使用相同的年龄组,根据三分位数(低/低,LL;中/低,ML;高/低,HL)将低 CRF 队列分组。
平均随访 19.1±10.4 年后,发生 1259 例死亡。调整后的全因死亡率在 40-49 岁年龄组的 LL、ML 和 HL CRF 类别中分别为每 10000 人年 57.0、31.1 和 34.4 例死亡(趋势 P=0.007)。在 50-59 岁和 60-69 岁年龄组中,低 CRF 类别也呈现出类似的趋势(趋势 P=0.02 和 0.09)。当使用跑步机时间作为连续变量时,在 40-49 岁、50-59 岁和 60-69 岁的低 CRF 男性中,跑步机时间每增加 1 分钟,全因死亡率的风险分别降低 9%、11%和 15%。
在 LL、ML 和 HL CRF 组中,男性的全因死亡率呈反比趋势。虽然所有低适应能力的男性都应该作为体力活动干预的目标,但尤其重要的是要针对 LL CRF 组。