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Cardiorespiratory Fitness as a Predictor of Dementia Mortality in Men and Women

2011; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 44; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1249/mss.0b013e31822cf717

1530-0315

Rui Liu, Xuemei Sui, James N. Laditka, Timothy S. Church, Natalie Colabianchi, Jim Hussey, Steven N. Blair,

Nutrition and Health in Aging

There is evidence that physical activity may reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer disease and dementia. However, few reports have examined the physical activity-dementia association with objective measures of physical activity. Cardiorespiratory fitness (hereafter called fitness) is an objective reproducible measure of recent physical activity habits.