American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 103, Issue 11 , Pages 1598-1604 , 1 June 2009

Determinants of Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Men Aged 42 to 60 Years With and Without Cardiovascular Disease

  • Jari Antero Laukkanen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Kuopio Research Institute of Exercise Medicine, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
    • School of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
    • Lapland Central Hospital, Rovaniemi, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Fax 358-71-162936
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  • David Laaksonen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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  • Timo Antero Lakka, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Kuopio Research Institute of Exercise Medicine, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
    • Institute of Biomedicine and Physiology, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
    • ,
  • Kai Savonen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Kuopio Research Institute of Exercise Medicine, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
    • Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
    • ,
  • Rainer Rauramaa, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Kuopio Research Institute of Exercise Medicine, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
    • Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
    • ,
  • Timo Mäkikallio, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Lapland Central Hospital, Rovaniemi, Finland
    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
    • ,
  • Sudhir Kurl, MD

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland

Received 16 November 2008 ,Revised 31 January 2009 ,Accepted 31 January 2009.

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 This work was supported by grants from the Finnish Academy, the Ministry of Education of Finland, and the town of Kuopio, Finland.

PII: S0002-9149(09)00545-1

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.01.371

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 103, Issue 11 , Pages 1598-1604 , 1 June 2009

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