Cardiorespiratory fitness is a strong and consistent predictor of morbidity and mortality among adults: an overview of meta-analyses representing over 20.9 million observations from 199 unique cohort studies.
Justin J LangStephanie A PrinceKatherine MerucciCristina Cadenas-SánchezJean-Philippe ChaputBrooklyn J FraserTaru ManyangaRyan McGrathFrancisco B OrtegaBenjamin SinghGrant R TomkinsonPublished in: British journal of sports medicine (2024)
We found consistent evidence that high CRF is strongly associated with lower risk for a variety of mortality and incident chronic conditions in general and clinical populations.