Physical fitness in male adolescents and atherosclerosis in middle age: a population-based cohort study.
Ángel Herraiz-AdilloViktor H AhlqvistSara Higueras-FresnilloKristofer HedmanEmil HagströmMelony Fortuin-de SmidtBledar DakaCecilia LenanderDaniel BerglindCarl Johan ÖstgrenKarin RådholmFrancisco B OrtegaPontus HenrikssonPublished in: British journal of sports medicine (2024)
This study supports that a combination of high cardiorespiratory fitness and high muscular strength in adolescence is associated with lower coronary atherosclerosis, particularly severe coronary stenosis, almost 40 years later.