Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in a Prospective Multicenter Cohort of Older Adults: The Study of Muscle, Mobility and Aging (SOMMA).
Cody WolfTerri L BlackwellEileen JohnsonNancy W GlynnBarbara NicklasStephen B KritchevskyElvis A CarneroPeggy M CawthonSteven R CummingsFrederico G S ToledoAnne B NewmanDaniel E FormanBret H GoodpasterPublished in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2023)
Ventilatory gas collection during clinical cardiac stress testing may be valuable to plan of care in routine management of older adults due to the important role of aerobic fitness on morbidity and mortality.Cardiopulmonary exercise testing can provide insight into the role of cardiorespiratory fitness and its underlying determinants in aging and age-related conditions and diseases.