PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OR CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS

We evaluated the association of cardiorespiratory fitness and physical activity to mortality in 7,855 women and 25,218 men examined during 1970–1994. All participants were apparently healthy and completed a maximal exercise test on a treadmill. Participants were followed to date of death or to 12/31/94 for survivors. There were 102 deaths in women and 743 deaths in men. We assigned participants to 3 categories of activity (Sedentary, Active = up...