Two recent separate studies on health and fitness in middle aged adults have been conducted with interesting results.
Researchers analysed the heart disease risk in those aged 45, 55, and 65 using the traditional fitness history and other risk factors such as blood pressure, BMI, diabetes history, cholesterol levels, smoking habits etc.,.
It's probably no surprise that the link to low levels of mid-life fitness are related to high probability of suffering heart disease or stroke. What was interesting though was that the study suggested actual guidelines for the outcome based on how fast you can run 1 mile.
A recent study in the Journal of the American college of Cardiology suggests that a 55 year old man who runs a mile in 15 mins has 30% chance of developing heart disease; whereas if he gets that time down to about 8 mins the risk drops to about 10%. They also found that by having a higher fitness level the risk of heart disease would drop even if the subjects had other risk factors present.
The studies were carried out between 1970 and 2006 and studied over 77,000 participants between 20 - 90 years old, mostly males as women were thought to have lower risks at the time the study started. During the study there were 1,621 deaths (about 2%).
The researches claim that the study shows by increasing fitness levels the risk factors of cardiovascular disease and stroke fall significantly for 10 or even 25 years down the line.
Maybe there's some truth in the saying that you're 'training to outrun "The Reaperman" ?'
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Researchers analysed the heart disease risk in those aged 45, 55, and 65 using the traditional fitness history and other risk factors such as blood pressure, BMI, diabetes history, cholesterol levels, smoking habits etc.,.
It's probably no surprise that the link to low levels of mid-life fitness are related to high probability of suffering heart disease or stroke. What was interesting though was that the study suggested actual guidelines for the outcome based on how fast you can run 1 mile.
A recent study in the Journal of the American college of Cardiology suggests that a 55 year old man who runs a mile in 15 mins has 30% chance of developing heart disease; whereas if he gets that time down to about 8 mins the risk drops to about 10%. They also found that by having a higher fitness level the risk of heart disease would drop even if the subjects had other risk factors present.
The studies were carried out between 1970 and 2006 and studied over 77,000 participants between 20 - 90 years old, mostly males as women were thought to have lower risks at the time the study started. During the study there were 1,621 deaths (about 2%).
The researches claim that the study shows by increasing fitness levels the risk factors of cardiovascular disease and stroke fall significantly for 10 or even 25 years down the line.
Maybe there's some truth in the saying that you're 'training to outrun "The Reaperman" ?'
original story
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