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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

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  • Justin J Lang Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaSchool of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaAlliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA), Allied Health and Human Performance, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Stephanie A Prince Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaSchool of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Katherine Merucci Health Library, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Cristina Cadenas-Sanchez Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Sport and Health University Research Institute (iMUDS), University of Granada; CIBEROBN, ISCIII, Granada, Andalucía, SpainStanford University, Department of Cardiology; and Veterans Affair Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jean-Philippe Chaput School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaChildren’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Brooklyn J Fraser Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA), Allied Health and Human Performance, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, AustraliaMenzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Taru Manyanga Division of Medical Sciences, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ryan McGrath Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA), Allied Health and Human Performance, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, AustraliaFargo VA Healthcare System, Fargo, North Dakota, USADepartment of Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, USADepartment of Geriatrics, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Francisco B Ortega Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Sport and Health University Research Institute (iMUDS), University of Granada; CIBEROBN, ISCIII, Granada, Andalucía, SpainFaculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ben Singh Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA), Allied Health and Human Performance, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Grant R Tomkinson Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA), Allied Health and Human Performance, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Justin J Lang, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Canada; justin.lang{at}phac-aspc.gc.ca
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Lang JJ, Prince SA, Merucci K, et al
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
British Journal of Sports Medicine 2024;58:556-566.

Publication history

  • Accepted March 18, 2024
  • First published April 9, 2024.
Online issue publication 
May 02, 2024

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