evidence card · vo2max_mortality
Higher VO2max is strongly associated with lower all-cause mortality
H5
▲ supports
stakes high
4 posts scored
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across 4 accounts
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1 sources
Summary
Mandsager et al. 2018 and many other cohorts show strong gradient. Causal interpretation supported by exercise RCTs on surrogates.
Five-score assessment
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Scope
Population
adults
Intervention
observational - higher CRF
Outcome
all-cause mortality
Not supported for
- direct causal claim that increasing VO2max via any method reduces mortality by a known magnitude