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evidence card · vo2max_mortality

Higher VO2max is strongly associated with lower all-cause mortality

H5 ▲ supports stakes high
4 posts scored · across 4 accounts · 1 sources

Summary

Mandsager et al. 2018 and many other cohorts show strong gradient. Causal interpretation supported by exercise RCTs on surrogates.

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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

Evidence sources

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