Physical Fitness as a Predictor of Mortality among Healthy, Middle-Aged Norwegian Men
- 25 February 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 328 (8), 533-537
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199302253280803
Abstract
Despite many studies suggesting that poor physical fitness is an independent risk factor for death from cardiovascular causes, the matter has remained controversial. We studied this question in a 16-year follow-up investigation of Norwegian men that began in 1972.Keywords
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