Interactive effects of obesity and physical fitness on risk of ischemic heart disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

Obesity and low physical fitness are known risk factors for ischemic heart disease (IHD), but their interactive effects are unclear. Elucidation of interactions between these common, modifiable risk factors may help inform more effective preventive strategies. We examined interactive effects of obesity, aerobic fitness and muscular strength in late adolescence on risk of IHD in adulthood in a large national cohort.

Subjects/methods

We conducted a national cohort study of all 1 547 407 military conscripts in Sweden during 1969-1997 (97-98% of all 18-year-old males each year). Aerobic fitness, muscular strength and body mass index (BMI) measurements were examined in relation to IHD identified from outpatient and inpatient diagnoses through 2012 (maximum a

SUBMITTER: Crump C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5296285 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature