A cross-sectional study of cardiorespiratory fitness and gallbladder disease.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine the association of different levels of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), an objective indicator of habitual physical activity, with gallbladder disease.

Methods

In the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study (ACLS) database, 41,528 men and 13,206 women aged 20-90 years, with body mass index of 18.5 or more and without history of cardiovascular disease and cancer, received a preventive examination at the Cooper Clinic in Dallas, Texas, between 1970 and 2003. CRF was quantified as maximal metabolic equivalents and classified as low, moderate, and high based on traditional ACLS cut points. Gallbladder disease was defined as physician-diagnosed gallbladder disease.

Results

When compared with low CRF, adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for gal

SUBMITTER: Li C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5420341 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature