The role of cardiorespiratory fitness on quality of life in midlife women.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We aimed to characterize the relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness and quality of life in a sample of healthy midlife women aged 40 to 65 years.

Methods

Cardiorespiratory fitness was measured with a VO2max test. Quality of life was assessed with the menopause-specific Utian Quality of Life scale (UQOL). The UQOL measures overall quality of life, which comprises health, emotional, occupational, and sexual domains. Simple and multiple linear regression models were built to analyze relationships between cardiorespiratory fitness and overall quality of life as well as the separate UQOL domains.

Results

Forty-nine women with an average age of 52.5 years were included in the analysis. In simple linear models, cardiorespiratory fitness was related to overa

SUBMITTER: Flesaker MQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9585341 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature