Journal of Aging Research

Research Article

Assessment of Cardiorespiratory Fitness without Exercise in Elderly Men with Chronic Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases

Table 1

Subjects’ characteristics (validation and cross-validation groups).
Validation ( 𝑛 = 6 7 )Cross-validation ( 𝑛 = 2 9 )
Age (years) 6 9 . 1 ± 7 . 4 6 8 . 7 ± 6 . 6
Height (cm) 1 7 2 . 4 ± 6 . 8 1 7 2 . 9 ± 6 . 1
Weight (kg) 8 2 . 7 ± 1 6 . 0 8 3 . 9 ± 1 1 . 7
BMI (kg/m2) 2 7 . 7 ± 4 . 6 2 8 . 3 ± 4 . 1
Handgrip/weight 0 . 3 9 ± 0 . 0 9 0 . 4 0 ± 0 . 0 8
RPC* 4 . 8 ± 1 . 5 4 . 7 ± 1 . 5
Resting heart rate (bpm) 7 0 . 3 ± 1 5 . 2 6 9 . 7 ± 1 3 . 0
V O 2 p e a k (mL/kg/min) 2 0 . 8 ± 8 . 0 2 0 . 9 ± 6 . 8
METpeak 5 . 9 ± 2 . 3 6 . 0 ± 1 . 9
Peak heart rate (bpm) 1 3 1 . 7 ± 2 7 . 3 1 3 4 . 1 ± 3 0 . 3
Peak watts 1 0 6 . 9 ± 4 6 . 1 1 1 2 . 5 ± 4 2 . 4
Clinical history (%)
Cardiovascular disease3938
Obesity2227
Smoking72
Hypertension6352
Diabetes107
Cholesterol level >2202121
History of myocardial infarction1517
Arrhythmia714
History of revascularization2424
History of coronary angioplasty1310
Musculoskeletal problems64
β-blocker usage3635
*Rating of perceived capacity scale.