PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Elisabeth Edvardsen
AU  - Bjørge H. Hansen
AU  - Ingar M. Holme
AU  - Sindre M. Dyrstad
AU  - Sigmund A. Anderssen
TI  - Reference values for cardiorespiratory fitness in a 20 - 85 year old population
DP  - 2012 Sep 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - P843
VI  - 40
IP  - Suppl 56
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/40/Suppl_56/P843.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/40/Suppl_56/P843.full
SO  - Eur Respir J2012 Sep 01; 40
AB  - Background: Existing reference values used during clinical exercise testing have been obtained with rather small none randomly sample sizes, lack of women and elderly or poor maximal end-criteria. The aim was to establish reference values during maximal exercise in a representative sample of men and women.Methods: 904 randomly sampled healthy men and women (20 – 85 yr old) exercised on a treadmill using a modified Balke protocol to exhaustion.Results: 759 participants met the criteria for an acceptable VO2max based on RER≥1.10 or BORG≥17. In the age group 20-29, the VO2max (ml•kg-1•min-1) was 40.3 (SD 7.1) and 48.6 (SD 9.6) in women and men, respectively. A linear decline (8 % per decade) was observed after the age of 30 in both genders.View this table:Physiological responses at maximal exercise, mean (SD)Conclusions: The present study establishes VO2max and other typical cardiorespiratory variables during maximal exercise and may be used as reference values.