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Overview :
Morris et al evaluated adult men for their aerobic exercise
capacity and maximal heart rate during exercise. The authors are from the Long
Beach and Palo Alto Veteran Affairs Medical Centers and Stanford University.
Populations:
(1) males
21 to 89 years of age who were referred for exercise testing and free of
apparent heart disease
(2) males
18 to 72 years of age who were healthy volunteers
exercise capacity in percent =
= (observed MET level) / (predicted MET level) * 100%
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Patient
Group |
Predicted METs
for Referred Patients |
Predicted METS
for Healthy Volunteers |
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active subgroup |
(-0.15 * (age)) + 18.7 |
(-0.13 * (age)) + 16.4 |
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sedentary subgroup |
(-0.16 * (age)) + 16.6 |
(-0.07 * (age)) + 11.9 |
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whole group |
(-0.15 * (age)) + 18.0 |
(-0.11 * (age)) + 14.7 |
where:
• The
active referred patients seem to have higher predicted METs than the healthy
active volunteers. The sedentary volunteers have higher predicted METs than the
sedentary patients.
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Patient
Group |
Maximal Heart
Rate |
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referred patients |
(-0.9 * (age)) + 196 |
|
healthy volunteers |
(-0.72 * (age)) + 200 |
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