VO2max/kg is expected to be lower in obese individuals!
Kuopio Research Institute of Exercise Medicine, Kuopio, Finland; Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Sweden. Electronic address: benno.krachler@envmed.umu.se.
Benno
B
Krachler
Kuopio Research Institute of Exercise Medicine, Kuopio, Finland; Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.
Kai
K
Savonen
Kuopio Research Institute of Exercise Medicine, Kuopio, Finland.
Pirjo
P
Komulainen
Kuopio Research Institute of Exercise Medicine, Kuopio, Finland.
Maija
M
Hassinen
Kuopio Research Institute of Exercise Medicine, Kuopio, Finland; Institute of Biomedicine/Physiology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
Timo A
TA
Lakka
Kuopio Research Institute of Exercise Medicine, Kuopio, Finland; Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.
Rainer
R
Rauramaa
D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism*; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000502:physiology*
Body composition; Cardiopulmonary fitness; Exercise capacity; Heart failure; Maximal oxygen uptake; Obesity