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Topic: Cardiorespiratory fitness and health across the life-course: Lessons learned from CARDIA

Learning objectives: 

1. To understand the importance of long-term observational cardiovascular cohort studies.

2. To describe the purpose of assessing cardiorespiratory fitness in population-based research.

3. To understand the association of cardiorespiratory fitness during early adulthood, and its maintenance through midlife, with risk of premature death and clinical cardiovascular events.

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  • Jay Patel
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  • Snekha Rajasekaran

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