Prevalence of exercise intolerance in obese adults undergoing cardiopulmonary exercise testing

• Main Authors: Agatha Caveda Matheus (Author), Evandro Fornias Sperandio (Author), Vinicius Tonon Lauria (Author), Rodrigo Pereira da Silva (Author), Antonio Ricardo de Toledo Gagliardi (Author), Marcello Romiti (Author), Rodolfo Leite Arantes (Author), Victor Zuniga Dourado (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We hypothesized that the prevalence of exercise intolerance (EI, peak O2 uptake < 83%pred.) is not significantly affected by body mass index (BMI) in adults undergoing cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET). We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of EI and the influence of BMI in asymptomatic adult...