Old Age and Low Fitness Independently Correlate with Risk of Arrhythmia

Source https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2025/09/old-age-and-low-fitness-independently-correlate-with-risk-of-arrhythmia/

Arrythmia can be a precursor of later, more severe heart issues, indicative of a level of dysfunction in heart tissue arising due to aging or other causes. It can also result from electrolyte imbalances that in turn arise from lifestyle choices. Arrythmia is generally taken as a point of concern by physicians where it occurs in older patients. Here, researchers show that a low level of fitness is independently a risk factor in the development of arrythmia, distinctly from old age. There are many other well-known reasons to maintain fitness into later life, but perhaps this finding will motivate an additional segment of the population.

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