Physical Fitness Correlates with a Lower Risk of Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke

Source https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2023/08/physical-fitness-correlates-with-a-lower-risk-of-atrial-fibrillation-and-stroke/

As one might expect, people who better maintain physical fitness into later life exhibit lesser degrees of age-related disease. In this case, the correlation is specifically for forms of cardiovascular disease, but researchers have reported that numerous other improvements in health can be linked to greater fitness. Animal studies can and do show causation in this relationship between fitness and age-related disease. It is reasonable to believe that the human correlations also largely reflect a causal relationship. There are a great many good reasons to make the effort to better maintain physical fitness throughout life.

A new study assessed 15,450 individuals without atrial fibrillation who were referred for a treadmill test between 2003 and 2012. The average age was 55 years and 59% were men. Fitness was assessed using the Bruce…