Cardiovascular fitness and cardiovascular risk factors among obese men and women aged 58 years and older, in Portugal.

Background: A better physical fitness may have survival advantages in adults.

Aim: To analyze the relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness and cardiovascular risk factors among obese subjects aged 58 years and older.

Material And Methods: Cardiorespiratory fitness using the six-minute walk test, body composition by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry and blood pressure were measured in a non-representative sample of 76 obese Portuguese subjects aged 58 to 87 years (55 women).