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ArticleBMJ open sport & exercise medicine2026

Reference equations for peak oxygen uptake during cycle ergometry based on body composition estimates.

Everton Santana, Nicholas Cauwenberghs, Patrick Khoury, Jomme Claes, Evangelos Ntalianis, Ross Arena, Matthew Harber, Kaatje Goetschalckx, Leonard A Kaminsky, Véronique Cornelissen and 3 more

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Everton Santana *Research Unit of Hypertension and Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-6014-9857
Nicholas Cauwenberghs *Research Unit of Hypertension and Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Patrick KhouryStanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
Jomme ClaesResearch Group of Rehabilitation in Internal Disorders, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Evangelos NtalianisResearch Unit of Hypertension and Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Ross ArenaDepartment of Physical Therapy, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Matthew HarberHealth Sciences, Taylor University, Upland, California, USA.
Kaatje GoetschalckxCardiovascular Diseases, KU Leuven University Hospitals Leuven Gasthuisberg Campus, Leuven, Belgium.
Leonard A KaminskyFisher Institute of Health and Well-Being, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, USA.
Véronique CornelissenResearch Group of Rehabilitation in Internal Disorders, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-0578-4954
Jonathan MyersCardiology, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2592-136X
Francois HaddadDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
Tatiana KuznetsovaResearch Unit of Hypertension and Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

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Abstract

Objectives: To derive sex-specific peak oxygen uptake (VO Methods: We pooled data from apparently healthy adults who performed cycle ergometry in Belgium (FLEMENGHO and iCOMPEER cohorts) and the USA (FRIEND registry). Per subgroup of sex, age and body mass index (BMI), 70% of the data was used for training the equations and 30% for testing them. Results: The cohort consisted of 1778 females and 1243 males. For females, the mean age was 49.8±13.3 years, BMI 27.1±4.9 kg·m Conclusion: The proposed equations allowed calibrated comparisons of an individual's VO

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Body compositionCardiology preventionExercise testingFitness testingSports & exercise medicine

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PMID42445936
PMCPMC13358861

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