In the past 19 years my score would always be 1.5 and it will never get better during my next 31 years. It has absolutely nothing to do with my longevity or cardiovascular risk!
A brief fitness test may predict how long you’ll live
The sit-to-rise test assesses your strength, flexibility, and balance, which are important (but sometimes overlooked) aspects of fitness.
- Reviewed by Christopher P. Cannon, MD, Editor in Chief, Harvard Heart Letter; Editorial Advisory Board Member, Harvard Health Publishing
The study included 4,282 people ages 46 to 75 who did the sit-to-rise test as part of a medical evaluation; researchers then tracked them for an average of about 12 years. The test is scored by starting with 10 points and then subtracting one point every time a person uses a hand, knee, or other support, and a half point every time the person is unsteady or wobbly. Compared to people who scored a 10 (no supports or wobbling), those who scored between 4.5 and 7.5 were about three times as likely to die during the follow-up period. And those who scored 0 to 4 had six times the risk of dying of cardiovascular disease.(So, I should have died in the past 19 years! But my cardiovascular fitness 3 years post stroke was the level of an athlete; age 53, resting heart rate was 54.)
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