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VO2
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VO2Oxygen Consumption (circulation)
VO2Oxygen Uptake


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Cardiovascular fitness was determined using an oxygen consumption test which consists of measuring oxygen uptake of the participant during a treadmill exercise where speed and incline is increased every three minutes until the subject reaches his maximum exercise capacity.
The study, featured in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, found that the key factor in the reduced risk of cancer was a higher rate of oxygen consumption.
MSR has been related to the rate of physiological aging, because higher lifetime oxygen consumption per unit tissue mass accelerates senescent processes in cells and tissues (Pearl 1928, Harman 1956, Sohal 1986, Philipp et al.
 
 
 
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