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Cardiorespiratory fitness and health-related quality of life in bariatric surgery patients.

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Kolotkin, RL; LaMonte, MJ; Litwin, S; Crosby, RD; Gress, RE; Yanowitz, FG; Hunt, SC; Adams, TD
Published in: Obes Surg
April 2011

Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is impaired in severely obese individuals presenting for bariatric surgery. Little is known about the relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and HRQOL in these individuals. We hypothesized that better HRQOL would be reported by those with higher CRF. In 326 gastric bypass patients (mean BMI = 46.5 ± 7.0; mean age=40.9 ± 10.1; 83.4% female), pre-surgical CRF was quantified as duration (minutes) of a submaximal treadmill test to 80% of age-predicted maximal heart rate (MHR). Patients completed both a general measure of HRQOL [the Medical Outcome Short Form 36 (SF-36)] and a weight-specific measure of HRQOL [Impact of Weight on Quality of Life--Lite]. Mean HRQOL scores were examined, controlling for age, gender, and BMI. Mean treadmill duration was 9.9 ± 3.1 min, and percent age-predicted MHR was 81.2 ± 3.0%. Higher cardiorespiratory fitness tended to be associated with better physical and weight-specific HRQOL. Adjustment for differences in gender, age, and BMI attenuated the significance of associations between fitness and physical measures from the SF-36, whereas adjustment eliminated significance of associations between fitness and weight-specific HRQOL in most cases. Results suggest that CRF confers some HRQOL benefits in severely obese adults, though these benefits may largely be explained by differences in age, gender, and BMI.

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Obes Surg

DOI

EISSN

1708-0428

Publication Date

April 2011

Volume

21

Issue

4

Start / End Page

457 / 464

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Surgery
  • Quality of Life
  • Physical Fitness
  • Obesity, Morbid
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Gastric Bypass
  • Female
 

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Kolotkin, R. L., LaMonte, M. J., Litwin, S., Crosby, R. D., Gress, R. E., Yanowitz, F. G., … Adams, T. D. (2011). Cardiorespiratory fitness and health-related quality of life in bariatric surgery patients. Obes Surg, 21(4), 457–464. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-010-0261-5
Kolotkin, Ronette L., Michael J. LaMonte, Sheldon Litwin, Ross D. Crosby, Richard E. Gress, Frank G. Yanowitz, Steven C. Hunt, and Ted D. Adams. “Cardiorespiratory fitness and health-related quality of life in bariatric surgery patients.Obes Surg 21, no. 4 (April 2011): 457–64. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-010-0261-5.
Kolotkin RL, LaMonte MJ, Litwin S, Crosby RD, Gress RE, Yanowitz FG, et al. Cardiorespiratory fitness and health-related quality of life in bariatric surgery patients. Obes Surg. 2011 Apr;21(4):457–64.
Kolotkin, Ronette L., et al. “Cardiorespiratory fitness and health-related quality of life in bariatric surgery patients.Obes Surg, vol. 21, no. 4, Apr. 2011, pp. 457–64. Pubmed, doi:10.1007/s11695-010-0261-5.
Kolotkin RL, LaMonte MJ, Litwin S, Crosby RD, Gress RE, Yanowitz FG, Hunt SC, Adams TD. Cardiorespiratory fitness and health-related quality of life in bariatric surgery patients. Obes Surg. 2011 Apr;21(4):457–464.
Journal cover image

Published In

Obes Surg

DOI

EISSN

1708-0428

Publication Date

April 2011

Volume

21

Issue

4

Start / End Page

457 / 464

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Surgery
  • Quality of Life
  • Physical Fitness
  • Obesity, Morbid
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Gastric Bypass
  • Female