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MARQUEZ, Jorge Jaime; GILDARDO, Díaz  y  TEJADA, Cristiam Paul. Behavior of indirect maximal oxygen uptake on users of the PROSA Program at Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia. Colomb. Med. [online]. 2011, vol.42, n.3, pp.327-333. ISSN 1657-9534.

Objective: This research work sought to describe the behavior of maximal oxygen uptake (VO_2max) in a population of adults who performed regular physical activity and classify the level of cardio-respiratory fitness. Methods: 819 results were analyzed with the estimated 2000-m VO_2max test from 2001 to 2009 of 125 subjects who exercise regularly in the PROSA program at Universidad de Antioquia and were discriminated by decade and gender. Results: The results showed that VO_2max reached its peak between 30 and 39 years of age in men (52.0 ± 2.5 ml * kg-1 * min-1) and women (42.9 ± 3.5 ml * kg-1 * min-1). There were significant differences between the VO_2max of men and women and the decline in all age groups, except for those over 70 years of age. The VO_2max of men in the study was maintained between the 70 and 90 percentiles, while that of women was between 70 and 80 percentiles. Conclusion: The decline in VO_2max associated with age is different for men and women and it is different in almost all age groups.

Palabras clave : Maximal oxygen uptake; Cardio-respiratory fitness; Aging.

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