Statins are related to impaired exercise capacity in males but not females.

Exercise and statins reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD). Exercise capacity may be assessed using cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET). Whether statin medication is associated with CPET parameters is unclear. We investigated if statins are related with exercise capacity during CPET in the general...

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Main Authors: Martin Bahls, Stefan Groß, Till Ittermann, Raila Busch, Sven Gläser, Ralf Ewert, Henry Völzke, Stephan B Felix, Marcus Dörr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5472298?pdf=render