Physical Activity and Fitness in the Prevention and Management of Cardiometabolic Disease: Age, Race, and Sex Differences
Submission Deadline: 28 Feb 2025
Guest Editor
Department of Kinesiology and Health, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA;Department of Cardiology, Washington DC VA Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA;School of Medicine and Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
Interests: exercise science; exercise physiology; physical activity; exercise intervention; exercise performance; sports science; physical fitness; epidemiology; exercise testing; hypertension
Special Issue in IMR Press journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Recent epidemiologic evidence supports a strong, inverse and independent association between physical activity or fitness and health outcomes in apparently healthy individuals and in patients with documented cardiovascular disease. This association applies across the spectra of age, race, and gender. The health benefits are in part due to the favorable impacts on both traditional and novel cardiovascular risk factors that are observed following increased physical activity patterns or structured exercise programs.
This Special Issue of Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine entitled “Physical Activity and Fitness in the Prevention and Management of Cardiometabolic Disease: Age, Race, and Gender Differences” will present high-quality, original research on the effects of physical activity and fitness on traditional and novel cardiometabolic risk factors, their clinical applications, and future directions. The topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Cardiovascular disease
- Heart failure
- Atrial fibrillation
- Stroke
- Sleep disorders
- Hypertension
- Microbiota
- Chronic kidney disease
- Diabetes mellitus
- Dyslipidemia
- Obesity
Dr. Peter Kokkinos
Guest Editor
Keywords
- physical activity
- exercise capacity
- fitness
- disease prevention
- mortality
Published Papers (8)
Getting to the Heart of the Matter: Exploring the Intersection of Cardiovascular Disease, Sex and Race and How Exercise, and Gut Microbiota Influence these Relationships
Rev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2025, 26(2), 26430; https://doi.org/10.31083/RCM26430
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Physical Activity and Fitness in the Prevention and Management of Cardiometabolic Disease: Age, Race, and Sex Differences)
The Relationship between Sleep and Physical Activity by Age, Race, and Gender
Rev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2024, 25(10), 378; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.rcm2510378
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Physical Activity and Fitness in the Prevention and Management of Cardiometabolic Disease: Age, Race, and Sex Differences)
Cardiovascular Disease in Chronic Kidney Disease: Implications of Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Race, and Sex
Rev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2024, 25(10), 365; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.rcm2510365
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Physical Activity and Fitness in the Prevention and Management of Cardiometabolic Disease: Age, Race, and Sex Differences)
Physical Activity, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, and the Obesity Paradox with Consideration for Racial and/or Ethnic Differences: A Broad Review and Call to Action
Rev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2024, 25(8), 291; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.rcm2508291
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Physical Activity and Fitness in the Prevention and Management of Cardiometabolic Disease: Age, Race, and Sex Differences)
Age, Race, Sex and Cardiorespiratory Fitness: Implications for Prevention and Management of Cardiometabolic Disease in Individuals with Diabetes Mellitus
Rev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2024, 25(7), 263; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.rcm2507263
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Physical Activity and Fitness in the Prevention and Management of Cardiometabolic Disease: Age, Race, and Sex Differences)
Racial and Gender Differences in Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Atrial Fibrillation
Rev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2024, 25(7), 261; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.rcm2507261
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Physical Activity and Fitness in the Prevention and Management of Cardiometabolic Disease: Age, Race, and Sex Differences)
Effects of 12-week Circuit Exercise Intervention on Blood Pressure, Vascular Function, and Inflammatory Cytokines in Obese Older Women with Sarcopenia
Rev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2024, 25(5), 185; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.rcm2505185
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Physical Activity and Fitness in the Prevention and Management of Cardiometabolic Disease: Age, Race, and Sex Differences)
Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Health Outcomes Across the Spectra of Age, Gender, and Race
Rev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2024, 25(1), 15; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.rcm2501015
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Physical Activity and Fitness in the Prevention and Management of Cardiometabolic Disease: Age, Race, and Sex Differences)