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Familial resemblance in ventilatory threshold: the HERITAGE Family Study.
Medicine and science in sports and exercise - 1 Nov 2001
Gaskill S E, Rice T, Bouchard C, Gagnon J, Rao D C, Skinner J S, Wilmore J H, Leon A S
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PURPOSE: This study investigates the familial resemblance of VO2 at the ventilatory threshold (VO2vt) from 199 nuclear families (100 White and 99 Black) participating in the HERITAGE Family Study. METHODS: VO2vt (mL x min(-1)) was determined in the sedentary state and again after 20 wk of aerobic cycle ergometer exercise training in 339 individuals (131 parents and 228 of their offspring), aged between 17 and 65...
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