How Fast Do We Age? Exercise Performance Over Time as a Biomarker

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BACKGROUND: The rate of true chronologic functional change in humans has been previously obscured by inadvertent inclusion of data derived from sick or ill-conditioned individuals. The Masters athlete fulfills the need for a study cohort. METHODS: Performance data by age were collected from recognized certifying organizations for running, rowing, and swimming events and plotted as percent decline from age 35, and...

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