Sanchez publishes article on Cardiovascular Fitness and Associated Comorbidities

Otto Sanchez, PhD, MD

Otto Sanchez, PhD, MD, exercise physiology lecturer in the School of Kinesiology, has published an article entitled, “Cardiovascular Fitness and Associated Comorbidities in An Executive Health Program” in the journal Exercise Medicine. The article extracted data from the medical records of 199 participants attending the Executive Health Program at M Health Fairview. The article concluded that the low cardiorespiratory fitness identified in a third of all participants is a risk factor associated with cardiovascular and metabolic disease and should be evaluated in executive health programs. Coauthors of the study include School of Kinesiology professor Zan Gao, PhD, lecturer Chris Lundstrom, PhD, and PhD candidate Anton Hesse, MS.