TY - GEN T1 - Cardiorespiratory fitness among adults in Germany AU - Finger, Jonas AU - Krug, Susanne AU - Gößwald, Antje AU - Härtel, Sascha AU - Bös, Klaus AB - A high level of fitness is an indicator for a good health state. Therefore, cardiorespiratory fitness was examined in the cross-sectional German Health Interview Survey for Adults (DEGS1). Data from 3,030 test-qualified adults between 18 and 64 years old were assessed by means of a standardized submaximal cycle ergometer test. Test-qualified participants were significantly younger, more often men, less often obese and showed a better health state than those who were not test-qualified. The calculated physical work capacity at 75% of the age-predicted maximum heart rate (PWC75%) in watts per kg bodyweight was among men 1.52 and among women 1.15. PWC75% declines by 4.2% per age decade for men and 4.8% for women. A higher socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with better fitness among women. No significant association was observed between SES and fitness among men. These findings can be used to develop target-group specific health-promotion interventions in order to enhance cardiorespiratory fitness. It is planned to calculate updated PWC reference values based on the DEGS1 data. KW - Health survey KW - Adults KW - Cardiorespiratory fitness KW - PWC KW - Cycle ergometry KW - 610 Medizin PY - 2013 LA - eng PB - Robert Koch-Institut, Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsberichterstattung VL - 56 IS - 5/6 DO - 10.1007/s00103-013-1672-y ER -