Personality, metabolic rate and aerobic capacity.

Personality traits and cardiorespiratory fitness in older adults are reliable predictors of health and longevity. We examined the association between personality traits and energy expenditure at rest (basal metabolic rate) and during normal and maximal sustained walking. Personality traits and oxyge...

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Main Authors: Antonio Terracciano, Jennifer A Schrack, Angelina R Sutin, Wayne Chan, Eleanor M Simonsick, Luigi Ferrucci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3556088?pdf=render