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. 2015 May 28;2:462–466. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.05.010

Table 1.

Standard cut-offs in VO2max (ml/kg/min) relative to gender and 30-to-49-year-old Scandinavian non-athletic men and women specified by Aastrand et al.(Aastrand and Rodahl, 1986).


VO2max (ml/kg/min)
Low Fair Average Good High
Men, years
 30–39 < 35 ≥ 35 – < 40 ≥ 40 – < 48 ≥ 48 – < 52 ≥ 52
 40–49 < 31 ≥ 31 – < 36 ≥ 36 – < 44 ≥ 44 – < 48 ≥ 48
Women, years
 30–39 < 28 ≥ 28 – < 34 ≥ 34 – < 42 ≥ 42 – < 48 ≥ 48
 40–49 < 26 ≥ 26 – < 32 ≥ 32 – < 41 ≥ 41 – < 46 ≥ 46