Kales: DHS-Harvard Firefighters' Studies

Exercise Tolerance as a Predictor of Firefighters Future Risks

Grant Number

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Award Number EMW-2009-FP-00835
P.I. Stefanos N. Kales MD, MPH, FACP, FACOEM; Harvard School of Public Health

Publications

  1. Farioli A, Christophi CA, Quarta CC, Kales SN. Incidence of sudden cardiac death in a young active population. J Am Heart Assoc. 2015;4(6):e001818. Published 2015 Jun 11. doi:10.1161/JAHA.115.001818
  2. Farioli A, Christophi CA, Quarta CC, Kales SN. Incidence of sudden cardiac death in a young active population. J Am Heart Assoc. 2015;4(6):e001818. Published 2015 Jun 11. doi:10.1161/JAHA.115.001818
  3. Farioli A, Yang J, Teehan D, Baur DM, Smith DL, Kales SN. Duty-related risk of sudden cardiac death among young US firefighters. Occup Med (Lond). 2014;64(6):428-435. doi:10.1093/occmed/kqu102
  4. Kales SN, Smith DL. Sudden cardiac death in the fire service. Occup Med (Lond). 2014;64(4):228-230. doi:10.1093/occmed/kqu057
  5. Yang J, Farioli A, Korre M, Kales SN. Modified Mediterranean diet score and cardiovascular risk in a North American working population. PLoS One. 2014;9(2):e87539. Published 2014 Feb 4. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0087539
  6. Yang J, Teehan D, Farioli A, Baur DM, Smith D, Kales SN. Sudden cardiac death among firefighters ≤45 years of age in the United States. Am J Cardiol. 2013;112(12):1962-1967. doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2013.08.029
  7. Smith DL, Barr DA, Kales SN. Extreme sacrifice: sudden cardiac death in the US Fire Service. Extrem Physiol Med. 2013;2(1):6. Published 2013 Feb 1. doi:10.1186/2046-7648-2-6
  8. Baur DM, Leiba A, Christophi CA, Kales SN. Low fitness is associated with exercise abnormalities among asymptomatic firefighters. Occup Med (Lond). 2012;62(7):566-569. doi:10.1093/occmed/kqs112
  9. Baur DM, Christophi CA, Tsismenakis AJ, Jahnke SA, Kales SN. Weight- perception in male career firefighters and its association with cardiovascular risk factors. BMC Public Health. 2012;12:480. Published 2012 Jun 25. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-480
  10. Baur DM, Christophi CA, Cook EF, Kales SN. Age-Related Decline in Cardiorespiratory Fitness among Career Firefighters: Modification by Physical Activity and Adiposity. J Obes. 2012;2012:710903. doi:10.1155/2012/710903
  11. Baur DM, Christophi CA, Kales SN. Metabolic syndrome is inversely related to cardiorespiratory fitness in male career firefighters. J Strength Cond Res. 2012;26(9):2331-2337. doi:10.1519/JSC.0b013e31823e9b19
  12. Durand G, Tsismenakis AJ, Jahnke SA, Baur DM, Christophi CA, Kales SN. Firefighters’ physical activity: relation to fitness and cardiovascular disease risk. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2011;43(9):1752-1759. doi:10.1249/MSS.0b013e318215cf25