Jimenez-Pavon, DavidBrellenthin, Angelique GLee, Duck-ChulSui, XuemiBlair, Steven NLavie, Carl J2023-02-082023-02-082019Jiménez-Pavón D, Brellenthin AG, Lee DC, Sui X, Blair SN, Lavie CJ. Role of Muscular Strength on the Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death in Men. Mayo Clin Proc. 2019 Dec;94(12):2589-2591http://hdl.handle.net/10668/14793To the Editor: The effect of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) on sudden cardiac death (SCD) has been summarized,1 with the conclusion that the risk of SCD decreases by 14% to 22% per 1-metabolic equivalent task increase in CRF.1 Recently, Mayo Clinic Proceedings has not only emphasized articles on CRF2-4 but also articles on resistance exercise and muscular strength (MusS).5-7 However, there is no study of the effect of MusS on SCD, even though MusS was inversely and independently associated with all-cause mortality in healthy men.8 Consequently, this report investigated the effect of MusS as a predictor of SCD, independent of potential risk factors, and explored the combined influence of MusS and CRF on the risk of SCD.enCardiorespiratory fitnessMetabolic equivalentResistance trainingRisk factorsAdultDeath, Sudden, CardiacHumansMaleMiddle AgedMuscle StrengthRisk FactorsSex Factorsresearch article31806109open accessFactores sexualesFactores de riesgoFuerza muscularMuerte súbita cardíaca10.1016/j.mayocp.2019.09.0231942-5546PMC7385553http://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025619619308341/pdfhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7385553/pdf