Sub Maximal Ergospirometry Parameters in Untrained Non-Frail Octogenarian Subjects Cofré Bolados, Cristian Valdivia Moral, Pedro Angel Ergometry Cardiorespiratory risk Older adults This research received resources from the Vicerrectoria for Research, Development and Innovation of the University of Santiago de Chile. Dicyt, codigo 022087CB_DAS, categoria Dicyt Asociativo. Background and Objectives: The prevalence of chronic diseases increases with age, and in octogenarian elderly, a cardiorespiratory test with gas analysis is more effective in determining the risk of mortality than applying the conventional risk factors. Materials and Methods: 25 untrained non-frail octogenarian subjects (four men) performed a submaximal test with gas analysis, which was stopped after the second ventilatory threshold (VT2) was reached. The variables analyzed were oxygen consumption at the first threshold (VO2 VT1); ventilatory class (VE/VCO2); oxygen uptake efficiency slope (OUES); cardiorespiratory optimal point (COP); oxygen pulse difference between VT2 and VT1 (diff. VO2/HR VT2-VT1). Results: the variables were classified categorically based on cut-off points present in the literature, where the variable with the highest percentage of altered cases was dif. VO2/HR VT2-VT1 at 48%; followed by VO2 VT1 at 40%, OUES at 36%, COP at 32%, and VE/VCO2 at 24%. Chi-square analysis between the measured parameters defined that normal and altered variables were related to each other, except for the variable VE/VCO2 and OUES. Conclusions: it was found that the main altered variable was the oxygen pulse and the least altered variable was VCO2/VCO2; there was only a statistically significant difference in a pair of OUES vs. VE/VCO2 variables. 2022-04-25T10:37:43Z 2022-04-25T10:37:43Z 2022-03-03 journal article Cofre-Bolados, C... [et al.]. Sub Maximal Ergospirometry Parameters in Untrained Non-Frail Octogenarian Subjects. Medicina 2022, 58, 378. [https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina58030378] http://hdl.handle.net/10481/74521 10.3390/medicina58030378 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ open access Atribución 3.0 España MDPI