# Cooper

> 1968

- Equation: `VO2max = (d - 504.9) / 44.73`
- Variables:
  - `d`: Distance run in 12 minutes, in metres.
  - `VO2max`: Estimated maximal oxygen uptake, ml/kg/min.
- Authors: Cooper, K. H.
- Source: JAMA
- DOI: [10.1001/jama.1968.03140030033008](https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1968.03140030033008)

Original sample: 115 male US Air Force members.