Physical activity and cardiovascular risk factors among elderly men in Finland, Italy, and the Netherlands

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 553-561

  Bijnen, Fransje C H ^a,b   Feskens, Edith J M ^b   Caspersen, Carl J ^c   Giampaoli, Simona ^d   Nissinen, Aulikki M ^e   Menotti, Alessandro ^f   Mosterd, Willem L ^a   Kromhout, Daan ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

aged; blood pressure; body mass index; cholesterol; coronary disease; exercise; physical fitness; risk factors

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; EXERCISE; FINLAND; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; WALKING;

EID: 0029912938     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008785     Document Type: Article

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