Exercise intensity and subclinical cardiovascular disease in the elderly: The Cardiovascular Health Study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 145, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 977-986

  Siscovick, David S ^a   Fried, Linda ^b   Mittelmark, Maurice ^c   Rutan, Gale ^d   Bild, Diane ^e   O'Leary, Daniel H ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

aged; atherosclerosis; cardiovascular diseases; echocardiography; electrocardiography; exercise; physical fitness; risk factors

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; INSULIN;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE MARKER; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FITNESS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030986327     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009066     Document Type: Article

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