Evaluation of the influence of cardiorespiratory fitness on diverse health risk factors, independent of waist circumference, in 40-year-old Flemish males

Obesity Research

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 553-558

  Delvaux, Katrien ^a   Philippaerts, Renaat ^b   Lysens, Roeland ^a   Vanhees, Luc ^b   Thomis, Martine ^b   Claessens, Albrecht L ^b   Vanreusel, Bart ^b   Vanden Eynde, Bart ^b   Beunen, Gaston ^b   Lefevre, Johan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Fac of Phys Educ and Physiother   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adult males; Cardiorespiratory fitness; Health risk profile; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FITNESS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RISK FACTOR;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BELGIUM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; LIPIDS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034329804     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2000.71     Document Type: Article

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