Leisure-time physical activity, television watching, and plasma biomarkers of obesity and cardiovascular disease risk

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 152, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1171-1178

  Fung, Teresa T ^a,d   Hu, Frank B ^a   Yu, Jie ^a   Chu, Nain Feng ^a   Spiegelman, Donna ^a   Tofler, Geoffrey H ^b   Willett, Walter C ^a,c   Rimm, Eric B ^a,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Exercise; Television

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY RISK; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SITTING; TELEVISION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; EXERCISE; HUMANS; INSULIN; LIFE STYLE; LINEAR MODELS; LIPOPROTEIN(A); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TELEVISION;

EID: 0034671955     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/152.12.1171     Document Type: Article

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