Relationships between physical activity, obesity and diabetes mellitus in a French elderly population: The POLA study

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 512-518

  Defay, R ^a   Delcourt, C ^a   Ranvier, M ^a   Lacroux, A ^a   Papoz, L ^a   Delcourt, Cé ^b   Lacroux, Annie ^b   Fourrey, Sylvie ^b   Covacho, Marie José ^b   Paillard, Pierre ^b   Ponton Sanchez, Alice ^b   Defay, Roselyne ^b   Colvez, Alain ^b   Papoz, Laure ^b   Balmelle, Louis ^c   Costeau, Jacques ^c   Diaz, Jean Luc ^c   Robert, Fabienne ^c   Arnaud, Bernard ^c   Cristol, Jean Paul ^d   Delage, Martine ^d   Vernet, Marie Hélène ^d   Fouret, Gilles ^d   Michel, Françoise ^d   Leger, Claude ^d   Descomps, Bernard ^d   Mathieu Daudé, Pierre ^e   Mathieu Daudé, Jean Claude ^e   Tessier, Freédéc ^b   Birlouez Aragon, Ines ^b   more..

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Ophthalmolog ^*

^c Laboratoire de Biologie et Biochimie des Lipides   (France)

^d Laboratoire de Toxicologie Biophysique   (France)

^e AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Aged; Body fat distribution; Physical activity; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0035074078     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801570     Document Type: Article

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