Cardiorespiratory fitness and the progression of carotid atherosclerosis in middle-aged men

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 12-20

  Lakka, T A ^a   Laukkanen, J A ^a   Rauramaa, R ^a   Salonen, R ^a   Lakka, H M ^a   Kaplan, G A ^a   Salonen, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; FIBRINOGEN;

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; CARDIOVASCULAR PERFORMANCE; CAROTID ARTERY; DISEASE COURSE; FINLAND; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; GAS EXCHANGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EXERCISE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035793143     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-134-1-200101020-00008     Document Type: Article

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