Higher C-reactive protein concentration and white blood cell count in subjects with more coronary risk factors and/or lower physical fitness among apparently healthy Japanese

Circulation Journal

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 677-684

  Yoshio, Ichihara ^a   Jun, Ohno ^a   Masayuki, Suzuki ^a   Takafumi, Anno ^b   Mikio, Sugino ^c   Kouzou, Nagata ^d  

^a Higashi Municipal Hospital of Nagoya   (Japan)

^b Dept of Ophthalmol   (Japan)

^c Tokai City Hospital   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Coronary risk factor; Physical fitness; V O2max; White blood cell count

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; GAS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; JAPAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036299917     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.66.677     Document Type: Article

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