The relation of body mass index, cardiorespiratory fitness, and all-cause mortality in women

Obesity Research

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 417-423

  Farrell, Stephen W ^a   Braun, LeeAnn ^b   Barlow, Carolyn E ^a   Cheng, Yiling J ^a   Blair, Steven N ^a  

^a The Cooper Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic power; Cardiovascular fitness; Exercise testing; Metabolic equivalent; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH STATUS; HEART; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RISK; SMOKING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; RISK; SMOKING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0036616180     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2002.58     Document Type: Article

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