Fitness and fatness as predictors of mortality from all causes and from cardiovascular disease in men and women in the Lipid Research Clinics Study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 156, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 832-841

  Stevens, June ^a,b   Cai, Jianwen ^b   Evenson, Kelly R ^b   Thomas, Ratna ^b  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight; Exercise test; Mortality; Obesity; Physical fitness; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; MORTALITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036840621     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwf114     Document Type: Article

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