Body mass index, but not physical activity, is associated with C-reactive protein

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1160-1166

  Rawson, Eric S ^a   Freedson, Patty S ^a,b   Osganian, Stavroula K ^a   Matthews, Charles E ^c   Reed, George ^a   Ockene, Ira S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Habitual physical activity; Inflammation; Obesity

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0037678724     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000074565.79230.AB     Document Type: Article

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