Sedentary lifestyle, poor cardiorespiratory fitness, and the metabolic syndrome

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1279-1286

  Lakka, Timo A ^a,c   Laaksonen, David E ^a,b   Lakka, Hanna Maaria ^a,c   Männikkö, Niko ^e   Niskanen, Leo K ^b   Rauramaa, Rainer ^a,b   Salonen, Jukka T ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Inner Savo Health Center   (Finland)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

Exercise; Factor analysis; Metabolic syndrome; Physical fitness; Population studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FITNESS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SITTING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSULIN; LIFE STYLE; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0042707908     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000079076.74931.9A     Document Type: Article

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