Relation of body mass index, physical fitness, and the cardiovascular risk profile in 3127 young normal weight men with an apparently optimal lifestyle

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 979-982

  Ortlepp, J R ^a   Metrikat, J ^b   Albrecht, M ^b   Maya Pelzer, P ^b   Pongratz, H ^b   Hoffmann, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b German Air Force Institute of Aviation Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

BMI; Cardiovascular risk factors; Lifestyle; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FITNESS; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LIPIDS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0043167937     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802319     Document Type: Article

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