Physical fitness as a predictor of cardiovascular disease risk factors in 6- to 7-year-old Danish children: The Copenhagen school-child intervention study

Pediatric Exercise Science

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 161-170

  Eiberg, Stig ^a   Hasselstrom, Henriette ^a   Grønfeldt, Vivian ^a   Froberg, Karsten ^b   Cooper, Ashley ^c   Andersen, Lars Bo ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DENMARK; FEMALE; FITNESS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREADMILL ERGOMETRY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 20444375810     PISSN: 08998493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/pes.17.2.161     Document Type: Article

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