Epidemiological evidence for the role of physical activity in reducing risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1193-1204

  Bassuk, Shari S ^a   Manson, JoAnn E ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Cohort studies; Coronary heart disease; Epidemiology; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN; METFORMIN; NITROUS OXIDE; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; PROSTACYCLIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST; DIET; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENDOTHELIUM; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXERCISE; FAT INTAKE; FIBRINOLYSIS; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; METABOLIC RATE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; REVIEW; SITTING; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; WALKING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CLINICAL TRIALS; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24044520360     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00160.2005     Document Type: Review

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