Association between habitual physical activity and parameters of physical fitness in postmenopausal women

Climacteric

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 360-370

  Da Silva, R B ^a   Costa Paiva, L ^a,b   Pinto Neto, A M ^a   Braga, A De A ^a   Morais, S S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Cidade Universitaria   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body composition; Lipid profile; Maximum oxygen consumption; Physical activity; Postmenopause

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; OXYGEN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FITNESS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 27744476751     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13697130500345380     Document Type: Article

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