Serum C-reactive protein and lipids in ultra-Marathon runners

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 125-126

  Tomaszewski, Maciej ^a   Charchar, Fadi J ^b   Crawford, Lynne ^b   Zukowska Sczechowska, Ewa ^b   Grzeszczak, Wladyslaw ^b   Sattar, Naveed ^b   Dominiczak, Anna F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MARATHON RUNNER; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SITTING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 3042563479     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.03.043     Document Type: Article

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