Endothelial function in post-menopausal former elite athletes

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 247-252

  Hagmar, Magnus ^a   Eriksson, Maria J ^a   Lindholm, Caroline ^a   Schenck Gustafsson, Karin ^a   Hirschberg, Angelica Lindén ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Athlete; Endothelial function; FMD; Postmenopausal

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY COMPOSITION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENDOTHELIUM; ENDURANCE SPORT; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VASODILATATION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; POSTMENOPAUSE; VASODILATION;

EID: 33745279444     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042752-200605000-00011     Document Type: Article

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