Physical activity, obesity status, and glycemic control: The ATTICA study

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 606-611

  Kavouras, Stavros A ^a   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^a   Pitsavos, Christos ^b   Chrysohoou, Christina ^b   Anastasiou, Costas A ^a   Lentzas, Yannis ^b   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^b  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Exercise; HOMA; Insulin resistance; Obesity

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIFESTYLE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SITTING; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY;

EID: 34147187689     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e31803084eb     Document Type: Article

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