Association between cardiorespiratory fitness and prevalence of carotid atherosclerosis among men with hypertension

American Heart Journal

Volumn 153, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1001-1005

  Jae, Sae Young ^a   Carnethon, Mercedes R ^b   Heffernan, Kevin S ^a   Choi, Yoon Ho ^c   Lee, Moon Kyu ^c   Fernhall, Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FITNESS; GAS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KOREA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 34249274874     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.02.035     Document Type: Article

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