Low cardiorespiratory fitness is a strong predictor for clustering of cardiovascular disease risk factors in children independent of country, age and sex

European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 526-531

  Anderssen, Sigmund A ^a   Cooper, Ashley R ^b   Riddoch, Chris ^c   Sardinha, Luis B ^d   Harro, Maarike ^e   Brage, Søren ^f   Andersen, Lars B ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^f MRC EPIDEMIOLOGY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk; Fitness; Insulin; Paediatrics

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; ESTONIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PORTUGAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; ESTONIA; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PORTUGAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34547652844     PISSN: 17418267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJR.0b013e328011efc1     Document Type: Article

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