Association of sports activities in leisure time and incident myocardial infarction in middle-aged men and women from the general population: The MONICA/KORA Augsburg cohort study

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 788-792

  Meisinger, Christa ^a,b   Löwel, Hannelore ^b   Heier, Margit ^a,b   Kandler, Ulla ^b   Döring, Angela ^b  

^a KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

cohort study; myocardial infarction; physical activity; risk; sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SEX RATIO; SPORT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPORTS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 36649034520     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJR.0b013e32828641be     Document Type: Article

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