Physical activity and fibrinogen concentrations in 23,201 men and women in the EPIC-Norfolk population-based study

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 419-425

  Myint, Phyo K ^a   Luben, Robert N ^a   Wareham, Nicholas J ^b   Welch, Ailsa A ^a   Bingham, Sheila A ^c   Khaw, Kay Tee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC EPIDEMIOLOGY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC Centre for Nutritional Epidemiology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk; Fibrinogen; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; WORK;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; GREAT BRITAIN; HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 43949129755     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.09.021     Document Type: Article

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