Prospective study of physical fitness, adiposity, and inflammatory markers in healthy middle-aged men and women

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-89

  Hamer, Mark ^a   Steptoe, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ABDOMINAL FAT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 58149394252     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2008.26779     Document Type: Article

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