The association between physical activity and subclinical atherosclerosis: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 444-454

  Bertoni, Alain G ^a,g   Whitt Glover, Melicia C ^a   Chung, Hyoju ^b   Le, Katherine Y ^a   Barr, R Graham ^c   Mahesh, Mahadevappa ^d   Jenny, Nancy S ^e   Burke, Gregory L ^a   Jacobs, David R ^f  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Coronary vessels; Exercise; Motor activity; Peripheral vascular diseases

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ADULT; BODY MASS; CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; LIPID; METABOLISM; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK FACTOR; WALKING;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60149103778     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn350     Document Type: Article

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