Generalized obesity but not that characterized by raised waist-hip ratio is associated with increased perceived breathlessness during treadmill exercise testing

Cardiovascular Therapeutics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 10-16

  Goyal, Deepak ^a   Logie, Ing Marie ^b   Nadar, Sunil K ^c   Lip, Gregory Y H ^a   MacFadyen, Robert J ^a,b,c  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b RAIGMORE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BMI; Exercise limitation; Obesity; Shortness of breath; Symptom perception; Treadmill; WHR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIAC PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPEDANCE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; DYSPNEA; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PERCEPTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 60349125717     PISSN: 17555914     EISSN: 17555922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-5922.2008.00067.x     Document Type: Article

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