Cardiometabolic Abnormalities in Current National Football League Players

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 969-971

  Selden, Michael A ^a,b   Helzberg, John H ^a,b,d   Waeckerle, Joseph F ^a   Browne, Jon E ^a,c   Brewer, Joseph H ^a,b,d   Monaco, Michael E ^a   Tang, Fengming ^b,d   O'keefe, James H ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Clinic of Kansas City   (United States)

^d SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FOOTBALL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART MUSCLE METABOLISM; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAINING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRIGLYCERIDES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63049122509     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.12.046     Document Type: Article

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