Physical activity and the metabolic syndrome in elderly german men and women results from the population-based kora survey

Diabetes Care

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 511-513

  Hahn, Valerie ^a,b   Halle, Martin ^b   Schmidt Trucksass A ^b   Rathmann, W ^c   Meisinger, C ^a   Mlelck, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CYCLING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WALKING;

AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 64749102776     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc08-1285     Document Type: Article

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