Physical activity and all-cause mortality: An updated meta-analysis with different intensity categories

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 213-224

  Lollgen H ^a   Bockenhoff A ^b   Knapp, G ^c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Fitness; Gender; Physical training; Primary prevention

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; LEISURE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SITTING; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FITNESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649090186     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: 14393964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1128150     Document Type: Review

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