Physical Activity Reduces Systemic Blood Pressure and Improves Early Markers of Atherosclerosis in Pre-Pubertal Obese Children

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 54, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 2396-2406

  Farpour Lambert, Nathalie J ^a   Aggoun, Yacine ^a   Marchand, Laetitia M ^a   Martin, Xavier E ^a   Herrmann, François R ^a   Beghetti, Maurice ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; child; hypertension; obesity; physical activity

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENDOTHELIUM; EXERCISE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PUBERTY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; VASODILATION;

EID: 71649113249     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.08.030     Document Type: Article

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