Obesity paradox and cardiorespiratory fitness in 12,417 male veterans aged 40 to 70 years

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 115-121

  McAuley, Paul A ^a   Kokkinos, Peter F ^b   Oliveira, Ricardo B ^c   Emerson, Brian T ^a   Myers, Jonathan N ^d  

^a WINSTON SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GAMA FILHO UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXERCISE TEST; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

EID: 75749148775     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/mcp.2009.0562     Document Type: Article

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