Cardiovascular fitness and risk factors of healthy African Americans and Caucasians

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-35

  Zeno, Stacey A ^a   Kim Dorner, Su Jong ^a   Deuster, Patricia A ^a   Davis, Jennifer L ^a   Remaley, Alan T ^c   Poth, Merrily ^b  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Cardiovascular; Cholesterol; Exercise

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LIPID;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 76149090489     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)30472-7     Document Type: Article

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