The associations between leisure-time physical activity and inflammatory and coagulation markers related to cardiovascular disease: The ATTICA Study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 432-437

  Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^a,b,c   Pitsavos, Christos ^a   Chrysohoou, Christina ^a   Kavouras, Stavros ^b   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c 166 74 Attica Greece ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Inflammation; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID A PROTEIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; FIBRINOGEN; GLUCOSE; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GREECE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEISURE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZATION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SERUM AMYLOID A PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 7644236347     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.07.010     Document Type: Article

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