The effects of endurance and recreational exercise on subclinical evidence of atherosclerosis in young adults

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 339, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 332-336

  Popovic, Martin ^a   Puchner, Stefan ^a   Endler, Georg ^b   Foraschik, Cathrin ^c   Minar, Erich ^a   Bucek, Robert A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis in young adults; Cardiovascular risk; Exercise; Intima media thickness

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHLETE; B SCAN; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECREATIONAL THERAPY;

ADULT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECREATION THERAPY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950944471     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181cefbb9     Document Type: Article

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