Regular aerobic exercise, without weight loss, improves endothelium-dependent vasodilation in overweight and obese adults

Obesity

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1667-1669

  Mestek, Michael L ^a   Westby, Christian M ^a   Van Guilder, Gary P ^a   Greiner, Jared J ^a   Stauffer, Brian L ^a,b,c   Desouza, Christopher A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROPRUSSIDE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; VASODILATION; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 77955050096     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2009.467     Document Type: Article

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