Comparison of cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors in professional baseball players versus professional football players

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 664-667

  Helzberg, John H ^a   Waeckerle, Joseph F ^a   Camilo, Joel ^a   Selden, Michael A ^a   Tang, Fengming ^a   Joyce, Steven A ^a   Browne, Jon E ^a   O'Keefe, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BASEBALL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLIC DISEASES; METABOLISM; NUTRITION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASEBALL; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; METABOLIC DISEASES; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955890368     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.04.022     Document Type: Article

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