Sleep-disordered breathing, hypertension, and obesity in retired national football league players

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 56, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 1432-1433

  Albuquerque, Felipe N ^a   Sert Kuniyoshi, Fatima H ^a   Calvin, Andrew D ^a   Sierra Johnson, Justo ^a   Romero Corral, Abel ^a   Lopez Jimenez, Francisco ^a   George, Charles F ^a   Rapoport, David M ^a   Vogel, Robert A ^a   Khandheria, Bijoy ^a   Goldman, Martin E ^a   Roberts, Arthur ^a   Somers, Virend K ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; LIPID A;

AGE; ATHLETE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FOOTBALL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; BLOOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETIREMENT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; UNITED STATES;

BODY MASS INDEX; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIPID A; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RETIREMENT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957910743     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.03.099     Document Type: Letter

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