Cardiorespiratory fitness, adiposity, and all-cause mortality in women

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2006-2012

  Farrell, Stephen W ^a   Fitzgerald, Shannon J ^b   McAuley, Paul A ^c   Barlow, Carolyn E ^a  

^a Cooper Institute ^*  (United States)

^b Cooper Clinic ^*  (United States)

^c WINSTON SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; percent body fat; waist circumference; waist to height ratio; waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CAUSE OF DEATH; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049531017     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181df12bf     Document Type: Article

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