Review of cardiometabolic risk factors among current professional football and professional baseball players

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 77-83

  Helzberg, John H ^a   Camilo, Joel ^a   Waeckerle, Joseph F ^a   O'Keefe, James H ^a  

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

Author keywords

Baseball; Cardiometabolic syndrome; Cardiovascular disease; Football; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASEBALL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFESTYLE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE;

ATHLETES; BASEBALL; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78650320592     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/psm.2010.10.1811     Document Type: Article

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