In fitness and health? A prospective study of changes in marital status and fitness in men and women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 337-344

  Ortega, Francisco B ^a,b   Brown, Wendy J ^c   Lee, Duck Chul ^d   Baruth, Meghan ^d   Sui, Xuemei ^d   Blair, Steven N ^d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

cohort studies; exercise; marital status; physical fitness

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BASELINE SURVEY; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIVORCE; FEMALE; FITNESS; MALE; MARRIAGE; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVORCE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

DALLAS; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79251468709     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq362     Document Type: Article

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