Effect of a prolonged altitude expedition on glucose tolerance and abdominal fatness

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 472-477

  Lee, Shin Da ^d   Jensen, Jørgen ^e   Chen, Chung Yu ^c   Kuo, Chia Hua ^c  

^a SHIH CHIEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SHIH HSIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Hypoxia; Insulin resistance; Mountain hiking

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; INSULIN; OXYGEN;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER CURVE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HORMONES; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 79952269743     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2010.10599708     Document Type: Article

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