Associations between sports participation, cardiorespiratory fitness, and adiposity in young adult twins

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 681-686

  Mustelin, L ^a,e   Latvala, A ^a,b   Pietilainen K H ^a,c   Piirila P ^c   Sovijarvi A R ^c   Kujala, U M ^d   Rissanen, A ^c   Kaprio, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^e Dept of Public Health   (Finland)

Author keywords

Exercise participation; Genetic epidemiology; Maximal oxygen uptake; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FITNESS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; HEART; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPORT; STATISTICS; TWINS;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HEART; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SPORTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954619943     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00753.2010     Document Type: Article

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