Recommended aerobic fitness level for metabolic health in children and adolescents: A study of diagnostic accuracy

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 722-728

  Adegboye, Amanda R A ^a,b   Anderssen, Sigmund A ^c   Froberg, Karsten ^b   Sardinha, Luis B ^d   Heitmann, Berit L ^a,b   Steene Johannessen, Jostein ^c   Kolle, Elin ^c   Andersen, Lars B ^b,c  

^a The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPE; EVALUATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 79959463480     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2009.068346     Document Type: Article

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