Are cardiorespiratory fitness and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity independently associated to overweight, obesity, and abdominal obesity in elderly?

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-34

  Santos, Diana A ^a   Silva, Analiza M ^a   Baptista, Fátima ^a   Santos, Rute ^b   Gobbo, Luis A ^a   Mota, Jorge ^b   Sardinha, Luis B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ACCELERATION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACCELERATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RISK;

EID: 83555161533     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.21231     Document Type: Article

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