Body mass index, exercise capacity, and mortality risk in male veterans with hypertension

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 444-450

  Faselis, Charles ^a,b   Doumas, Michael ^a,b   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes ^c   Kheirbek, Raya ^a,b   Korshak, Lauren ^a   Manolis, Athanasios ^d   Pittaras, Andreas ^a,d   Tsioufis, Costas ^e   Papademetriou, Vasilios ^a,e   Fletcher, Ross ^a,e   Kokkinos, Peter ^a,b,e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^d IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^e GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

adiposity; all cause mortality; blood pressure; BMI; exercise capacity; hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VETERAN;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSICAL FITNESS; VETERANS;

EID: 84858700040     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2011.242     Document Type: Article

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