Elevated salivary C-reactive protein predicted by low cardio-respiratory fitness and being overweight in African children

Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 501-506

  Naidoo, T ^a   Konkol, K ^a   Biccard, B ^b   Dubose, K ^c   Mckune, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; C reactive protein; Cardio respiratory fitness; Children; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; PROTEIN SECRETION; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOUTH AFRICA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SALIVA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84869393207     PISSN: 19951892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5830/CVJA-2012-058     Document Type: Article

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