Physical activity intensity and subclinical atherosclerosis in Danish adolescents: The European Youth Heart Study

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Ried Larsen, M ^a   Grontved A ^a   Froberg, K ^a   Ekelund, U ^b,c   Andersen, L B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b MRC EPIDEMIOLOGY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Adolescents; Arterial stiffness; Cardiorespiratory fitness; Intima media thickness; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACTIGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SEX FACTORS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84877664451     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sms.12046     Document Type: Article

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