Cardiorespiratory fitness, waist circumference, and alanine aminotransferase in youth

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 722-727

  Trilk, Jennifer L ^a   Ortaglia, Andrew ^b   Blair, Steven N ^b   Bottai, Matteo ^c   Church, Timothy S ^d   Pate, Russell R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE GREENVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Exercise; Metabolic Syndrome X; Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHILD; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHILD; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878874112     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31827aa875     Document Type: Article

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