Cardiovascular fitness, activity, and metabolic syndrome among college men and women

Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 370-376

  Morrell, Jesse Stabile ^a   Cook, Summer B ^a   Carey, Gale B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARDIOVASCULAR FITNESS; COLLEGE STUDENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FITNESS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIPIDS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884566383     PISSN: 15404196     EISSN: 15578518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/met.2013.0011     Document Type: Article

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