Physical activity, ethnicity and cardio-metabolic health: Does one size fit all?

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 232, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 319-333

  Gill, Jason M R ^a   Celis Morales, Carlos A ^b   Ghouri, Nazim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Diabetes; Ethnicity; Exercise; Fitness; Physical activity; Race

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ASIAN; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEART INFARCTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; METABOLIC DISORDER; MUSCLE TRAINING; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES; ETHNICITY; EXERCISE; FITNESS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RACE;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXERCISE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; OXYGEN; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84892843794     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2013.11.039     Document Type: Review

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