Cardiorespiratory fitness and the paradoxical BMI-mortality risk association in male veterans

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 754-762

  Kokkinos, Peter ^a,b,c   Faselis, Charles ^a,c   Myers, Jonathan ^d,e   Pittaras, Andreas ^a,c   Sui, Xuemei ^f   Zhang, Jiajia ^g   McAuley, Paul ^f,h   Kokkinos, John Peter ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^g Stanford University ^*  (United States)

^h WINSTON SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS INDEX; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84904646340     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: 19425546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2014.01.029     Document Type: Article

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