Associations between objectively measured physical activity intensity in childhood and measures of subclinical cardiovascular disease in adolescence: Prospective observations from the European Youth Heart Study

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 1502-1507

  Ried Larsen, Mathias ^a   Grøntved, Anders ^a   Møller, Niels Christian ^a   Larsen, Kristian Traberg ^a   Froberg, Karsten ^a   Andersen, Lars Bo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CHILD; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DENMARK; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC DISEASES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CHILD; DENMARK; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84907590198     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2012-091958     Document Type: Article

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