Physical Activity and Cardiorespiratory Fitness as Major Markers of Cardiovascular Risk: Their Independent and Interwoven Importance to Health Status

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 306-314

  Myers, Jonathan ^a,b   McAuley, Paul ^c   Lavie, Carl J ^d   Despres, Jean Pierre ^e   Arena, Ross ^f   Kokkinos, Peter ^g  

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

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WINSTON SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHN OCHSNER HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^g VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiorespiratory fitness; Cardiovascular risk; Diabetes; Obesity; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID STORAGE; METABOLIC EQUIVALENT; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; RISK REDUCTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPLICATION; FITNESS; LIFESTYLE; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EXERCISE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84920120660     PISSN: 00330620     EISSN: 18731740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2014.09.011     Document Type: Article

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