Moderate-and-vigorous physical activity from adolescence to adulthood and subclinical atherosclerosis in adulthood: Prospective observations from the European Youth Heart Study

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 107-112

  Ried Larsen, Mathias ^a   Grontved, Anders ^a   Kristensen, Peter Lund ^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; ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920667535     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2013-092409     Document Type: Article

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