Associations between bicycling and carotid arterial stiffness in adolescents: The European Youth Hearts Study

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 661-669

  Ried Larsen, M ^a,b   Grontved A ^c   Ostergaard L ^c   Cooper, A R ^d   Froberg, K ^c   Andersen, L B ^c,e   Moller N C ^c  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b Danish Diabetes Academy   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Actigraph; Carotid stiffness; Exercise; Physical activity; Transportation; Vascular health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYCLING; DENMARK; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADOLESCENT; BICYCLING; CAROTID ARTERIES; COMPLIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84941627980     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sms.12296     Document Type: Article

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