Cardiorespiratory fitness levels and their association with cardiovascular profile in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A cross-sectional study

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2215-2220

  Metsios, George S ^a,b,c   Koutedakis, Yiannis ^a,c   Zanten, Jet J C S Veldhuijzen van ^b,d   Stavropoulos Kalinoglou, Antonis ^c   Vitalis, Panagiotis ^a   Duda, Joan L ^d   Ntoumanis, Nikos ^d   Rouse, Peter C ^d   Kitas, George D ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b RUSSELLS HALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF HUMAN PERFORMANCE AND REHABILITATION   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiorespiratory fitness; Cardiovascular disease; Exercise; Inflammation; Physical activity; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; FIBRINOGEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; VENOUS OXYGEN TENSION;

EID: 84983156984     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kev035     Document Type: Article

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