Fitness, Fatness, and Mortality: The FIT (Henry Ford Exercise Testing) Project

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 960-965.e1

  McAuley, Paul A ^a   Blaha, Michael J ^b   Keteyian, Steven J ^c   Brawner, Clinton A ^c   Al Rifai, Mahmoud ^b   Dardari, Zeina A ^b   Ehrman, Jonathan K ^c   Al Mallah, Mouaz H ^c,d  

^a WINSTON SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Exercise capacity; Mortality; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC EQUIVALENT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY RISK; OBESITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREADMILL TEST; FITNESS; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL;

BODY MASS INDEX; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 84990028189     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2016.04.007     Document Type: Article

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