The Interaction of Cardiorespiratory Fitness With Obesity and the Obesity Paradox in Cardiovascular Disease

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 30-44

  Oktay, Ahmet Afşin ^a   Lavie, Carl J ^a   Kokkinos, Peter F ^b   Parto, Parham ^c   Pandey, Ambarish ^d   Ventura, Hector O ^a  

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

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Cardiorespiratory fitness; Cardiovascular disease; Exercise; Obesity; Obesity paradox; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PLATELET REACTIVITY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 85019847604     PISSN: 00330620     EISSN: 18731740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2017.05.005     Document Type: Review

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