Protective effect of time spent walking on risk of stroke in older men

Stroke

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 194-199

  Jefferis, Barbara J ^a   Whincup, Peter H ^b   Papacosta, Olia ^a   Wannamethee, S Goya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aged; Cohort analysis; Motor activity; Pace; Stroke; Walking

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; D DIMER;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DOSE RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PACE; STROKE; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE; WALKING;

EID: 85027921230     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.002246     Document Type: Article

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