Prospective Association of Physical Activity and Heart Failure Hospitalizations Among Black Adults With Normal Ejection Fraction: The Jackson Heart Study

Prospective Association of Physical Activity and Heart Failure Hospitalizations Among Black Adults With Normal Ejection Fraction: The Jackson Heart Study

BackgroundGiven high rates of obesity, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus, black persons are at risk to develop heart failure. The association of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and heart failure in black adults is underresearched. The purpose of this study was to explore whether grea...

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Main Authors: Patrick Koo, Annie Gjelsvik, Gaurav Choudhary, Wen‐Chih Wu, Wei Wang, F. Dennis McCool, Charles B. Eaton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-09-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
epidemiology
exercise
heart failure
lifestyle
prevention
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.117.006107

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