Long-term effect of different physical activity levels on subclinical atherosclerosis in middle-aged men: a 25-year prospective study.

BACKGROUND: The purpose of the study was to investigate the influence of lifetime physical activity (PA) on selected indices of atherosclerosis in longitudinal observation of middle-aged men. METHODS: The subject of the study was a cohort of 101 men (mean age 59,7 ± 9,0 years), free of cardiovascula...

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Main Authors: Magdalena Kwaśniewska, Anna Jegier, Tomasz Kostka, Elżbieta Dziankowska-Zaborszczyk, Ewa Rębowska, Joanna Kozińska, Wojciech Drygas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3896363?pdf=render