Physical Activity and Mortality across Cardiovascular Disease Risk Groups
- 1 November 2004
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
- Vol. 36 (11) , 1923-1929
- https://doi.org/10.1249/01.mss.0000145443.02568.7a
Abstract
Purpose:Several cohort studies suggest that sedentary individuals have an increased risk of death compared with individuals who are physically active. Most of these studies have been conducted in highly selected patient populations who tend to be healthier and are from higher socioeconomic sKeywords
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