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Physical activity and central adiposity in a cohort of African-American adults
BACKGROUND: Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is known as an independent predictor of cardiometabolic risk and all-cause mortality, while increased physical activity has been shown to improve cardiometabolic risk. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether or not there is an association b...
Autores principales: | McGrath, Sean, Brazel, Danielle, Dugas, Lara, Cao, Guichan, Durazo-Arvizu, Ramon, Luke, Amy |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5688823/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29177056 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40608-017-0170-4 |
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