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..To quantify the relation of fitness to mortality among men with diabetes, adjusted for BMI and within levels of BMI...

..Elevated C-reactive protein levels are associated with the risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. We examined whether multivitamins reduce C-reactive protein levels...

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..We sought to identify a potential threshold of coronary artery calcium for clinical use and examine the predictive power of coronary artery calcium in individuals categorized using conventional coronary heart disease risk assessment...

..This study examined the association between cardiorespiratory fitness and C-reactive protein (CRP), with adjustment for weight and within weight categories...

..7; p < .01) compared to regular walking. Nordic Walking, examined in the field, results in a significant increase in oxygen use and caloric expenditure compared to regular walking, without significantly increasing perceived exertion...

..Although increased blood and plasma viscosity have been associated with an increased risk of CHD, the effects of cardiac rehabilitation and exercise training on blood rheology in patients with CHD are uncertain...

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..To examine the relation between fitness and fibrinogen, white blood cell count, uric acid and metabolic syndrome across levels of adiposity in apparently healthy, nonsmoking men...

..In this study, we examined the effects of participation in a behavior-based weight loss program on MIF concentrations in obese individuals...

..Continued exposure to prolonged periods of intense exercise may unfavourably alter neuroendocrine, neuromuscular, and cardiovascular function...

..The instrument will be useful for in vitro investigations of effective viscosity and viscous resistance in the microcirculation...

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..16 (95% CI=0.05-0.56) and 0.23 (95% CI=0.11-0.46), respectively. In asymptomatic men with subclinical coronary atherosclerosis, an ET of >/=10METs identifies patients at lower risk for manifest CHD...

..To examine the association between muscular strength and incidence of metabolic syndrome...

..To examine the associations for muscular strength and cardiorespiratory fitness with the prevalence of metabolic syndrome among men...

..The aim of this study was to quantify pedometer-determined steps per day associated with 50, 100, and 150% of the current public health recommendation for weekly physical activity in sedentary postmenopausal women...

..This score sheet may help healthcare practitioners identify high-risk patients who might benefit from lifestyle modification, pharmacologic therapy, or other interventions...

..93; 1.15 to 3.23) was a significant predictor of mortality. DISCUSSION: Visceral fat is a strong, independent predictor of all-cause mortality in men...

..001 to .22). CONCLUSIONS: Fitness (inversely) and BMI (directly) were associated with the prevalence of NAFLD. However, these associations were attenuated when abdominal obesity was included in the statistical model...

..Though cardiorespiratory exercise training increases HRV, little is known regarding the exercise dose necessary to promote this improvement...

..However, little is known about the relationship between exercise ECG responses and CHD risk in men with diabetes mellitus...

..The purpose of this article was to examine the risk of cancer mortality across levels of fitness and to examine the fitness-mortality relation for site-specific cancers in men with pre-diabetes and diabetes...

..The purpose of this study was to determine the independent and joint associations of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and BMI with the incidence of type 2 diabetes in women...

..The INFLAME study is designed to determine the effect of exercise training on elevated high-sensitivity C-Reactive Protein (CRP) concentrations in initially sedentary women and men...

..Genetic factors contribute significantly to the interindividual differences in endurance training-induced changes in BP. However, similar data on the genotype-by-fitness interactions on the risk of hypertension are scarce...

..Survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) become obese, and are at increased risk for morbidity and mortality post therapy...

..As opposed to traditional food based delivery we examined the efficacy of ingesting encapsulated phytosterol esters on indices of lipid health in hypercholesterolemic adults...

..However, a poor understanding of the physical activity-fitness dose response relation remains...

..Both liver fat and visceral AT were associated with metabolic risk in men. However, when controlled for each other, visceral AT was the only independent associate of metabolic risk...

..The purpose of this study is to extend previous work on a non-exercise test model to predict CRF from health indicators that are easily obtained...

..Furthermore, men who were physically fit or who did not have the metabolic syndrome had a lower risk of CVD mortality...

..In this review we will discuss some of the key observational and experimental studies that have examined associations among physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness, and non-insulin-dependent diabetes...

..However, results from studies examining the effect of exercise training on HRV in postmenopausal women are inconclusive. In addition, the effect of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on HRV remains a subject of speculation...

..1 (1.8) yr; height: 178.5 (1.8) cm; weight: 77.1 (1.6) kg]...

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..Accordingly, our observations reinforce the importance of regular physical activity in the prevention and reduction of obesity-related health risk independent of a corresponding reduction in body weight...

..Our current aim was to more thoroughly examine this same formula in a randomized, placebo-controlled, clinical study...

..These observations support the potential of EBT as a sensitive test for detection of CHD...

..Heart rate recovery (HRR) is an independent prognostic indicator for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and all-cause mortality in healthy men. We examined the association of HRR to CVD-related and all-cause mortality in men with diabetes...

..These observations reinforce the importance of visceral obesity in the pathogenesis of dyslipidemia in men, and they suggest that visceral AT and liver fat carry independent health risk...

..The metabolic syndrome is a prevalent condition that carries with it an increased risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and mortality...

..We tested the research hypothesis that longitudinal changes in cardiorespiratory fitness of the ACLS cohort were a multivariate function of changes in self-report physical activity (SR-PA), resting heart rate, and body mass index (BMI)...

..HRR may be an important exercise test parameter to predict CVD mortality in younger men, whereas CRF and other established risk factors are better predictors of CVD and all-cause mortality in older men...

..CONCLUSION: Consumption of bIg appears to positively modulate the primary lipid indexes associated with cardiovascular disease...

..Few studies have reported the relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness and metabolic syndrome incidence, particularly in women...

..06). CONCLUSIONS: High levels of CRF are associated with a substantial reduction in health risk for a given level of visceral and subcutaneous fat...

..To determine in normal weight, overweight, and obese men the risk of all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality associated with the metabolic syndrome (MetS) and the influence of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF)...

..These findings show that CAC is associated with an increased risk of CHD events in asymptomatic women and men...

..Conversely, both visceral and the deep subcutaneous depot are determinants of metabolic risk in premenopausal woman despite the absence of obesity...

..01). We conclude that coaches and cyclists may need to use some caution when directly transferring results obtained from laboratory testing to the Computrainer training device...

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..5 mg/dL (lowest third). Among women, the risk of MetS was at least 2-fold higher for serum UA concentrations > or =4.6 mg/dL (P for trend = .02). Higher serum UA is a strong and independent predictor of incident MetS in men and women...

..0 HU for liver and <3.5 HU for spleen. Acquisition of a single CT image at the T12-L1 level is a practical and reliable method for routine measurement of liver fat in research and clinical settings...

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..However, no randomized controlled trials have evaluated exercise as an augmentation strategy for patients with carefully diagnosed MDD who remain symptomatic following an adequate acute phase trial of antidepressant therapy...

..5%; P < 0.007) and total lifting volume at post (22%; P < 0.003). CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that enterically coated oral ATP supplementation may provide small ergogenic effects on muscular strength under some treatment conditions...