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Relationship Between Physical Activity and Inflammation Among Apparently Healthy Middle-aged and Older US Adults

Author(s) -

Jerome L. Abramson,

Viola Vaccarino

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

archives of internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3679

pISSN - 0003-9926

DOI - 10.1001/archinte.162.11.1286

Subject(s) - odds ratio , national health and nutrition examination survey , medicine , c reactive protein , confidence interval , confounding , inflammation , fibrinogen , white blood cell , physiology , immunology , population , environmental health

Physical activity has been associated with a reduced risk of coronary heart disease, but the mechanism underlying this association is unclear. Because coronary heart disease is increasingly seen as an inflammatory process, it might be reasonable to hypothesize that physical activity reduces risk of coronary heart disease by reducing or preventing inflammation.

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