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Differential Response to Exercise in African Americans with High Levels of Inflammation
Author(s) -
Jan Kretzschmar,
Dianne M. Babbitt,
Keith M. Diaz,
Deborah L. Feairheller,
Kathleen M. Sturgeon,
Amanda M. Perkins-Ball,
Sheara T. Williamson,
Chenyi Ling,
Heather Grimm,
Michael D. Brown
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
ethnicity and disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.767
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1945-0826
pISSN - 1049-510X
DOI - 10.18865/ed.27.3.233
Subject(s) - medicine , inflammation , aerobic exercise , blood pressure , endocrinology , systemic inflammation , body mass index , endothelial dysfunction
Systemic inflammation, measured by C-reactive protein (CRP), is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality. We investigated whether aerobic exercise training (AEXT) affects African Americans with high inflammation (HI) the same way it does African Americans with low inflammation (LI) in terms of CVD risk factors.

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