Background: High levels of physical activity (PA) and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) are each associated with a favorable cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk profile. However, the relationship between CRF and obesity is still inconsistent across studies, and there has been no thorough exploration of the independent contribution of CRF to different CVD risk factors in Chinese women.
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- Zhu, Wenfei (Author)
- Hooker, Steven (Author)
- Sun, Yuliang (Author)
- Xie, Minhao (Author)
- Su, Hao (Author)
- Cao, Jianmin (Author)
- Digital object identifier: 10.1186/1472-6874-14-62
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Zhu, W., Hooker, S. P., Sun, Y., Xie, M., Su, H., & Cao, J. (2014). Associations of cardiorespiratory fitness with cardiovascular disease risk factors in middle-aged Chinese women: a cross-sectional study. BMC Women's Health, 14(1). doi:10.1186/1472-6874-14-62