Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Mortality Risk

Physical activity and cardiovascular mortality risk: possible protective mechanisms?

INTRODUCTION The biological mechanisms through which increased physical activity or structured exercise training lowers the risk of recurrent cardiac events are incompletely understood. We examined the extent to which modification of primary risk markers explains the association between physical activity and cardiovascular death in participants with diagnosed cardiovascular disease (CVD). MET...

Physical Activity, Health Benefits, and Mortality Risk

A plethora of epidemiologic evidence from large studies supports unequivocally an inverse, independent, and graded association between volume of physical activity, health, and cardiovascular and overall mortality. This association is evident in apparently healthy individuals, patients with hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and cardiovascular disease, regardless of body weight. Moreover, t...

New Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Physical Activity

The Relationship Between Physical Activity, Lipid Profile, and Two New Anthropometric Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among Men

Background: Cardiovascular diseases are among the most prevalent causes of morbidity and mortality. This research investigated the relationship between physical activity, lipid profile, and new anthropometric cardiovascular risk factors among men. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 155 adult men (30-50 years old) who were selected randomly from 250 men called by public announ...

Changes in physical activity and cardiovascular mortality in older adults

Sara Higueras-Fresnillo, Pilar Guallar-Castillón, Verónica Cabanas-Sanchez, José R. Banegas, Fernando Rodríguez-Artalejo, David Martinez-Gomez Department of Physical Education, Sport, and Human Movement, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid/...