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SUBMITTER: Sorensen BM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7317394 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sörensen Ben M BM van der Heide Frank C T FCT Houben Alfons J H M AJHM Koster Annemarie A T J M Berendschot Tos T S A G Schouten Jan J Kroon Abraham A AA van der Kallen Carla J H CJH Henry Ronald M A RMA van Dongen Martien C J M MCJM J P M Eussen Simone S H C M Savelberg Hans H van der Berg Julianne D JD Schaper Nicolaas C NC Schram Miranda T MT Stehouwer Coen D A CDA
Microcirculation (New York, N.Y. : 1994) 20200310 4
<h4>Objective</h4>Physical activity may provide a means for the prevention of cardiovascular disease via improving microvascular function. Therefore, this study investigated whether physical activity is associated with skin and retinal microvascular function.<h4>Methods</h4>In The Maastricht Study, a population-based cohort study enriched with type 2 diabetes (n = 1298, 47.3% women, aged 60.2 ± 8.1 years, 29.5% type 2 diabetes), we studied whether accelerometer-assessed physical activity and sed ...[more]