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SUBMITTER: Vandercappellen EJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7763372 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vandercappellen Evelien J EJ Henry Ronald M A RMA Savelberg Hans H C M HHCM van der Berg Julianne D JD Reesink Koen D KD Schaper Nicolaas C NC Eussen Simone J P M SJPM van Dongen Martien C J M MCJM Dagnelie Pieter C PC Schram Miranda T MT van Greevenbroek Marleen M J MMJ Wesselius Anke A van der Kallen Carla J H CJH Köhler Sebastian S Stehouwer Coen D A CDA Koster Annemarie A
Journal of the American Heart Association 20201015 20
Background Arterial stiffness is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease and can be beneficially influenced by physical activity. However, it is not clear how an individual's physical activity pattern over a week is associated with arterial stiffness. Therefore, we examined the associations of the amount and pattern of higher intensity physical activity with arterial stiffness. Methods and Results Data from the Maastricht Study (n=1699; mean age: 60±8 years, 49.4% women, 26.9% type ...[more]