Long-term effect of different physical activity levels on subclinical atherosclerosis in middle-aged men: a 25-year prospective study.

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Published in PLoS One on January 20, 2014

Authors

Magdalena Kwaśniewska1, Anna Jegier2, Tomasz Kostka3, Elżbieta Dziankowska-Zaborszczyk1, Ewa Rębowska1, Joanna Kozińska1, Wojciech Drygas4

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
2: Department of Sports Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
3: Department of Geriatrics, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
4: Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland ; Department of Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Prevention, Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland.

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