The relationship between physical activity and cholesterol levels in children and adolescents Relação entre níveis de atividade física e valores de colesterolemia em crianças e adolescentes

OBJECTIVES: to describe total cholesterol (TC) plasma levels according to age and sex; to determine the contribution of sex, age, body mass index and physical activity (PA) to TC variation; to determine the odds ratio for high total cholesterol (HTC) plasma levels of the subjects in the first PA qua...

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Main Authors: José Alberto Duarte, José Carlos Ribeiro, José Oliveira, Jorge Mota
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Materno Infantil de Pernambuco 2004-06-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-38292004000200009