in korea, hypertension has become more prevalent with the westernization of korean diets and lack of exercise. this study aimed at investigating the associations between physical fitness variables and hypertension status in korean women.the subjects were 9,216 women aged >20 years who visited a public health promotion center for physical fitness tests. cardiovascular respiratory fitness was eva...

objectives: the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of mountaineering on health factors in elder people. methods & materials: this study was a cross-sectional study. forty three elderly men (mean age 57/7±9/3 yrs) were selected randomly fromparks of northern tehran. according to their activity and type of activity, subjects divided into three groups of mountaineer (n=15), trained (...

BACKGROUND In Korea, hypertension has become more prevalent with the Westernization of Korean diets and lack of exercise. This study aimed at investigating the associations between physical fitness variables and hypertension status in Korean women. METHODS The subjects were 9,216 women aged >20 years who visited a public health promotion center for physical fitness tests. Cardiovascular respi...

BACKGROUND During childhood and adolescence, physical inactivity, excess weight, and poor nutrition are risk factors for chronic diseases, especially obesity, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus. Early intervention can prevent the development of these complications. OBJECTIVE To determine the presence of cardiovascular risk (obesity and hypertension) in schoolchildren and its potential intera...

INTRODUCTION C-reactive protein (CRP) is a sensitive marker of systemic inflammation and is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between salivary CRP, cardio-respiratory fitness and body composition in a paediatric population. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study of 170 black South African children (age 9.41 ± 1.55 yea...

background: changes in global temperature and its health effects have recently been under much investigated. consequently, these changes have affected mortality and morbidity rates which are important public health indices. the present study examines the effect of mean temperature on the frequency of hospitalization due to cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in ali ibn abi talib hospital of...

field and aim: obesity is in parallel with raise in risk of a lot of disease such as atherosclerosis, hypertension and type two diabetes and has relation with lifestyle and socioe- economic state. aim of present study was evaluation the relationship between obesity and effective factors on cardiovascular health and socio-economic state of male students of islamic azad university-fars branch sci...