Low muscle strength is associated with metabolic risk factors in Colombian children: the ACFIES study.

PURPOSE: In youth, poor cardiorespiratory and muscular strength are associated with elevated metabolic risk factors. However, studies examining associations between strength and risk factors have been done exclusively in high income countries, and largely in Caucasian cohorts. The aim of this study...

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Main Authors: Daniel Dylan Cohen, Diego Gómez-Arbeláez, Paul Anthony Camacho, Sandra Pinzon, Claudia Hormiga, Juanita Trejos-Suarez, John Duperly, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3979680?pdf=render