Physical fitness is associated with lower inflammation, even in individuals with high cholesterol – An alternative to statin therapy?

Jens Metrikat; Marlies Albrecht; Peter Maya-Pelzer; Jan R. Ortlepp

doi:10.1016/j.cvdpc.2009.05.001

Physical fitness is associated with lower inflammation, even in individuals with high cholesterol – An alternative to statin therapy?

Global Heart

Volume 4 (2009): Issue 3

By: Jens Metrikat, Marlies Albrecht, Peter Maya-Pelzer and Jan R. Ortlepp

Open Access

|Sep 2009

Authors

Jens Metrikat

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German Air Force Institute of Aviation Medicine, Div. I, Baumbachstrasse 308, D-82242 Furstenfeldbruck

Marlies Albrecht

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German Air Force Institute of Aviation Medicine, Div. I, Baumbachstrasse 308, D-82242 Furstenfeldbruck

Peter Maya-Pelzer

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German Air Force Institute of Aviation Medicine, Div. I, Baumbachstrasse 308, D-82242 Furstenfeldbruck

Jan R. Ortlepp

j.ortlepp@asklepios.com

Clinic for Internal Medicine and Intensive Care, Asklepios Hospital Seesen, D-38723 Seesen; Medical Clinic I, University Hospital of Aachen, RWTH, D-52057 Aachen

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cvdpc.2009.05.001 | Journal eISSN: 2211-8179

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Language: English

Published on: Sep 1, 2009

Published by: Ubiquity Press

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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Keywords:

Physical fitness,

Physical working capacity,

PWC₁₇₀,

Cholesterol,

Inflammation,

Leukocytes,

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate

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