Exercise and body mass index vs female heart disease

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Hi All, Exercise and body mass index interactions in women's heart disease risk seem to be examined. The below paper is free full-text. In This Issue of Archives of Internal MedicineArch Intern Med. 2008;168(8):790. The Joint Effects of Physical Activity and Body Mass Index on Coronary Heart Disease Risk in Women Physical activity and body mass index (BMI) independently alter the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD); however, their combined effect on CHD is not established. Weinstein et al prospectively studied the combined association of physical activity and BMI on incident CHD in a cohort of 38 987 healthy women in the Women's Health Study. The risk of CHD associated with elevated BMI was considerably reduced by increasing physical

activity levels. Increasing levels of walking also resulted in significant reductions in CHD risk for overweight and obese individuals. However, the risk was not completely eliminated by physical activity, reinforcing the importance of being lean and physically active. The Joint Effects of Physical Activity and Body Mass Index on Coronary Heart Disease Risk in WomenAmy R. Weinstein; D. Sesso; I-Min Lee; M. Rexrode; R. Cook; JoAnn E. Manson; E. Buring; J. Gaziano Arch Intern Med. 2008;168(8):884-90. http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/168/8/884http://tinyurl.com/58kwuh -- Al Pater, alpater@...

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