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. 2011 Dec 7;122(Pt 7):311–322. doi: 10.1042/CS20110469

Table 3. Studies investigating the impact of physical fitness on arterial wall thickness in subjects with cardiovascular disease/risk.

The ‘Effect’ indicates that a higher PA/physical fitness is related to a lower arterial IMT (+) or no difference in arterial IMT (~). CA, carotid artery.

First author Group n Age (years) Fitness measure Artery Effect
Jae [75] Hypertension 2532 52±8 Exercise test CA +
Palatini [76] Hypertension 87 31±8 Questionnaire CA +
Trigona [80] T1D 32 6–17 Exercise test CA ~
Watarai [78] T2D 53 53±10 Questionnaire CA +
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