Browsing by Author "Kourides, Y. A."

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      High cardiorespiratory fitness is inversely associated with incidence of overweight in adolescence: A longitudinal study 

      Savva, Savvas C.; Tornaritis, M. J.; Kolokotroni, Ourania; Chadjigeorgiou, C.; Kourides, Y. A.; Karpathios, Themistocles; Yiallouros, Panayiotis K. (2014)
      To assess the association of baseline cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) with incidence of overweight over a 4.6-year period in adolescence. In a cohort of 4878 adolescents, we assessed body mass index in years 2001-2003 and ...
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      Low serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in childhood is associated with adolescent asthma 

      Yiallouros, Panayiotis K.; Savva, Savvas C.; Kolokotroni, Ourania; Behbod, B.; Zenios, Michalis; Economou, Mary; Chadjigeorgiou, C.; Kourides, Y. A.; Tornaritis, M. J.; Lamnisos, Demetris; Middleton, Nicos; Milton, Donald K. (2012)
      Background: Whilst emerging evidence from animal and cell experiments has shown high-density lipoprotein cholesterol to have anti-inflammatory effects consistent with a protective role in asthma, human studies investigating ...