Population
70 professional football players from one National Football League team
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Higher BMI may worsen lipids despite elite training; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Even in elite athletes, a higher BMI is associated with an unfavorable lipid profile, suggesting that intense exercise may not fully offset the cardiovascular risks associated with elevated BMI.
Garry et al. (2001) studied this question.
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