David R. Jacobs

Anthropometric and physiologic correlates of mitral valve prolapse in a biethnic cohort of young adults: The CARDIA study

A questionnaire for the assessment of leisure time physical activities

LEISURE TIME PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO CORONARY RISK FACTORS IN A POPULATION-BASED SAMPLE

Energy expenditure in leisure time physical activity was measured using the Minnesota Leisure Time Physical Activity Questionnaire in a probability sample of 25- to 74-year-old ...

Compendium of Physical Activities: an update of activity codes and MET intensities

We provide an updated version of the Compendium of Physical Activities, a coding scheme that classifies specific physical activity (PA) by rate of energy expenditure. It was dev...

Compendium of Physical Activities: classification of energy costs of human physical activities

A coding scheme is presented for classifying physical activity by rate of energy expenditure, i.e., by intensity. Energy cost was established by a review of published and unpubl...

Trends in Acute Coronary Heart Disease Mortality, Morbidity, and Medical Care From 1985 Through 1997

Background —Coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality continued to decline from 1985 to 1997. Methods and Results —We tabulated CHD deaths (ICD-9 codes 410 through 414) in the Minn...

Cardia: study design, recruitment, and some characteristics of the examined subjects