ReviewSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2006
Physical activity and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein.
Review in Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 80 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
80 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials of Exercise Interventions Using Digital Activity Trackers in Patients With Cancer.Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN · 2019Pooled it
- Replication and reproducibility issues in the relationship between C-reactive protein and depression: A systematic review and focused meta-analysis.Brain, behavior, and immunity · 2018Pooled it
- Effects of exercise on c-reactive protein in healthy patients and in patients with heart disease: A meta-analysis.Heart & lung : the journal of critical carePooled it
- Does psychological treatment of major depression reduce cardiac risk biomarkers? An exploratory randomized controlled trial.Psychological medicine · 2023Trial
- Aerobic exercise reduces biomarkers related to cardiovascular risk among cleaners: effects of a worksite intervention RCT.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2016Trial
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- The effects of exercise training in a weight loss lifestyle intervention on asthma control, quality of life and psychosocial symptoms in adult obese asthmatics: protocol of a randomized controlled trial.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2015Trial
- The impact of an exercise intervention on C - reactive protein during pregnancy: a randomized controlled trial.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2015Trial
- High-sensitivity CRP is an independent risk factor for all fractures and vertebral fractures in elderly men: the MrOS Sweden study.Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 2014Trial
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- Time course of muscle damage and inflammatory responses to resistance training with eccentric overload in trained individuals.Mediators of inflammation · 2013Trial
- Cardiorespiratory fitness, cardiovascular workload and risk factors among cleaners; a cluster randomized worksite intervention.BMC public health · 2012Trial
- The influence of cardiac rehabilitation on inflammation and metabolic syndrome in women with coronary heart disease.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingTrial
- Exercise in Patients with Subclinical Atherosclerosis: Mechanisms, Clinical Evidence, and Practical Recommendations.Current atherosclerosis reports · 2026Review
- Association of physical activity levels and estimated glomerular filtration rate with all-cause mortality: a 10-year cohort study.Journal of comparative effectiveness research · 2026Article
- Association between self-initiated changes in physical activity patterns and erectile dysfunction: a longitudinal follow-up study.Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2026Article
- A Phenome-Wide association study (PheWAS) of genetic risk for C-reactive protein in children of European Ancestry: Results from the ABCD study.Brain, behavior, and immunity · 2025Article
- Association Between Occupational Sitting With High Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein: The Jackson Heart Study.American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2025Article
- A Phenome-Wide Association Study (PheWAS) of Genetic Risk for C-Reactive Protein in Children of European Ancestry: Results From the ABCD Study.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
- Peeking under the Hood of Job Stress: How Men and Women's Stress Levels Vary by Typologies of Job Quality and Family Composition.Journal of health and social behavior · 2024Article
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Abstract
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains one of the leading causes of death and disability in developed countries around the world despite the documented success of lifestyle and pharmacological interventions. This illustrates the multifactorial nature of atherosclerosis and the use of novel inflammatory markers as an adjunct to risk factor reduction strategies. As evidence continues to accumulate that inflammation is involved in all stages of the development and progression of atherosclerosis, markers of inflammation such as high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP) may provide additional information regarding the biological status of the atherosclerotic lesion. Recent investigations suggest that physical activity reduces CRP levels. Higher levels of physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness are consistently associated with 6-35% lower CRP levels. Longitudinal training studies that have demonstrated reductions in CRP concentrations range from 16% to 41%, an effect that may be independent of baseline levels of CRP, body composition or weight loss. The average change in CRP associated with physical activity appears to be at least as good, if not better, than currently prescribed pharmacological interventions in similar populations. The primary purpose of this review will be to present evidence from both cross-sectional and longitudinal investigations that physical activity lowers CRP levels in a dose-response manner. Finally, this review will examine factors such as body composition, sex, blood sample timing, diet and smoking, which may influence the CRP response to physical activity.
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