Associations of habitual physical activity and carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity; a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

• Rebecca Lear ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: r.lear2@exeter.ac.uk

  Affiliation Department of Public Health and Sport Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9308-616X

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• Brad Metcalf,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Public Health and Sport Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

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• Gemma Brailey,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Public Health and Sport Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7987-5616

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• Michael Nunns,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

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• Bert Bond,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Children’s Health and Exercise Research Centre, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3597-8562

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• Melvyn Hillsdon,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Public Health and Sport Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

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• Richard Pulsford

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Public Health and Sport Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

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