A comparison of serum total cholesterol levels and their determinants between the Federal Republic of Germany and the United States

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 669-675

  Rehm, J ^a   Sempos, C ^b   Kohlmeier, L ^a   Myers, G ^c   Thefeld, W ^a   Gunter, E ^c   Thamm, M ^a   Dortschy, R ^a   Murphy, R ^b   Feinleib, M ^b   Hoffmeister, H ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Body mass index; Coronary heart disease; German cardiovascular prevention study; HDL cholesterol; NHANES; Non HDL cholesterol; Serum total cholesterol

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LABORATORY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; RISK; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; COFFEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIET; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL CHOLESTEROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TEA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033785025     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007693009604     Document Type: Article

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