Cardiovascular disease risk factors among older black, Mexican-American, and white women and men: An analysis of NHANES III, 1988-1994

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 109-116

  Sundquist, Jan ^a,b   Winkleby, Marilyn A ^c   Pudaric, Sonja ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Black Americans; Cardiovascular disease; Ethnicity; Hypertension; Mexican Americans; Smoking; Socioeconomic status; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035095640     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49030.x     Document Type: Article

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