Biological predictors of change in functioning in the Whitehall II study

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 250-257

  Kumari, Meena ^a   Seeman, Teresa ^b   Marmot, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Cardiovascular Risk Factors; CHD; Coronary heart disease; Health Status; Insulin Resistance; MCS; Mental functioning component summary score; PCS; Physical functioning component summary score; SF 36; Short Form 36 general health survey scale

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE COURSE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PREDICTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LONDON; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 1842610917     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2003.09.011     Document Type: Article

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