Cardiovascular disease risk factor knowledge in young adults and 10-year change in risk factors: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 164, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1171-1179

  Lynch, Elizabeth B ^a   Liu, Kiang ^a   Kiefe, Catarina I ^b   Greenland, Philip ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cardiovascular diseases; Health knowledge; Practice; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORONARY RISK; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; KNOWLEDGE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SMOKING; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845655594     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwj334     Document Type: Article

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