Prevalence of risk factors for coronary heart disease in healthy medical staff after lifestyle modification: A before-after study

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 417-421

  Karimi Zarchi, Ali Akbar ^a,b   Naghii, M R ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Lifestyle modification; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DATA ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

EID: 33846967140     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: 00194832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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