Secular trends in cardiovascular risk factors: An age-period cohort analysis of 6 98 954 health examinations in 1 81 350 Austrian men and women

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 261, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 566-576

  Ulmer, H ^a,b   Kelleher, C C ^c   Fitz Simon, N ^c   Diem, G ^b   Concin, H ^b  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b AGENCY FOR PREVENTIVE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Age period cohort models; Cardiovascular disease; Epidemiology; Risk factors; Secular trends

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BIRTH; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET RESTRICTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROUPS BY AGE; GROWTH; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AUSTRIA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME;

EID: 34249694165     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2007.01779.x     Document Type: Article

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