The impact of obesity on cardiovascular disease mortality in the District Sumperk, Czech Republic

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 255-258

  Máchová, Lucie ^a   Čižek, Luděk ^b   Koutná, Jiřina ^c   Beška, František ^c   Janoutová, Gabriela ^a   Lorenc, Jirí ^c   Janout, Vladimír ^a  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b M VIA NOVA   (Czech Republic)

^c Faculty Hospital Ostrava   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular mortality; Epidemiology; Obesity

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 34548070800     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-007-6073-2     Document Type: Article

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