Changes of cardiovascular risk factors and their implications in subsequent birth cohorts of older adults in Germany: A life course approach

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 809-814

  Raum, Elke ^a,b   Rothenbacher, Dietrich ^a,b   Löw, Michael ^b   Stegmaier, Christa ^c   Ziegler, Hartwig ^c   Brenner, Hermann ^a,b  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON AGEING   (Germany)

^c SAARLAND CANCER REGISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

cardiovascular; epidemiology; lifestyle; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 36649011630     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJR.0b013e3282eeb308     Document Type: Article

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