Deprivation status and mid-term change in blood pressure, total cholesterol and smoking status in middle life: A cohort study

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 844-850

  Lyratzopoulos, Georgios ^a   Heller, Richard F ^b   Hanily, Margaret ^c   Lewis, Philip S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c STOCKPORT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cardiovascular; change; factor; inequalities; risk

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 36649024611     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJR.0b013e3282efb858     Document Type: Article

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