Impact of energy intake, physical activity, and population-wide weight loss on cardiovascular disease and diabetes mortality in Cuba, 1980-2005

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 166, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1374-1380

  Franco, Manuel ^a,f   Orduñez, Pedro ^b   Caballero, Benjamín ^a   Tapia Granados, José A ^c   Lazo, Mariana ^a   Bernal, José Luís ^b   Guallar, Eliseo ^a,d   Cooper, Richard S ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Hospital Universitario Dr Gustavo Aldereguia Lima   (Cuba)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

^e LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Cuba; Diabetes mellitus; Energy intake; Exercise; Mortality; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FOOD INTAKE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEUROPATHY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; STROKE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CUBA; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; WEIGHT LOSS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES;

EID: 36749068336     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm226     Document Type: Article

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