The combined influence of leisure-time physical activity and weekly alcohol intake on fatal ischaemic heart disease and all-cause mortality

European Heart Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 204-212

  Pedersen, Jane Østergaard ^a,b   Heitmann, Berit Lilienthal ^b   Schnohr, Peter ^c   Grønbæk, Morten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alcohol intake; All cause mortality; Ischaemic heart disease; Physical activity; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEISURE; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 38349155875     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm574     Document Type: Article

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