Eating patterns may mediate the association between marital status, body mass index, and blood cholesterol levels in apparently healthy men and women from the ATTICA study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2230-2239

  Yannakoulia, Mary ^a   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes ^a   Pitsavos, Christos ^a   Skoumas, Yannis ^a   Stafanadis, Christodoulos ^a  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

BMI; Cardiovascular disease risk; Diet; Eating patterns; Food groups' consumption; Greece; Marital status

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH RISK; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREAL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; FISH; FRUIT; GREECE; HUMAN; LEGUME; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POTATO; QUESTIONNAIRE; RED MEAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ATTICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 42949155884     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.01.051     Document Type: Article

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