The effect of clinical characteristics and dietary habits on the relationship between education status and 5-year incidence of cardiovascular disease: The ATTICA study

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 258-265

  Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^a,b   Pitsavos, Christos ^c   Chrysohoou, Christina ^c   Vlismas, Konstantinos ^a   Skoumas, Yannis ^c   Palliou, Konstantina ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^c  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b University of Athens ^*  (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Diet; Education; Risk factors; Socio economic

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; SITTING; SMOKING; STROKE; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; GREECE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 48749090490     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-008-0720-0     Document Type: Article

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