Prevalence of risk factors for cardiovascular disease by socio-economic status among the elderly from Mediterranean islands: the MEDIS study

CVD Prevention and Control

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 153-162

  Panagiotakos, Demosthenes ^a   Lionis, Christos ^a   Anastasiou, Foteini ^a   Zeimbekis, Akis ^a   Lioliou, Eirini ^a   Tsiligianni, Ioanna ^a   Papoutsou, Stalo ^a   Vlysmas, Konstantinos ^a   Metallinos, George ^a   Polychronopoulos, Evangelos ^a  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Education; Income; Mediterranean; Risk factors; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRUS; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 49349112829     PISSN: 18754570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvdpc.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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