Secular trends in cardiovascular risk factors with a 36-year perspective: Observations from 38- and 50-year-olds in the population study of women in Gothenburg

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 140-146

  Björkelund, Cecilia ^a,c   Andersson Hange, Dominique ^a   Andersson, Kate ^a   Bengtsson, Calle ^a   Blomstrand, Ann ^a   Bondyr Carlsson, Dorota ^a   Eiben, Gabriele ^a   Rödström, Kerstin ^a   Sjöberg, Agneta ^a   Sundh, Valter ^a   Weman, Lilian ^a   Zylberstein, Dimitri ^a   Hakeberg, Magnus ^a,b   Lissner, Lauren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Dept of Primary Health Care ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Cohort comparisons; Lifestyle; Participation bias; Physical activity; Women

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 50849113120     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02813430802088403     Document Type: Article

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