Chronic disease prevalence and associations in a cohort of Australian men: The Florey Adelaide Male Ageing Study (FAMAS)

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Martin, Sean A ^a   Haren, Matthew T ^b   Taylor, Anne W ^c   Middleton, Sue M ^d   Wittert, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Government of South Australia   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; AGE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; BODY SIZE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; EXERCISE; HEALTH SURVEY; LIFESTYLE; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS;

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; LIPID;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; BODY SIZE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; EXERCISE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LIPIDS; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 51249092620     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-261     Document Type: Article

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