Spousal concordance for major coronary risk factors: A systematic review and meta-analysis

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Di Castelnuovo, Augusto ^a   Quacquaruccio, Gianni ^a   Donati, Maria Benedetta ^a   De Gaetano, Giovanni ^a   Iacoviello, Licia ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Concordance; Coronary disease; Environment and public health; Meta analysis; Risk factors; Spouses

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ASSORTATIVE MATING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORRELATION; DATABASE; HEALTH RISK; LIFESTYLE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR;

BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COITUS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORONARY RISK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EMBASE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MEDLINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SPOUSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WEIGHT;

AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; ITALY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SPOUSES; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 58149240082     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn234     Document Type: Review

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