Optimising lifestyle interventions: Identification of health behaviour patterns by cluster analysis in a German 50 survey

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 271-277

  Schneider, Sven ^a   Huy, Christina ^a   Schuessler, Marc ^a   Diehl, Katharina ^a   Schwarz, Stefanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Health behaviour; Lifestyle; Prevention; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL CLASS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 66249099852     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckn144     Document Type: Article

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