Central obesity and cigarette smoking are key determinants of cardiovascular disease deaths in Australia: A public health perspective

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 153-157

  Dhaliwal, Satvinder S ^a   Welborn, Timothy A ^b,c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular mortality; Central obesity; Framingham risk; Smoking; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 70349300256     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.07.019     Document Type: Article

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