Prevalence and five-year incidence (2001-2006) of cardiovascular disease risk factors in a greek sample: The ATTICA study

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 388-395

  Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^a,c   Pitsavos, Christos ^b   Chrysohoou, Christina ^b   Skoumas, Ioannis ^b   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^b  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Diabetes; Epidemiology; Hypercholesterolemia; Hypertension; Incidence; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREECE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREECE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 70349680641     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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