Perceived health in 50-year-old women and men and the correlation with risk factors, diseases, and symptoms

Gender Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-149

  Welin, Catharina ^a   Wilhelmsen, Lars ^a   Welin, Lennart ^b   Johansson, Saga ^a,c   Rosengren, Annika ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Lidkoping Hospital   (Sweden)

^c ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

gender; perceived health; population study; symptoms

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BODY MASS; BURNOUT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEADACHE; HEALTH; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IRRITABILITY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OBESITY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SWEATING; SYMPTOM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TENSION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

EID: 79955607705     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genm.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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