The role of dietary and socioeconomic status assessment on the predictive ability of the HellenicSCORE

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 391-398

  Vlismas, Konstantinos ^a   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^a   Pitsavos, Christos ^b   Chrysohoou, Christina ^b   Skoumas, Yannis ^b   Stavrinos, Vassilios ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^b  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Diet; Epidemiology; Prediction; Risk; Socioeconomic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HELLENICSCORE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 80053169771     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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