Continental-Mediterranean and rural-urban differences in cardiovascular risk factors in Croatian population

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 566-575

  Marković, Biserka Bergman ^a   Vrdoljak, Davorka ^b   Kranjčević, Ksenija ^c   Vučak, Jasna ^d   Kern, Josipa ^a   Bielen, Ivan ^e   Lalić, Dragica Ivezić ^d   Katić, Milica ^a   Reiner, Željko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^c Zagrebzapad Health Care Center   (Croatia)

^d General Practice Office   (Croatia)

^e KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COASTAL WATERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERURICEMIA; LIFESTYLE; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASHORE; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNDERWEIGHT; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROATIA; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80053453774     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2011.52.566     Document Type: Article

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