Cardiovascular disease risk factors are highly prevalent in the office-working population of Nanjing in China

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 212-216

  Ouyang, Xiaojun ^a   Lou, Qinglin ^a   Gu, Laubou ^a   Mo, Yangzi ^a   Nan, Jennifer H ^b   Kong, Alice P ^b   So, Wing Yee ^b   Ko, Gary T ^b   Ma, Ronald C ^b   Chan, Juliana C ^b   Chow, Chun Chung ^b   Bian, Rongwen ^a  

^a BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; China; Epidemiology; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH FOOD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODERN TIMES; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OFFICE WORKER; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857054448     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.09.052     Document Type: Article

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