Do lifestyle behaviours explain socioeconomic differences in all-cause mortality, and fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular events? Evidence from middle aged men in France and Northern Ireland in the PRIME Study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 247-253

  Woodside, J V ^a   Yarnell, J W G ^a   Patterson, C C ^a   Arveiler, D ^b   Amouyel, P ^c   Ferrieres J ^d   Kee, F ^a   Evans, A ^a   Bingham, A ^e   Ducimetiere P ^e  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b MONICA Strasbourg   (France)

^c MONICA Lille   (France)

^d MONICA Toulouse   (France)

^e INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease incidence; Lifestyle behaviours; Mortality; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIETARY INTAKE; FATAL CARDIOVASCULAR EVENT; FRANCE; FRUIT; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LIFESTYLE BEHAVIOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONFATAL CARDIOVASCULAR EVENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; VEGETABLE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIET; FRANCE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORTHERN IRELAND; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84858996269     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.01.017     Document Type: Article

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