Understanding the role of depression and anxiety on cardiovascular disease risk, using structural equation modeling; The mediating effect of the Mediterranean diet and physical activity: The ATTICA study

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 630-637

  Antonogeorgos, George ^a   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^a   Pitsavos, Christos ^b   Papageorgiou, Charalabos ^b   Chrysohoou, Christina ^b   Papadimitriou, George N ^b   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^b  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cardiovascular disease; Depression; Diet; Mediterranean; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF-RATING DEPRESSION SCALE; SPIELBERGER STATE ANXIETY INVENTORY SCALE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84864955407     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2012.06.103     Document Type: Article

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