Urbanicity and Lifestyle Risk Factors for Cardiometabolic Diseases in Rural Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Riha, Johanna ^a,b   Karabarinde, Alex ^c   Ssenyomo, Gerald ^c   Allender, Steven ^d,e   Asiki, Gershim ^c   Kamali, Anatoli ^c,f   Young, Elizabeth H ^a,b   Sandhu, Manjinder S ^a,b   Seeley, Janet ^c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTENT VALIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FACE VALIDITY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UGANDA; URBANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; METABOLIC DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; METABOLIC DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; UGANDA; URBANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905388725     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001683     Document Type: Article

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