Spouse Correlations in Cardiovascular Risk Factors and the Effect of Marriage Duration

Spouse Correlations in Cardiovascular Risk Factors and the Effect of Marriage Duration

Spouse correlations in cardiovascular risk factors were investigated using data on 2,836 spouse pairs collected in the Busselton Population Health Surveys over the period 1966–1981. The risk factors considered were systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, body mass index, triceps fatfold,...

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Veröffentlicht in:American journal of epidemiology 1996-01, Vol.143 (1), p.48-53
Hauptverfasser: Knuiman, Matthew W., Divitini, Mark L., Bartholomew, Helen C., Welborn, Timothy A.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Blood Pressure
Body Mass Index
Cardiology. Vascular system
Cardiopathies: etiologic forms (general aspects and miscellaneous)
cardiovascular diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases - blood
Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology
Cholesterol - blood
Cross-Sectional Studies
environment
Female
Forced Expiratory Volume
Heart
Humans
life style
Male
Marital Status
marriage
Marriage - statistics & numerical data
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Risk Factors
Spouses
Time Factors
Western Australia - epidemiology
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Zusammenfassung:Spouse correlations in cardiovascular risk factors were investigated using data on 2,836 spouse pairs collected in the Busselton Population Health Surveys over the period 1966–1981. The risk factors considered were systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, body mass index, triceps fatfold, cholesterol, and forced expiratory volume (1 second). Statistically significant positive correlations (p
ISSN:0002-9262
1476-6256
DOI:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008656