NM Kaplan - Archives of Internal Medicine, 1989 - archinte.highwire.org \s=b\The contribution of obesity to cardiovascular risk has not been adequately appreciated because
of a failure to recognize the involvement of upper-body predominance of body weight with
hypertension, diabetes, and hypertriglyceridemia even in the absence of significant ... Cited by 1215 - Related articles - All 4 versions
- ►nih.gov [PDF] MF Muldoon, SB Manuck, KA Matthews - British Medical Journal, 1990 - bmj.com Abstract Objective-To determine the effects of lowering cholesterolconcentrationsontotalandcausespecific
mortality in randomised primary prevention trials. Design-Qualitative (meta-analytic) evaluation
of total mortality from coronary heart disease, cancer, and causes not related to illness in ... Cited by 673 - Related articles - All 8 versions
SR Cummings, SM Rubin, G Oster - Jama, 1989 - Am Med Assoc Cigarette smoking is the most important preventable cause of death in the United States. Surveys
of patients, however, suggest that many physicians do not routinely counsel smokers to quit.
Because physicians may not consider counseling against smoking to be as worthwhile as ... Cited by 270 - Related articles - All 3 versions
- ►ubc.ca [PDF] JP Bunker, HS Frazier, F Mosteller - The Milbank Quarterly, 1994 - jstor.org JOHN P. BUNKER, HOWARD S. FRAZIER, and FREDERICK MOSTELLER ... XW TITHIN THIS
CENTURY, AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY has increased from approximately 45 to 75 years
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L Goldman, DJ Gordon, BM Rifkind, SB Hulley, AS … - Circulation, 1992 - pt.wkhealth.com Background. A broad, scientific consensus supports the role of cholesterol as a risk factor for
coronary heart disease and agrees that lowering cholesterol levels will reduce coronary heart
disease incidence. Cost-effectiveness analysis is a potentially powerful method for ... Cited by 194 - Related articles - All 4 versions
JE Hux, CD Naylor - Medical Decision Making, 1995 - mdm.sagepub.com JANET E. HUX, MSc, MD, C. DAVID NAYLOR, MD, DPhil ... Patients' informed acceptance of
chronic medical therapy hinges on communicating the ... Advised of a relative risk
reduction-"34% reduction in heart attacks"-88% of the patients ... The authors conclude ... Cited by 158 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
- ►tamu.edu [PDF] RW Jeffery - American Psychologist, 1989 - psycnet.apa.org This article discusses risk behaviors, seemingly voluntary actions of individuals that have adverse
health consequences. The central theme is to examine these behaviors from two contrasting
perspectives, that of the individual and that of the population as a whole. It is argued that ... Cited by 134 - Related articles - All 6 versions
BP Kinosian, JM Eisenberg - JAMA, 1988 - Am Med Assoc We performed an analysis of the cost-effectiveness of treating individuals with significantly elevated
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- ►bmj.com [PDF] JS Yudkin - British medical journal, 1993 - bmj.com Abstract Objective-To compare the theoretical benefits of different approaches to reduce risk
factors for coronary heart disease in subjects at risk. Design-The results of findings from
meta- analyses of intervention studies on cause specific mortality and of observational ... Cited by 132 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
AM Garber, WS Browner, SB Hulley - Annals of internal medicine, 1996 - Am Coll Physicians Design: Pooled analysis of clinical trials, supplemented by analysis of data from the Framingham
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risk. ... Study Selection: Published randomized controlled trials of cholesterol reduction, ... Cited by 119 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
