Cohort Profile: The Cork and Kerry Diabetes and Heart Disease Study | Zendy

Patricia M. Kearney | Zendy; J M Harrington | Zendy; V. J. Mc Carthy | Zendy; Anthony J. Fitzgerald | Zendy; Ivan J. Perry | Zendy

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Cohort Profile: The Cork and Kerry Diabetes and Heart Disease Study

Author(s) -

Patricia M. Kearney,

J M Harrington,

V. J. Mc Carthy,

Anthony J. Fitzgerald,

Ivan J. Perry

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dys131

Subject(s) - medicine , framingham risk score , cohort , diabetes mellitus , cohort study , environmental health , demography , disease , population , epidemiology , coronary heart disease , gerontology , endocrinology , sociology

The primary aim ofthe study was to estimate the prevalence of majorCVD risk factors in a middle-aged population inIreland and to estimate the proportion of the popula-tion at high risk according to Framingham criteria.The study included measurement of diet and physicalactivity and assessed the impact of these lifestyle fac-tors on traditional CVD risk factors including hyper-tension and dyslipidaemia.

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