TY - JOUR
T1 - Risk factors for chronic disease in young, midlife and older adults
T2 - the PATH Through Life study
AU - Morris, Lara J.
AU - Sargent‐Cox, Kerry
AU - Cherbuin, Nicolas
AU - Anstey, Kaarin J.
PY - 2013/6
Y1 - 2013/6
N2 - The National Preventative Health Taskforce (2010) has stressed the importance of building and strengthening an evidence base for surveillance of chronic disease risk factors. This study provides recent prevalence statistics of key health determinants and their rates of cooccurrence in a large Australian cohort study. Data were analysed from the most recent collection of the PATH Through Life project (wave 3, 2007-10, n=5,633). Health risk factors were measured by self-report survey items with the exception of hypertension which was measured manually at rest and averaged over two measurements (>140/90 mmHg). Long-term harmful alcohol use was based on the National Health and Medical Research Council 2009 guidelines of more than 14 standard drinks per week. Further details of methods, survey design, procedure, sampling frame, attrition, comparisons to census data and descriptive statistics are provided elsewhere.
AB - The National Preventative Health Taskforce (2010) has stressed the importance of building and strengthening an evidence base for surveillance of chronic disease risk factors. This study provides recent prevalence statistics of key health determinants and their rates of cooccurrence in a large Australian cohort study. Data were analysed from the most recent collection of the PATH Through Life project (wave 3, 2007-10, n=5,633). Health risk factors were measured by self-report survey items with the exception of hypertension which was measured manually at rest and averaged over two measurements (>140/90 mmHg). Long-term harmful alcohol use was based on the National Health and Medical Research Council 2009 guidelines of more than 14 standard drinks per week. Further details of methods, survey design, procedure, sampling frame, attrition, comparisons to census data and descriptive statistics are provided elsewhere.
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U2 - 10.1111/1753-6405.12055
DO - 10.1111/1753-6405.12055
M3 - Letter
SN - 1326-0200
VL - 37
SP - 295
EP - 296
JO - Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
JF - Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
IS - 3
ER -