Search Results - "Kaplan, A G"

Prospective association between obesity and depression: evidence from the Alameda County Study by Roberts, R.E, Deleger, S, Strawbridge, W.J, Kaplan, G.A

“…OBJECTIVE: To examine the temporal relation between obesity and depression to determine if each constitutes a risk factor for the other. DESIGN: A two-wave,…”
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Recommendations from a Canadian Delphi consensus study on best practice for optimal referral and appropriate management of severe asthma by Godbout, K, Bhutani, M, Connors, L, Chan, C K N, Connors, C, Dorscheid, D, Dyck, G, Foran, V, Kaplan, A G, Reynolds, J, Waserman, S

“…In Canada, severe asthma affects an estimated 5-10% of people with asthma and is associated with frequent exacerbations, poor symptom control and significant…”
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Neighborhood Social Environment and Risk of Death: Multilevel Evidence from the Alameda County Study by Yen, Irene H., Kaplan, George A.

“…Recent reports suggest the importance of associations between residential area characteristics and health status, but most research uses only census data to…”
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Depression and early retirement: prospective population based study in middle aged men by Karpansalo, M, Kauhanen, J, Lakka, T A, Manninen, P, Kaplan, G A, Salonen, J T

“…Background: Mental depression is an important health problem in many countries. It reduces productivity at work and is the fastest increasing reason for early…”
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Why do poor people behave poorly? Variation in adult health behaviours and psychosocial characteristics by stages of the socioeconomic lifecourse by Lynch, J.W., Kaplan, G.A., Salonen, J.T.

“…Attempts to explain socioeconomic inequalities in health have often made reference to the observation that poor health behaviours and psychosocial…”
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Inequality in income and mortality in the United States: analysis of mortality and potential pathways by Kaplan, George A, Pamuk, Elsie R, Lynch, John W, Cohen, Richard D, Balfour, Jennifer L

“…Abstract Objective: To examine the relation between health outcomes and the equality with which income is distributed in the United States. Design: The degree…”
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Are the Obese at Greater Risk for Depression? by Roberts, Robert E., Kaplan, George A., Shema, Sarah J., Strawbridge, William J.

“…Two waves of data from a community-based study (Alameda County Study, 1994–1995) were used to investigate the association between obesity and depression…”
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Income inequality and mortality: importance to health of individual income, psychosocial environment, or material conditions by Lynch, John W, Smith, George Davey, Kaplan, George A, House, James S

“…Income inequality has generally been associated with differences in health. A psychosocial interpretation of health inequalities, in terms of perceptions of…”
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Do Cardiovascular Risk Factors Explain the Relation between Socioeconomic Status, Risk of All-Cause Mortality, Cardiovascular Mortality, and Acute Myocardial Infarction? by Lynch, John W., Kaplan, George A., Cohen, Richard D., Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Salonen, Jukka T.

“…Much remains to be understood about how low socioeconomic status (SES) increases cardiovascular disease and mortality risk. Data from the Kuopio Ischemic Heart…”
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Income inequality and mortality in metropolitan areas of the United States by Lynch, J W, Kaplan, G A, Pamuk, E R, Cohen, R D, Heck, K E, Balfour, J L, Yen, I H

“…This study examined associations between income inequality and mortality in 282 US metropolitan areas. Income inequality measures were calculated from the 1990…”
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Hostility and Increased Risk of Mortality and Acute Myocardial Infarction: The Mediating Role of Behavioral Risk Factors by Everson, Susan A., Kauhanen, Jussi, Kaplan, George A., Goldberg, Debbie E., Julkunen, Juhani, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Salonen, Jukka T.

“…Cynical hostility has been associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality; yet few studies have investigated this relation in…”
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Antecedents of Frailty Over Three Decades in an Older Cohort by Strawbridge, William J., Shema, Sarah J., Balfour, Jennifer L., Higby, Helen R., Kaplan, George A.

“…Studies of disability in old age have focused on gross measures of physical functioning. More useful results for prevention might be gleaned from examining…”
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Successful Aging: Predictors and Associated Activities by Strawbridge, William J., Cohen, Richard D., Shema, Sarah J., Kaplan, George A.

“…Six-year predictors of successful aging were analyzed for 356 Alameda County Study men and women aged 65–95 years measured prospectively in 1984 and followed…”
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Beer binging and mortality: results from the kuopio ischaemic heart disease risk factor study, a prospective population based study by Kauhanen, Jussi, Kaplan, George A, Goldberg, Debbie E, Salonen, Jukka T

“…Abstract Objective: To examine the association between beer binging (regular sessions of heavy beer drinking) and mortality. Design: Prospective population…”
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Cumulative Impact of Sustained Economic Hardship on Physical, Cognitive, Psychological, and Social Functioning by Lynch, John W, Kaplan, George A, Shema, Sarah J

“…The relation between low income and poor health is well established. 1 – 5 Groups whose incomes are low are disproportionately exposed to social and…”
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Sleep Complaints and Depression in an Aging Cohort: A Prospective Perspective by Roberts, Robert E., Shema, Sarah J., Kaplan, George A., Strawbridge, William J.

“…OBJECTIVE: Most research on the association between sleep disturbances and depression has looked at cross-sectional data. The authors used two waves of data…”
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Socioeconomic factors and cardiovascular disease: a review of the literature by Kaplan, G A, Keil, J E

“…Despite recent declines in mortality, cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in the United States today. It appears that many of the major risk…”
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Relation between income inequality and mortality in Canada and in the United States: cross sectional assessment using census data and vital statistics by Ross, Nancy A, Wolfson, Michael C, Dunn, James R, Berthelot, Jean-Marie, Kaplan, George A, Lynch, John W

“…Abstract Objective: To compare the relation between mortality and income inequality in Canada with that in the United States. Design: The degree of income…”
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Body iron stores are associated with serum insulin and blood glucose concentrations. Population study in 1,013 eastern Finnish men by TUOMAINEN, T.-P, NYYSSONEN, K, SALONEN, R, TERVAHAUTA, A, KORPELA, H, LAKKA, T, KAPLAN, G. A, SALONEN, J. T

“…Body iron stores are associated with serum insulin and blood glucose concentrations. Population study in 1,013 eastern Finnish men. T P Tuomainen , K Nyyssönen…”
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Frequent attendance at religious services and mortality over 28 years by Strawbridge, W J, Cohen, R D, Shema, S J, Kaplan, G A

“…This study analyzed the long-term association between religious attendance and mortality to determine whether the association is explained by improvements in…”
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