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Sociodemographic, psychiatric and somatic risk factors for suicide: a Swedish national cohort study by Crump, C, Sundquist, K, Sundquist, J, Winkleby, M A

“…More effective prevention of suicide requires a comprehensive understanding of sociodemographic, psychiatric and somatic risk factors. Previous studies have…”
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Influence of individual and neighbourhood socioeconomic status on mortality among black, Mexican-American, and white women and men in the United States by Winkleby, M A, Cubbin, C

“…Study objectives: This study examines the influence of individual and neighbourhood socioeconomic status (SES) on mortality among black, Mexican-American, and…”
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Interactive effects of obesity and physical fitness on risk of ischemic heart disease by Crump, C, Sundquist, J, Winkleby, M A, Sundquist, K

“…Background/Objectives: Obesity and low physical fitness are known risk factors for ischemic heart disease (IHD), but their interactive effects are unclear…”
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Cardiovascular risk factors in Mexican American adults: a transcultural analysis of NHANES III, 1988-1994 by Sundquist, J, Winkleby, M A

“…This study examined the extent to which cardiovascular disease risk factors differ among subgroups of Mexican Americans living in the United States. Using data…”
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Ethnic and Socioeconomic Differences in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: Findings for Women From the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994 by Winkleby, Marilyn A, Kraemer, Helena C, Ahn, David K, Varady, Ann N

“…CONTEXT.— Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors are higher among ethnic minority women than among white women in the United States. However, because ethnic…”
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Socioeconomic status and health: how education, income, and occupation contribute to risk factors for cardiovascular disease by Winkleby, M A, Jatulis, D E, Frank, E, Fortmann, S P

“…Socioeconomic status (SES) is usually measured by determining education, income, occupation, or a composite of these dimensions. Although education is the most…”
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Ethnic Variation in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among Children and Young Adults: Findings From the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994 by Winkleby, Marilyn A, Robinson, Thomas N, Sundquist, Jan, Kraemer, Helena C

“…CONTEXT Knowledge about ethnic differences in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors among children and young adults from national samples is limited…”
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Signal Detection Analysis of Factors Associated With Diabetes Among Semirural Mexican American Adults by Hanni, K. D., Ahn, D. A., Winkleby, M. A.

“…Signal detection analysis was used to evaluate a combination of sociodemographic, acculturation, mental health, health care, and chronic disease risk factors…”
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Neighborhood Linking Social Capital as a Predictor of Drug Abuse: a Swedish National Cohort Study by Li, X, Sjöstedt, C, Winkleby, M, Kendler, K, Sundquist, J.A.N, Sundquist, K

“…Aims This study examines the association between the incidence of drug abuse (DA) and linking (communal) social capital, a theoretical concept describing the…”
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Perinatal and Family Risk Factors for Hodgkin Lymphoma in Childhood Through Young Adulthood by CRUMP, Casey, SUNDQUIST, Kristina, SIEH, Weiva, WINKLEBY, Marilyn A, SUNDQUIST, Jan

“…The incidence of Hodgkin lymphoma has increased among adolescents and young adults in recent decades, but the relevant risk factors in early life are still…”
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Effects of neighbourhood socioeconomic status and convenience store concentration on individual level smoking by Chuang, Ying-Chih, Cubbin, Catherine, Ahn, David, Winkleby, Marilyn A

“…Objectives: To assess the effects of neighbourhood level socioeconomic status (SES) and convenience store concentration on individual level smoking, after…”
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Mothers, places and small for gestational age births: a cohort study by Sundquist, Jan, Sundquist, Kristina, Johansson, Sven-Erik, Li, Xinjun, Winkleby, Marilyn

“…Objective This study examines whether neighbourhood deprivation increases the risk of giving birth to a small for gestational age (SGA) infant, after…”
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Health status, health behaviors, and acculturation factors associated with overweight and obesity in Latinos from a community and agricultural labor camp survey by Hubert, Helen B., Snider, John, Winkleby, Marilyn A.

“…U.S. Latino adults have experienced an 80% increase in obesity in the last decade. A cross-sectional survey of 18–64-year-old Latino women ( N = 380) and men (…”
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Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among Older Black, Mexican-American, and White Women and Men: An Analysis of NHANES III, 1988-1994 by Sundquist, Jan, Winkleby, Marilyn A., Pudaric, Sonja

“…CONTEXT: There are few studies of ethnic differences in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in older populations. OBJECTIVES: To examine the association…”
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Neighborhood deprivation and cardiovascular disease risk factors: Protective and harmful effects by CUBBIN, CATHERINE, SUNDQUIST, KRISTINA, AHLÉN, HELENA, JOHANSSON, SVEN-ERIK, WINKLEBY, MARILYN A., SUNDQUIST, JAN

“…Aims: To determine whether neighborhood-level deprivation is independently associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) health behaviors/risk factors in the…”
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Do Logistic Regression and Signal Detection Identify Different Subgroups at Risk?: Implications for the Design of Tailored Interventions by Kiernan, Michaela, Kraemer, Helena C, Winkleby, Marilyn A, King, Abby C, Barr Taylor, C

“…Identifying subgroups of high-risk individuals can lead to the development of tailored interventions for those subgroups. This study compared two multivariate…”
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Dietary intakes and serum nutrients differ between adults from food-insufficient and food-sufficient families: Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994 by Dixon, L B, Winkleby, M A, Radimer, K L

“…Approximately 10.2 million persons in the United States sometimes or often do not have enough food to eat, a condition known as food insufficiency. Using…”
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Population frequency distribution of non–high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (third national health and nutrition examination survey [NHANES iii], 1988–1994) by Gardner, Christopher D, Winkleby, Marilyn A, Fortmann, Stephen P

“…The objective of this study was to provide population frequency distribution data for non–high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (total cholesterol minus…”
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The future of community-based cardiovascular disease intervention studies by Winkleby, M A

“…An editorial discusses cardiovascular disease risk reduction studies and their future. More focused studies that target high-risk groups are needed, and…”
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The long-term effects of a cardiovascular disease prevention trial: the Stanford Five-City Project by Winkleby, M A, Taylor, C B, Jatulis, D, Fortmann, S P

“…This study examined long-term effects of a health-education intervention trial to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. Surveys were conducted in…”
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