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Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 163 avhandlingar innehållade orden smoking habits.
21. Risk factors for cardiovascular events and incident hospital-treated diabetes in the population
Sammanfattning : Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide. Well-established risk factors for CVD include increasing age, male sex, sedentary lifestyle, obesity, smoking, diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidaemia and low socio-economic status. Traditional risk factors do, however, not fully explain cardiovascular risk in general. LÄS MER
22. Social participation, social capital and socioeconomic differences in health-related behaviours. An epidemiological study
Sammanfattning : Abstract OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to investigate whether psychosocial resources explain socioeconomic differences in smoking cessation and its maintenance. METHODS: A subpopulation of 11,837 individuals from the Malmö Diet and Cancer Study interviewed in 1992-94, age range 45-64 years, was investigated in this cross-sectional study. LÄS MER
23. Understanding the Educational Gradient in Mortality
Sammanfattning : There is a positive association between education and longevity. Individuals with a university degree tend to live longer than high school graduates who, in turn, live longer than those with compulsory education. LÄS MER
24. Pancreatic carcinoma in Malmö, Sweden: Clinical, epidemiological and biochemical aspects
Sammanfattning : The objective of this thesis has been to assess whether there are indications suggesting that new methods for diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic carcinoma (PCa) has been followed by an improved prognosis, and to assess the possible role of smoking and gastric resection in the causation of the disease. Of the 1,200 new cases PCa diagnosed in Sweden yearly, the majority are older than 70 years, the case fatality rate being close to 100%. LÄS MER
25. Preconception health in Sweden : The impact of lifestyle factors and the role of midwife's counselling
Sammanfattning : Preconception health is an important topic since women and men have a possibility to change lifestyle habits preceding pregnancies, to increase the chances of a healthy pregnancy and child. The aim of this thesis was to increase knowledge about fertility and awareness of preconception health. LÄS MER