E Vartiainen
Biographic Data
| ID | 227108 |
|---|---|
| NAME | E Vartiainen |
| GIVEN NAMES | E |
| FAMILY NAME | Vartiainen |
| SIGNATURE | VARTIAINEN E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7498-4389 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 34 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 123 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 34 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Association of weight misperception with weight loss in a diabetes prevention program
Weight misperception should be acknowledged as a factor to be addressed when screening and identifying individuals at risk for diabetes. Screening and giving feedback is important in terms of awareness of participants' actual weight status and may have an effect on program outcomes
Occupational differences, cardiovascular risk factors and lifestyle habits in South Eastern rural Australia
Previous studies have suggested that farmers have higher risks of cardiovascular disease but this is because the risk has been compared with non-rural populations. In this study, the comparison has been made with other rural occupations. Cardiovascular risk reduction programs are justified for all. Programs tailored only for agricultural workers are unwarranted
Environmental biodiversity, human microbiota, and allergy are interrelated
Rapidly declining biodiversity may be a contributing factor to another global megatrend—the rapidly increasing prevalence of allergies and other chronic inflammatory diseases among urban populations worldwide. According to the “biodiversity hypothesis,” reduced contact of people with natural environmental features and biodiversity may adversely affect the human commensal microbiota and its immunomodulatory capacity. Analyzing atopic sensitization…
Authors’ reply to the Invited commentary by Boyd Swinburn on ‘Awareness and use of the Heart Symbol by Finnish consumers’
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Awareness and use of the Heart Symbol by Finnish consumers
Objective To study the awareness of the Heart Symbol in different age and educational groups, and changes in the awareness over a 9-year period. In addition, the reported use of products with the symbol was examined. Design A series of annual cross-sectional postal surveys on Health Behaviour and Health among the Finnish Adult Population. Setting A random sample ( n 5000 per annum) from the Finnish population aged 15–64 years, drawn from the Nati…
Dynamics of adolescent friendship networks and smoking behavior
Explaining the 25-year decline of serum cholesterol by dietary changes and use of lipid-lowering medication in Finland
Objective To assess to what extent the observed dietary changes and increased use of lipid-lowering medication can explain the almost 20 % decline in serum cholesterol (referring to serum total cholesterol) level observed from 1982 to 2007 in Finland. Design Predicted changes of serum cholesterol were calculated by the Keys’ equation assuming the effect of trans fatty acids to be similar to SFA and using the dietary intake data of the national di…
The association of levels of physical activity with metabolic syndrome in rural Australian adults
Some PA is better than none if adults, particularly women, are to reduce their risk of metabolic syndrome and associated vascular diseases. Specialised interventions that take rurality into consideration are recommended for adults who are inactive
Changes in traditional risk factors no longer explain time trends in cardiovascular mortality and its socioeconomic differences
AIM: To investigate to what extent the changes in traditional risk factors (total cholesterol, smoking, hypertension) explain the changes in socioeconomic (defined by occupational class and household income) differences in cardiovascular mortality in Finland during the past 20 years. DESIGN: Study population comprised 14,642 men and women aged 35-64 years who were selected from population-based FINRISK surveys in 1987, 1992, 1997 or 2002 in three…
Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes by lifestyle intervention in an Australian primary health care setting: Greater Green Triangle (GGT) Diabetes Prevention Project
This study provides evidence that a type 2 diabetes prevention programme using lifestyle intervention is feasible in primary health care settings, with reductions in risk factors approaching those observed in clinical trials
European smokefree class competition: A measure to decrease smoking in youth
This letter corrects misleading and incorrect statements about the smokefree class competition (SFC) in a recent paper.1 Statement 1. “Modified versions of this competition should be developed, using ... group influence in a positive way. For instance, a non-smoking contest is being developed in Geneva using student’s creativity and peer support in the class” (p. 759)
Non-participation and mortality in different socioeconomic groups: The Finrisk population surveys in 1972–92
Background: Declining response rates pose a serious threat to the validity of estimates derived from epidemiological studies. If respondents and non-respondents differ systematically from each other, there can be a bias in the results of the study. A population-based cohort study was conducted to investigate disparities in socioeconomic structure between respondents and non-respondents and the contribution of these disparities to socioeconomic di…
Total and cause specific mortality among participants and non-participants of population based health surveys: A comprehensive follow up of 54 372 Finnish men and women
Study objective: To assess total and cause specific mortality among participants and non-participants of large population based health surveys. Design: A prospective follow up study. Baseline surveys were conducted in 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, and 1992. Study end points were overall, cardiovascular, cancer and violent mortality, and deaths related to smoking and alcohol. Study cohorts were followed up until the end of 2000 through computerised reco…
Did Finland’s Tobacco Control Act of 1976 have an impact on ever smoking? An examination based on male and female cohort trends
Objective: To examine patterns of ever smoking among Finnish adults by gender and birth cohort from 1978 to 2001, with special emphasis on the possible effects of the 1976 Tobacco Control Act (TCA). Methods: The data were derived from independent, annual cross sectional postal surveys among 15–64 year olds (n = 91 342), average response rate 75%. For the analyses 13 five year birth cohorts from 1916 to 1980 were constructed. Birth cohort variatio…
Increased mortality related to heavy alcohol intake pattern
Study objective: Although moderate alcohol intake is related to decreased all cause and ischaemic heart disease mortality, intake of large amounts at a time may be harmful. Design: A cohort study, average follow up time was 7.3 years. Setting: Finland. Participants: General population sample of 5092 men, aged from 25 to 64 years, who had consumed alcohol during the 12 months before the baseline examination. Main results: The main outcome measure …
Validation of self reported smoking by serum cotinine measurement in a community-based study
Study objective: The validity of self reported smoking in population surveys remains an important question. An associated question is what would be the value of measuring serum cotinine concentrations in such surveys to obtain validated smoking data. Design: Cross sectional analysis of data on self reported smoking and serum cotinine among a random population sample of 5846 persons aged 25 to 64 years, who participated in the FINRISK-92 survey. M…
Keynote Addresses
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Self rated health and mortality: A long term prospective study in eastern Finland
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To assess the relation between self rated health and mortality over a period of 23 years, taking into account medical history, cardiovascular risk factors, and education at the beginning of the follow up. DESIGN: A cohort of random population samples. The baseline studies included a self administered questionnaire and a health examination. Mortality data were collected from the national mortality register using personal identific…
Changes in cardiovascular risk factors in different socioeconomic groups: Seven year trends in a Chinese urban population
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To analyse trends in socioeconomic differences in cardiovascular disease risk factors among an urban Chinese population using educational attainment as the socioeconomic indicator. DESIGN: Population surveys with randomly selected independent samples were carried out in 1989 and in 1996. Educational attainment, blood pressure, body mass index, cigarette smoking and lack of leisure time physical activity were determined. SETTING: …
Development of smoking by birth cohort in the adult population in eastern Finland 1972-97
In men decreased initiation and increased cessation contributed to the downward trend in smoking prevalence, whereas among women, changes in smoking were mostly caused by augmented initiation in successive birth cohorts. During the study period educational inequalities in smoking widened, as the less highly educated came increasingly to form the smoking population
Comparing smoking and smoking cessation process in the Republic of Karelia, Russia and North Karelia, Finland
STUDY OBJECTIVE: The aims of this study were to assess and validate self reported smoking prevalence and to assess smoking cessation related process variables in the Republic of Karelia, Russia and in North Karelia, Finland. DESIGN: Comparative population surveys of random population samples from both areas in spring 1992. The study included a self administered questionnaire, physical measurements and laboratory tests. The validity of self report…
Do changes in cardiovascular risk factors explain the increasing socioeconomic difference in mortality from ischaemic heart disease in Finland
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To estimate the extent to which changes in blood pressure, smoking, and serum cholesterol concentration explain the observed increase in socioeconomic differences in mortality from ischaemic heart disease (IHD) in Finland during the past 20 years. DESIGN: Predicted changes in mortality from IHD were calculated using logistic regression models with the risk factor levels assessed by cross sectional population surveys conducted in …
Fifteen-year follow-up of smoking prevention effects in the North Karelia youth project
OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated the long-term effects of a school- and community-based smoking prevention program in Finland. METHODS: Four intervention schools from North Karelia and two control schools from another province were chosen for the evaluation. Students who received the intervention were taught to resist social pressures to smoke. The program began in 1978 with seventh-grade students and ran through 1980, with a 15-year follow-up. I…
La prevención de las enfermedades cardiovasculares: Declaración de Cataluña
La prevencin de las enfermedades cardiovasculares
‘No Smoking Class’ competitions in Finland: Their value in delaying the onset of smoking in adolescence
‘No Smoking Class’ competitions have been organized annually in Finland for eighth grade pupils since the school year 1989–1990. Each school class has together to decide if they want to be a no smoking class for the next half a year from fall to spring. Classes decide about participating in the contest and controlled non-smoking during the competition; and classes where all the pupils are able to refrain from smoking for the duration of the compe…
Validation of self reported smoking by serum cotinine measurement in a community-based study
Study objective: The validity of self reported smoking in population surveys remains an important question. An associated question is what would be the value of measuring serum cotinine concentrations in such surveys to obtain validated smoking data. Design: Cross sectional analysis of data on self reported smoking and serum cotinine among a random population sample of 5846 persons aged 25 to 64 years, who participated in the FINRISK-92 survey. M…
Self rated health and mortality: A long term prospective study in eastern Finland
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To assess the relation between self rated health and mortality over a period of 23 years, taking into account medical history, cardiovascular risk factors, and education at the beginning of the follow up. DESIGN: A cohort of random population samples. The baseline studies included a self administered questionnaire and a health examination. Mortality data were collected from the national mortality register using personal identific…
Do changes in cardiovascular risk factors explain the increasing socioeconomic difference in mortality from ischaemic heart disease in Finland
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To estimate the extent to which changes in blood pressure, smoking, and serum cholesterol concentration explain the observed increase in socioeconomic differences in mortality from ischaemic heart disease (IHD) in Finland during the past 20 years. DESIGN: Predicted changes in mortality from IHD were calculated using logistic regression models with the risk factor levels assessed by cross sectional population surveys conducted in …
Eight-year follow-up results of an adolescent smoking prevention program: The North Karelia Youth Project
In the North Karelia Youth Program five to 10 classroom sessions over two years taught skills to resist pressures to start smoking to 13 to 15 year old students. Compared to students from comparison schools, the treatment groups reported less smoking immediately after the intervention and in a four-year follow-up survey. At the eight-year follow-up, there was consistent evidence of possible preventive effects only among those who had been non-smo…
Total and cause specific mortality among participants and non-participants of population based health surveys: A comprehensive follow up of 54 372 Finnish men and women
Study objective: To assess total and cause specific mortality among participants and non-participants of large population based health surveys. Design: A prospective follow up study. Baseline surveys were conducted in 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, and 1992. Study end points were overall, cardiovascular, cancer and violent mortality, and deaths related to smoking and alcohol. Study cohorts were followed up until the end of 2000 through computerised reco…
Increased mortality related to heavy alcohol intake pattern
Study objective: Although moderate alcohol intake is related to decreased all cause and ischaemic heart disease mortality, intake of large amounts at a time may be harmful. Design: A cohort study, average follow up time was 7.3 years. Setting: Finland. Participants: General population sample of 5092 men, aged from 25 to 64 years, who had consumed alcohol during the 12 months before the baseline examination. Main results: The main outcome measure …
Fifteen-year follow-up of smoking prevention effects in the North Karelia youth project
OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated the long-term effects of a school- and community-based smoking prevention program in Finland. METHODS: Four intervention schools from North Karelia and two control schools from another province were chosen for the evaluation. Students who received the intervention were taught to resist social pressures to smoke. The program began in 1978 with seventh-grade students and ran through 1980, with a 15-year follow-up. I…
Coronary risk factor levels: Differences between educational groups in 1972-87 in eastern Finland
STUDY OBJECTIVE--To compare differences in coronary heart disease (CHD) risk factor levels between educational groups in the 1970s and 1980s in eastern Finland. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS--Independent, cross sectional population surveys were undertaken in 1972, 1977, 1982, and 1987 of randomly selected men and women aged 30-59 living in two provinces in eastern Finland. Altogether 20,096 subjects participated. The lowest observed level of participat…
Non-participation and mortality in different socioeconomic groups: The Finrisk population surveys in 1972–92
Background: Declining response rates pose a serious threat to the validity of estimates derived from epidemiological studies. If respondents and non-respondents differ systematically from each other, there can be a bias in the results of the study. A population-based cohort study was conducted to investigate disparities in socioeconomic structure between respondents and non-respondents and the contribution of these disparities to socioeconomic di…
Changes in cardiovascular risk factors in different socioeconomic groups: Seven year trends in a Chinese urban population
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To analyse trends in socioeconomic differences in cardiovascular disease risk factors among an urban Chinese population using educational attainment as the socioeconomic indicator. DESIGN: Population surveys with randomly selected independent samples were carried out in 1989 and in 1996. Educational attainment, blood pressure, body mass index, cigarette smoking and lack of leisure time physical activity were determined. SETTING: …
Changes in traditional risk factors no longer explain time trends in cardiovascular mortality and its socioeconomic differences
AIM: To investigate to what extent the changes in traditional risk factors (total cholesterol, smoking, hypertension) explain the changes in socioeconomic (defined by occupational class and household income) differences in cardiovascular mortality in Finland during the past 20 years. DESIGN: Study population comprised 14,642 men and women aged 35-64 years who were selected from population-based FINRISK surveys in 1987, 1992, 1997 or 2002 in three…
Did Finland’s Tobacco Control Act of 1976 have an impact on ever smoking? An examination based on male and female cohort trends
Objective: To examine patterns of ever smoking among Finnish adults by gender and birth cohort from 1978 to 2001, with special emphasis on the possible effects of the 1976 Tobacco Control Act (TCA). Methods: The data were derived from independent, annual cross sectional postal surveys among 15–64 year olds (n = 91 342), average response rate 75%. For the analyses 13 five year birth cohorts from 1916 to 1980 were constructed. Birth cohort variatio…
Comparing smoking and smoking cessation process in the Republic of Karelia, Russia and North Karelia, Finland
STUDY OBJECTIVE: The aims of this study were to assess and validate self reported smoking prevalence and to assess smoking cessation related process variables in the Republic of Karelia, Russia and in North Karelia, Finland. DESIGN: Comparative population surveys of random population samples from both areas in spring 1992. The study included a self administered questionnaire, physical measurements and laboratory tests. The validity of self report…
European smokefree class competition: A measure to decrease smoking in youth
This letter corrects misleading and incorrect statements about the smokefree class competition (SFC) in a recent paper.1 Statement 1. “Modified versions of this competition should be developed, using ... group influence in a positive way. For instance, a non-smoking contest is being developed in Geneva using student’s creativity and peer support in the class” (p. 759)
Relation between leisure time exercise and cardiovascular risk factors among 15-year-olds in eastern Finland
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To examine the associations between frequency of leisure time exercise and cardiovascular risk factors in adolescents. DESIGN: Cross sectional survey carried out over a 3 month period in 1984. SETTING: All 24 schools in North Karelia province and 16 randomly selected schools in Kuopio province. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 1142 boys and girls aged 15, randomly selected from 40 schools (16 boys and 16 girls from each), participated ou…
Community screening for HIV infection in Finland
Community screening for HIV infection in Finland. A Pönkä, K Cantell, M L Kantanen, P Leinikki, E Vartiainen, O Haikala, S Hovi, and P WeckströmCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.79.4.522 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Prevention of non-communicable diseases: Risk factors in youth: The North Karelia Youth Project (1984–88)
The North Karelia Youth Project is based on the results of previous pilot studies in North Karelia and forms part of the North Karelia integrated programme for non-communicable diseases prevention, co-ordinated by the WHO and conducted by the Finnish National Public Health Institute. The project is designed to test the feasibility and effects of a largescale health programme among 12–16 year old schoolchildren. The educational programme aims to p…
Relation between leisure time exercise and cardiovascular risk factors among 15-year-olds in eastern Finland
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To examine the associations between frequency of leisure time exercise and cardiovascular risk factors in adolescents. DESIGN: Cross sectional survey carried out over a 3 month period in 1984. SETTING: All 24 schools in North Karelia province and 16 randomly selected schools in Kuopio province. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 1142 boys and girls aged 15, randomly selected from 40 schools (16 boys and 16 girls from each), participated ou…
Community screening for HIV infection in Finland
Community screening for HIV infection in Finland. A Pönkä, K Cantell, M L Kantanen, P Leinikki, E Vartiainen, O Haikala, S Hovi, and P WeckströmCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.79.4.522 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Media use patterns among Finnish and American youth: Implications for smoking intervention
1Associate Director, for Media Research Prevention Research Center, The University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health Chicago, Illinois 2Director and Associate Professor, Institute for Health Promotion and Disease, Prevention Research, University of Southern California Pasadena, California 3Professor, Department of Social Psychology, University of Helsinki 4Director of Epidemiology, National Public Health Institute Helsinki, Finland
Eight-year follow-up results of an adolescent smoking prevention program: The North Karelia Youth Project
In the North Karelia Youth Program five to 10 classroom sessions over two years taught skills to resist pressures to start smoking to 13 to 15 year old students. Compared to students from comparison schools, the treatment groups reported less smoking immediately after the intervention and in a four-year follow-up survey. At the eight-year follow-up, there was consistent evidence of possible preventive effects only among those who had been non-smo…
Social inoculation against cigarette advertisements in a culture allowing cigarette advertising and in another banning it
This article describes the effects of a social inoculation program against cigarette advertisements among pre-adolescent youth in Los Angeles, California, where printed advertising is allowed, and in Helsinki, Finland, where it is banned. In Helsinki, the 4th-grade students reported liking persons depicted in advertisements less at the immediate posttest, and the 6th-grade students reported liking the depicted persons less at the 6-month follow-u…
Access to health information on alcohol and tobacco among adolescents in Tanzania
Basic health information on alcohol and tobacco is usually available to adolescents in industrialized countries, but this is not always the case in developing countries. Alcohol and tobacco consumption are common in Tanzania, hence preventive strategies, including information dissemination, especially to adolescents, are essential. This study examines the access to information on alcohol and tobacco among adolescents in Tanzania. A random sample …
Combined use of nicotine patch and gum compared with gum alone in smoking cessation - a clinical trial in North Karelia
Coronary risk factor levels: Differences between educational groups in 1972-87 in eastern Finland
STUDY OBJECTIVE--To compare differences in coronary heart disease (CHD) risk factor levels between educational groups in the 1970s and 1980s in eastern Finland. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS--Independent, cross sectional population surveys were undertaken in 1972, 1977, 1982, and 1987 of randomly selected men and women aged 30-59 living in two provinces in eastern Finland. Altogether 20,096 subjects participated. The lowest observed level of participat…
‘No Smoking Class’ competitions in Finland: Their value in delaying the onset of smoking in adolescence
‘No Smoking Class’ competitions have been organized annually in Finland for eighth grade pupils since the school year 1989–1990. Each school class has together to decide if they want to be a no smoking class for the next half a year from fall to spring. Classes decide about participating in the contest and controlled non-smoking during the competition; and classes where all the pupils are able to refrain from smoking for the duration of the compe…
La prevención de las enfermedades cardiovasculares: Declaración de Cataluña
La prevencin de las enfermedades cardiovasculares
Do changes in cardiovascular risk factors explain the increasing socioeconomic difference in mortality from ischaemic heart disease in Finland
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To estimate the extent to which changes in blood pressure, smoking, and serum cholesterol concentration explain the observed increase in socioeconomic differences in mortality from ischaemic heart disease (IHD) in Finland during the past 20 years. DESIGN: Predicted changes in mortality from IHD were calculated using logistic regression models with the risk factor levels assessed by cross sectional population surveys conducted in …
Fifteen-year follow-up of smoking prevention effects in the North Karelia youth project
OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated the long-term effects of a school- and community-based smoking prevention program in Finland. METHODS: Four intervention schools from North Karelia and two control schools from another province were chosen for the evaluation. Students who received the intervention were taught to resist social pressures to smoke. The program began in 1978 with seventh-grade students and ran through 1980, with a 15-year follow-up. I…
Development of smoking by birth cohort in the adult population in eastern Finland 1972-97
In men decreased initiation and increased cessation contributed to the downward trend in smoking prevalence, whereas among women, changes in smoking were mostly caused by augmented initiation in successive birth cohorts. During the study period educational inequalities in smoking widened, as the less highly educated came increasingly to form the smoking population
Comparing smoking and smoking cessation process in the Republic of Karelia, Russia and North Karelia, Finland
STUDY OBJECTIVE: The aims of this study were to assess and validate self reported smoking prevalence and to assess smoking cessation related process variables in the Republic of Karelia, Russia and in North Karelia, Finland. DESIGN: Comparative population surveys of random population samples from both areas in spring 1992. The study included a self administered questionnaire, physical measurements and laboratory tests. The validity of self report…
Changes in cardiovascular risk factors in different socioeconomic groups: Seven year trends in a Chinese urban population
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To analyse trends in socioeconomic differences in cardiovascular disease risk factors among an urban Chinese population using educational attainment as the socioeconomic indicator. DESIGN: Population surveys with randomly selected independent samples were carried out in 1989 and in 1996. Educational attainment, blood pressure, body mass index, cigarette smoking and lack of leisure time physical activity were determined. SETTING: …
Keynote Addresses
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Self rated health and mortality: A long term prospective study in eastern Finland
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To assess the relation between self rated health and mortality over a period of 23 years, taking into account medical history, cardiovascular risk factors, and education at the beginning of the follow up. DESIGN: A cohort of random population samples. The baseline studies included a self administered questionnaire and a health examination. Mortality data were collected from the national mortality register using personal identific…
Validation of self reported smoking by serum cotinine measurement in a community-based study
Study objective: The validity of self reported smoking in population surveys remains an important question. An associated question is what would be the value of measuring serum cotinine concentrations in such surveys to obtain validated smoking data. Design: Cross sectional analysis of data on self reported smoking and serum cotinine among a random population sample of 5846 persons aged 25 to 64 years, who participated in the FINRISK-92 survey. M…
Increased mortality related to heavy alcohol intake pattern
Study objective: Although moderate alcohol intake is related to decreased all cause and ischaemic heart disease mortality, intake of large amounts at a time may be harmful. Design: A cohort study, average follow up time was 7.3 years. Setting: Finland. Participants: General population sample of 5092 men, aged from 25 to 64 years, who had consumed alcohol during the 12 months before the baseline examination. Main results: The main outcome measure …
Did Finland’s Tobacco Control Act of 1976 have an impact on ever smoking? An examination based on male and female cohort trends
Objective: To examine patterns of ever smoking among Finnish adults by gender and birth cohort from 1978 to 2001, with special emphasis on the possible effects of the 1976 Tobacco Control Act (TCA). Methods: The data were derived from independent, annual cross sectional postal surveys among 15–64 year olds (n = 91 342), average response rate 75%. For the analyses 13 five year birth cohorts from 1916 to 1980 were constructed. Birth cohort variatio…
Total and cause specific mortality among participants and non-participants of population based health surveys: A comprehensive follow up of 54 372 Finnish men and women
Study objective: To assess total and cause specific mortality among participants and non-participants of large population based health surveys. Design: A prospective follow up study. Baseline surveys were conducted in 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, and 1992. Study end points were overall, cardiovascular, cancer and violent mortality, and deaths related to smoking and alcohol. Study cohorts were followed up until the end of 2000 through computerised reco…
Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes by lifestyle intervention in an Australian primary health care setting: Greater Green Triangle (GGT) Diabetes Prevention Project
This study provides evidence that a type 2 diabetes prevention programme using lifestyle intervention is feasible in primary health care settings, with reductions in risk factors approaching those observed in clinical trials
European smokefree class competition: A measure to decrease smoking in youth
This letter corrects misleading and incorrect statements about the smokefree class competition (SFC) in a recent paper.1 Statement 1. “Modified versions of this competition should be developed, using ... group influence in a positive way. For instance, a non-smoking contest is being developed in Geneva using student’s creativity and peer support in the class” (p. 759)
Non-participation and mortality in different socioeconomic groups: The Finrisk population surveys in 1972–92
Background: Declining response rates pose a serious threat to the validity of estimates derived from epidemiological studies. If respondents and non-respondents differ systematically from each other, there can be a bias in the results of the study. A population-based cohort study was conducted to investigate disparities in socioeconomic structure between respondents and non-respondents and the contribution of these disparities to socioeconomic di…
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