Age-and sex-specific burden of cardiovascular disease attributable to 5 major and modifiable risk factors in 10 Asian countries of the Western Pacific Region

RR Huxley, Y Hirakawa, MA Hussain… - Circulation …, 2015 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Nationally representative data on the age- and sex-specific … Consequently, the sex
difference in the PAF estimates for … Cross-sectional survey on smoking and smoking cessation …

Psychological distress, gender and dietary factors in South Asians: a cross-sectional survey

M Bhattacharyya, L Marston, K Walters… - … health nutrition, 2014 - cambridge.org
… without CVD with a view to assessing their risk of CVD(23). For … a causal relationship between
distress and dietary factors. As … in Goa, India: sex differences and associated risk factors. …

Prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors among a Nigerian adult population: relationship with income level and accessibility to CVD risks screening

VM Oguoma, EU Nwose, TC Skinner, KA Digban… - BMC public health, 2015 - Springer
… of CVD will occur in low- and middle-income countries [2]. … This study is a population-based
cross-sectional study … , behavioural characteristics (tobacco and alcohol use, diet, level of …

… with marital status, cultural differences, and vulnerability to hypertension: findings from the national survey for noncommunicable disease risk factors and mental health …

HK Segawa, H Uematsu, N Dorji, U Wangdi, C Dorjee… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
cross-sectional study (the National survey for noncommunicable … measurement) in surveys
or biomarkers are scarce in Bhutan. … a cause-and-effect relationship. The dataset from the “…

The importance of gender to understand sex differences in cardiovascular disease

PJ Connelly, Z Azizi, P Alipour, C Delles, L Pilote… - Canadian Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
… health-related behaviours and interact with CV risk factors. … adverse lifestyle behaviours
such as substance abuse, poor diet, … Below, we provide examples of this relationship. For each …

The prevalence of selected risk factors for non-communicable diseases in Hargeisa, Somaliland: a cross-sectional study

SH Ahmed, HE Meyer, MK Kjøllesdal, N Marjerrison… - BMC Public Health, 2019 - Springer
… and vegetables in some low- and middle-income countries [30]. In … our study was the higher
prevalence of behaviour risk factors … of chronic disease risk factors may further increase CVD

… of depression and patterns of association, sociodemographic and lifestyle factors in community-dwelling older adults in six low-and middle-income countries

M Lotfaliany, E Hoare, FN Jacka, P Kowal… - Journal of affective …, 2019 - Elsevier
… between depression and lifestyle behaviours, as well as physical … a cross-sectional analysis
using the WHO Study on global … LMICs countries, and nationally representative age and sex

A comprehensive view of sex-specific issues related to cardiovascular disease

L Pilote, K Dasgupta, V Guru, KH Humphries… - Cmaj, 2007 - Can Med Assoc
… that gender differences in cultural, behavioural, psychosocial … North American surveys
indicate that CVD is diagnosed more … A similar sex difference was noted in the United States in …

Correlates of healthy fruit and vegetable diet in students in low, middle and high income countries

K Peltzer, S Pengpid - International journal of public health, 2015 - Springer
… sociodemographic, psychosocial and behavioural risk factors. … This cross-sectional study
was carried out with a network of … In comparison with nationally representative adult data from …

Prevalence of non-communicable diseases risk factors and their determinants: Results from STEPS survey 2019, Nepal

B Bista, M Dhimal, S Bhattarai, T Neupane, YY Xu… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
… A nationally representative NCD risk factors STEPS survey (… A 2019 population based
nationwide cross-sectional study in … We also found a sex difference in the prevalence of raised BP…