Population Attributable Fraction of Smoking and Metabolic Syndrome on Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in Japan: a 15-Year Follow Up of NIPPON DATA90

• Main Authors: Kadowaki Takashi (Author), Nagasawa Shin-ya (Author), Fujiyoshi Akira (Author), Okuda Nagako (Author), Hayakawa Takehito (Author), Nakamura Yasuyuki (Author), Okamura Tomonori (Author), Kadota Aya (Author), Hozawa Atsushi (Author), Miura Katsuyuki (Author), Takashima Naoyuki (Author), Murakami Yoshitaka (Author), Kita Yoshikuni (Author), Okayama Akira (Author), Ueshima Hirotsugu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Smoking and metabolic syndrome are known to be related to cardiovascular diseases (CVD) risk. In Asian countries, prevalence of obesity has increased and smoking rate in men is still high. We investigated the attribution of the combi...