Health risk appraisal in the UK--some preliminary results.
Information about a subject's lifestyle, personal past history and family history of disease is obtained from a 70-item questionnaire. This information is then used to compute the subject's risk of dying from certain diseases, relative to the average risk for a person of the same age and sex.
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BUPA Research & Clinical Audit, London, UK.
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D000041:Absenteeism; D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D003663:Decision Trees; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000150:complications; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008487:Medical History Taking / Q000379:methods*; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D006113:United Kingdom