title: The CroHort study: cardiovascular behavioral risk factors in adults, school children and adolescents, hospitalized coronary heart disease patients, and cardio rehabilitation groups in Croatia.
abstract: Based on repeated measurement of health behaviors the CroHort Study showed that health behavior explains a great deal more of class inequalities in mortality than observed in previous studies. These include decreasing prevalence of smoking and increase in obesity, hypertension and diabetes mellitus. The lowest prevalence of health risks was recorded among children and adolescents, followed by general adult population from the CroHort Study. Hospitalized coronary heart disease patients had higher risks prevalence than general population, while the highest prevalence of risks was recorded among patients in cardiac rehabilitation program. The higher levels of stress were associated to lower financial conditions, poorer social functioning and poorer mental health for both men and women. Higher levels of stress were also associated with heart problems, higher alcohol consumption in men while in women stress was associated to poorer general health, higher age and lower levels of education.
authors.affiliation: University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, "Andrija Stampar" School of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia. sanja.music@hzjz.hr
authors.forename: Sanja Musić
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Milanović
authors.forename: Ana Ivicević
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Uhernik
authors.forename: Aleksandar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dzakula
authors.forename: Ognjen
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Brborović
authors.forename: Tamara
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Poljicanin
authors.forename: Kristina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fister
authors.forename: Vesna
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Juresa
authors.forename: Inge
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Heim
authors.forename: Hrvoje
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vrazić
authors.forename: Mijo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bergovec
authors.forename: Josipa
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kern
authors.forename: Silvije
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vuletić
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D017523:Croatia / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors