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Lucke J, Waters B, Hockey R, et al. Trends in women's risk factors and chronic conditions: findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. Womens Health (Lond). 2007;3(4):423-32doi: 10.2217/17455057.3.4.423.
Lucke, J., Waters, B., Hockey, R., Spallek, M., Gibson, R., Byles, J., & Dobson, A. (2007). Trends in women's risk factors and chronic conditions: findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. Women's health (London, England), 3(4), 423-32. https://doi.org/10.2217/17455057.3.4.423
Lucke, Jayne, et al. "Trends in women's risk factors and chronic conditions: findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health." Women's health (London, England) vol. 3,4 (2007): 423-32. doi: https://doi.org/10.2217/17455057.3.4.423
Lucke J, Waters B, Hockey R, Spallek M, Gibson R, Byles J, Dobson A. Trends in women's risk factors and chronic conditions: findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. Womens Health (Lond). 2007 Jul;3(4):423-32. doi: 10.2217/17455057.3.4.423. PMID: 19804018.
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Womens Health (Lond). 2007 Jul;3(4):423-32. doi: 10.2217/17455057.3.4.423.

Trends in women's risk factors and chronic conditions: findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health.

Women's health (London, England)

Jayne Lucke, Bree Waters, Richard Hockey, Melanie Spallek, Richard Gibson, Julie Byles, Annette Dobson

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  1. The University of Queensland, School of Population Health, Herston Road, Herston QLD 4006, Australia.

PMID: 19804018 DOI: 10.2217/17455057.3.4.423

Abstract

Chronic diseases present a growing challenge to women's health. This paper presents data from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health to show prevalence and incidence among three cohorts of women of six chronic conditions: hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, asthma, osteoporosis and arthritis. It also examines the role of five important risk factors (body mass index, level of physical activity, smoking, alcohol consumption and level of education) on these chronic conditions. The most striking finding is that being overweight or obese is the most important risk factor for chronic disease for women in all three age groups.

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