Combined impact of lifestyle-related factors on total and cause-specific mortality among Chinese women: prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although cigarette smoking, excessive alcohol drinking, obesity, and several other well-studied unhealthy lifestyle-related factors each have been linked to the risk of multiple chronic diseases and premature death, little is known about the combined impact on mortality outcomes, in particular among Chinese and other non-Western populations. The objective of this study was to quantify the overall impact of lifestyle-related factors beyond that of active cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption on all-cause and cause-specific mortality in Chinese women.

Methods and findings

We used data from the Shanghai Women's Health Study, an ongoing population-based prospective cohort study in China. Participants included 71,243 women aged 40 to 70 years enrolled during 1996-2

SUBMITTER: Nechuta SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2939020 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature