Titre :
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Effects of marital transitions on changes in dietary and other health behaviours in US women : Nutritional epidemiology. (2005)
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Auteurs :
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Sunmin LEE ;
Eunyoung CHO ;
COLDITZ (Graham-A) : USA. Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention. Boston. MA. ;
Francine GRODSTEIN ;
HU (Frank-B) : USA. Department of Nutrition. Harvard School of Public Health. Boston. MA. ;
Ichiro Kawachi
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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International journal of epidemiology (vol. 34, n° 1, 2005)
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Pagination :
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69-78
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Tabagisme
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Etat matrimonial
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Activité physique
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Régime alimentaire
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Nutrition
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Alcool
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Boisson alcoolisée
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Comportement santé
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Comportement
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Mammographie
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Etats Unis
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Amérique
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Femme
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Adulte
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Homme
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Etat santé
;
Amérique du Nord
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS uR0xYTut. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Background : Previous studies have indicated that married people have lower mortality and are generally healthier. Most previous studies have been cross-sectional and few studies investigated the effect of marital transition on health. With a prospective design and repeated measures of variables, we sought to analyse the temporal relation between marital transition and change in health behaviours. Methods : We followed up 80 944 women aged 46-71 for 4 years (1992-1996). All information was self-reported. We used multivariate-adjusted linear and logistic regression models to examine the impact of changes in marital status on concomitant changes in health behaviours, controlling for potential confounders and baseline health behaviours. Results : Compared with women who remained married, women who divorced/widowed had body mass index (BMI) decreases of 0.65 kg/m2 (P
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