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Increased prevalence of diabetes mellitus in a rural Greek population

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is becoming a modern epidemic due to the high prevalence of obesity and physical inactivity. Previous studies in Greece in urban and mixed urban and rural populations, reported a prevalence of DM of less than 3%.

Body-mass index and cause-specific mortality in 900 000 adults: collaborative analyses of 57 prospective studies.

The main associations of body-mass index (BMI) with overall and cause-specific mortality can best be assessed by long-term prospective follow-up studies of large numbers of people. The Prospective Studies Collaboration aimed to investigate these associations by sharing data from many

Total cholesterol and body mass index in relation to 40-year cancer mortality (the Corfu cohort of the seven countries study).

We evaluated risk factors of cancer mortality based on a 40-year follow-up of the Corfu cohort (Seven Countries Study). MATERIAL AND METHODS: The population studied in this analysis consisted of 529 rural men (49 +/- 6 years old) enrolled in

Associations between sleep and obesity indices in older adults: results from the HELIAD study.

Background: Short sleep duration and low sleep quality are negatively associated with obesity in young adults, but in older people the results are inconsistent. Aims: The aim of the present study was to examine the associations between sleep duration and

Normative Data for the Montreal Cognitive Assessment in Greek Older Adults With Subjective Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia

Objective: Although metabolic syndrome (MetS) has been shown to increase the risk of cognitive decline, it still remains unclear whether the risk is related to MetS as a whole or its individual factors. The aim of the present study was