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Progetto ATENA, A study on the etiology of major chronic diseases in women: Design, rationale and objectives by S. Panico; R. Dello Iacovo; E. Celentano; R. Galasso; P. Muti; M. Salvatore; M. Mancini is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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In spite of their important impact on populations, a number of diseases--all types of cancer and coronary heart disease in women--are "rare" events for statistical analysis and often analyzed in designs affected by selection and information biases, such as case-control studies. Large cohort studies based on the storage of biological specimens appear to be the most suitable solution for identifying risks for those diseases. Progetto ATENA, a study on the etiology of major chronic diseases in women is based on this design. Ten thousand women, aged 30-69 years, living in the area of the city of Naples, free of cancer and cardiovascular disease, are being recruited over a four-year period. Ten per cent of the cohort is being randomly selected from the electoral roles, the rest will be volunteers. Information on dietary habits, reproductive history, familiarity for chronic disease, active smoking habits and passive smoking exposure, physical activity, and socio-demographic data are being collected. Clinical data such as blood pressure, anthropometry, and electrocardiogram are also taken. All the participants provide biological samples of blood (fasting drawing) and urine (timed morning
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- Author
- S. Panico; R. Dello Iacovo; E. Celentano; R. Galasso; P. Muti; M. Salvatore; M. Mancini
- Publisher
- Springer; Springer-Verlag; Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science and Business Media LLC; Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc. (ISSN 0393-2990)
- Published
- 1992
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)