Milanović Sanja Musić, Uhernik Ana Ivicević, Dzakula Aleksandar, Brborović Ognjen, Poljicanin Tamara, Fister Kristina, Juresa Vesna, Heim Inge, Vrazić Hrvoje, Bergovec Mijo, Kern Josipa, Vuletić Silvije
University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, "Andrija Stampar" School of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia.
Coll Antropol. 2012 Jan;36 Suppl 1:265-8.
Based on repeated measurement of health behaviors the CroHort Study showed that health behavior explains a great deal more of class inequalities in mortality than observed in previous studies. These include decreasing prevalence of smoking and increase in obesity, hypertension and diabetes mellitus. The lowest prevalence of health risks was recorded among children and adolescents, followed by general adult population from the CroHort Study. Hospitalized coronary heart disease patients had higher risks prevalence than general population, while the highest prevalence of risks was recorded among patients in cardiac rehabilitation program. The higher levels of stress were associated to lower financial conditions, poorer social functioning and poorer mental health for both men and women. Higher levels of stress were also associated with heart problems, higher alcohol consumption in men while in women stress was associated to poorer general health, higher age and lower levels of education.
