Preventive medicine
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Preventive medicine · Oct 1999
Lifestyle factors and chronic diseases: application of a composite risk index.
Assessing a combination of modifiable lifestyle practices may be a practical tool to modify patients' health behavior in counseling. Therefore, we developed a chronic disease risk index (CDRI) and investigated its relation with chronic disease in a multiethnic cohort. ⋯ Positive health behavior reflected by the CDRI is associated with a lower risk of cancer and with greater longevity.