American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume 38, Issue 2 , Pages 138-144 , February 2010

Trends in Quality-Adjusted Life-Years Lost Contributed by Smoking and Obesity

  • Haomiao Jia, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health and School of Nursing, Columbia University, New York, New York
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to: Haomiao Jia, PhD, Columbia University, 630 West 168th Street, New York NY 10032
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  • Erica I. Lubetkin, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Health and Social Medicine, Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education at The City College of New York, New York, New York

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    EQ-5D index, life expectancy at age 18 years (LE at 18), and quality-adjusted life expectancy at age 18 years (QALE 18) from 1993 to 2008

    EQ-5D is a standardized instrument for use as a measure of heal

    EQ-5D index, life expectancy at age 18 years (LE at 18), and quality-adjusted life expectancy at age 18 years (QALE 18) from 1993 to 2008

    EQ-5D is a standardized instrument for use as a measure of health outcome. Applicable to a wide range of health conditions and treatments, it provides a simple descriptive profile and a single index value for health status.

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    Quality-adjusted life-years lost per adult contributed by obesity and smoking, the obesity rate, and the smoking rate from 1993 to 2008

    Quality-adjusted life-years lost per adult contributed by obesity and smoking, the obesity rate, and the smoking rate from 1993 to 2008

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    Quality-adjusted life-years lost per adult due to mortality and morbidity contributed by smoking and obesity from 1993 to 2008

    Quality-adjusted life-years lost per adult due to mortality and morbidity contributed by smoking and obesity from 1993 to 2008

 The full text of this article is available via AJPM Online at www.ajpm-online.net.

PII: S0749-3797(09)00763-6

doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.09.043

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume 38, Issue 2 , Pages 138-144 , February 2010

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