Association between lifestyle factors and quality-adjusted life years in the EPIC-NL cohort.

The aim of our study was to relate four modifiable lifestyle factors (smoking status, body mass index, physical activity and diet) to health expectancy, using quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) in a prospective cohort study. Data of the prospective EPIC-NL study were used, including 33,066 healthy...

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Main Authors: Heidi P Fransen, Anne M May, Joline W J Beulens, Ellen A Struijk, G Ardine de Wit, Jolanda M A Boer, N Charlotte Onland-Moret, Jeljer Hoekstra, Yvonne T van der Schouw, H Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, Petra H M Peeters
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4219750?pdf=render