income and casual smokers is relatively inelastic. Addicted adult smokers, though, are even less sensitive to changes in the price—most are willing to pay whatever it takes to support their smoking habit. We can say that their demand is even more inelastic than low income or casual smokers....
Subgroup analyses indicated that the positive association between NPAR and MetS was more pronounced in Mexican Americans, individuals aged 20–65 years, those with lower income, males, current smokers, and moderate drinkers. Higher NPAR is associated with increased risk of MetS in the US adult ...
Metabolic syndrome was defined according to the criteria of the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III (ATP III; 6), and the subject sample consisted of noninstitutionalized black and white adult participants in the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES...
We therefore analyzed measures of vascular structure and function and biomarkers of cardiovascular risk in a sample of young healthy adults. Methods: Pulse-wave velocity (PWV), carotid-intima media thickness (cIMT) and augmentation index (AIX) were measured in 834 healthy non-smokers (ages 18.0–...
income and casual smokers is relatively inelastic. Addicted adult smokers, though, are even less sensitive to changes in the price—most are willing to pay whatever it takes to support their smoking habit. We can say that their demand is even more inelastic than low income or casual smokers....