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Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronym List." Institute of Medicine. 2005. Estimating the Contributions of Lifestyle-Related Factors to Preventable Death: A Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11323.
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APPENDIX D
ACRONYM LIST


AAF

Alcohol-attributable fraction

ACLS

Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study

ARDI

Alcohol-related Disease Impact


BFMI

Body Fat Mass Index

BMI

Body Mass Index

BRFSS

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System


CAUSE

Confidence, Awareness, Understanding, Satisfaction, Enactment

CDC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CHD

Coronary Heart Disease

CPS

Cancer Prevention Study


DALYs

Disability-adjusted life years

DSM-IV

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 4th Edition


FFMI

Fat-free Mass Index


HALYs

Health-adjusted life years

HRQOL

Health-related quality of life

HUI

Health Utilities Index


ICD

International Classification of Diseases

IOM

Institute of Medicine


LDL

Low-density Lipoprotein


MEPS

Medical Expenditure Panel Survey


NHANES

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

NHIS

National Health Interview Survey


PAF

Population Attributable Fraction

PKU

Phenylketonuria


QALYs

Quality-adjusted Life Years


RR

Relative Risk


SAMMEC

Smoking-Attributable Mortality, Morbidity, and Economic Costs

SBP

Systolic Blood Pressure


WHO

World Health Organization


YHLs

Years of Healthy Life

YPLL

Years of Productive Life Lost

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronym List." Institute of Medicine. 2005. Estimating the Contributions of Lifestyle-Related Factors to Preventable Death: A Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11323.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronym List." Institute of Medicine. 2005. Estimating the Contributions of Lifestyle-Related Factors to Preventable Death: A Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11323.
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This report is the summary of a workshop held by The Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Science December 13-14, 2004 to estimate the contributions of lifestyle-related factors to preventable death. The summary of this workshop includes presentations from experts in statistical design, epidemiology, quality-of-life measures, communication, and public policy and discussions among the participants. Panels of experts addressed the following topics: methodological issues when estimating the public health burden of lifestyle factors; estimating "attributable risk" in practice; alternative ways of measuring the health burden; and public policy issues.

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