Symposium on Heart Disease. II. Coronary heart disease in the Framingham study
Symposium on Heart Disease. II. Coronary heart disease in the Framingham study
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DOI:
10.2105/ajph.47.4_pt_2.4
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发表时间:
1957-01-01
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通讯作者:
MANN, G. V.
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DAWBER, T. R.;MOORE, F. E.;MANN, G. V.
This study is concerned with measurements of extent and development of cardiovascular disease in a cross-section of population who were aged 30 to 59 on Jan. 1, 1950, in Framingham, Mass., and with study of those environmental and personal factors associated with subsequent appearance and progression of cardiovascular diseases. The present report covers arteriosclerotic heart disease (ASHD) during the first 4 years of the study and presents, among other important findings, data indicating that: association of ASHD with smoking is not as strong as that shown with elevated blood pressure, relative weight, and cholesterol; ASHD was about twice as prevalent in men as in women; about 20% of myocardial infarctions occurring after first examination were asymptomatic; among men aged 45 to 62 presence of high blood pressure and hypertensive cardiovascular disease were strongly associated with development of new ASHD; fatness is associated with development of ASHD in men aged 45 to 62; much of this appeared to be explained by association of obesity with high blood pressure; hypercholesteremia was strongly associated with development of ASHD in men 45 to 62; use of 3 combined factors (blood pressure, relative weight and serum cholesterol) permitted separation of men 45 to 62 into groups with highly divergent risks of ASHD. || ABSTRACT AUTHORS: M. Frobisher