Twenty-year cardiovascular and all-cause mortality trends and changes in cardiovascular risk factors in Gubbio, Italy: the role of blood pressure changes.
Twenty-year cardiovascular and all-cause mortality trends and changes in cardiovascular risk factors in Gubbio, Italy: the role of blood pressure changes.
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意大利古比奥二十年心血管和全因死亡率趋势以及心血管危险因素的变化:血压变化的作用。
DOI:
10.1097/hjh.0b013e32831cbb0b
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发表时间:
2009
影响因子:
4.9
通讯作者:
Zanchetti,Alberto
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作者:
Menotti,Alessandro;Lanti,Mariapaola;Angeletti,Mario;Botta,Gianfranco;Cirillo,Massimo;Laurenzi,Martino;Mancini,Mario;Panarelli,Walter;Scavizzi,Patrizia;Terradura-Vagnarelli,Oscar;Zanchetti,Alberto
AimsIn an observational population study that lasted 20 years, the relationships between mortality trends and changes in cardiovascular risk factor levels were examined.Methods and resultsIn the town of Gubbio, in central Italy, population surveys for measurement of cardiovascular risk factors were performed 20 years apart. In a subset of the initial cohort (1927 men and 2333 women), mortality data were collected for 20 years. Cardiovascular risk factor levels were compared in individuals in the same age range (20–79 years) examined at the initial survey (1927 men and 2333 women) and at the final survey (1761 men and 2055 women). Age-adjusted rates significantly declined, by 28% among men and 51% among women, for all causes of death, and by 50% among men and 71% among women for cardiovascular disease deaths. Declines were observed in the levels of systolic blood pressure, serum cholesterol, resting heart rate, smoking habits, BMI, plasma glucose (the latter two only in women) and the estimated cardiovascular risk, together with increases in serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and in the proportion of treated and controlled hypertensive patients.ConclusionAlthough similar but less impressive changes were recorded in Italy at large, the existence of the observational study in Gubbio might have motivated the general population and the medical profession towards actions promoting general health.