A "natural experiment" in cardiovascular epidemiology in the early 21st century
Open Access
- 1 March 2003
- Vol. 89 (3), 255-257
- https://doi.org/10.1136/heart.89.3.255
Abstract
Despite similar traditional risk factors, morbidity and mortality rates from coronary heart disease in western and non-western cohorts remain substantially different. Careful study of such cohorts may help identify novel risk factors for CHD, and contribute to the formulation of new preventive strategiesKeywords
This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
- Global cardiovascular disease prevention: time to get seriousThe Lancet, 2001
- Pros and cons of inhibiting cholesteryl ester transfer proteinCurrent Opinion in Lipidology, 2000
- Soy Protein and Cardiovascular DiseaseCirculation, 2000
- Prevention Conference VCirculation, 2000
- Functional variants in the lipoprotein lipase gene and risk of cardiovascular diseaseCurrent Opinion in Lipidology, 1999
- Relation of Lipoprotein Subclasses as Measured by Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy to Coronary Artery DiseaseArteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 1998
- [On the mode of communication of cholera. 1855].1991
- The INTERSALT study: background, methods and main results. INTERSALT Co-operative Research Group.1989
- Plasma cholesterol and triglyceride levels in 6775 school children, ages 6–17Metabolism, 1977
- EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE AND STROKE IN JAPANESE MEN LIVING IN JAPAN, HAWAII AND CALIFORNIA: MORTALITY1American Journal of Epidemiology, 1975