Importance of Age Factor in Assessing Family History of Coronary Heart Disease

• Published in: Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 5; no. 3; pp. 109 - 112
• Main Authors: Saito, Tomohiro, Furukawa, Toshihito, Nanri, Seiichiro, Saito, Ikuo, Nagano, Shiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan Epidemiological Association 1995
• Subjects: age factors; cardiovascular disease; family; human genetics; risk

Age is a major variable to be considered in epidemiology. But age of family members is not considered at all or its consideration seems inadequate in studies on assessing the family history of coronary heart disease as a risk factor. In this report the effects resulting from disregarding age of a fa...