Risk factors for ischaemic heart disease in men and women. Results of the 19-year follow-up of the Stockholm Prospective Study

In this 19-year follow-up of the Stockholm Prospective Study (SPS), 321 male and 55 female deaths from myocardial infarction (MI) had occurred. Fasting levels of plasma triglycerides acted as an independent risk factor for this cause of death in both sexes, which was the primary question asked when...

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Published inActa medica Scandinavica Vol. 218; no. 2; p. 207
Main Authors Carlson, L A, Böttiger, L E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Sweden 01.01.1985
Subjects
Adult
Aged
Coronary Disease - etiology
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Lipids - blood
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction - blood
Myocardial Infarction - etiology
Myocardial Infarction - mortality
Prospective Studies
Risk
Sweden
Sweden
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Summary:In this 19-year follow-up of the Stockholm Prospective Study (SPS), 321 male and 55 female deaths from myocardial infarction (MI) had occurred. Fasting levels of plasma triglycerides acted as an independent risk factor for this cause of death in both sexes, which was the primary question asked when the SPS was designed. Other independent risk factors for MI were for men and women age, systolic blood pressure, smoking and for men only, plasma cholesterol, haemoglobin and erythrocyte sedimentation rate.
ISSN:0001-6101
DOI:10.1111/j.0954-6820.1985.tb08848.x