Title Prevention of coronary heart disease : diet, lifestyle, and risk factors in the seven countries study / editors, Daan Kromhout, Alessandro Menotti, Henry Blackburn

Published Norwell, Mass. ; [Great Britain] : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2002] ©2002

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Description xiv, 267 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Series Developments in cardiovascular medicine ; 243 Developments in cardiovascular medicine ; v. 243 Contents Machine derived contents note: Contents. Preface. Foreword. Acknowledgements. Part I: Background and the burden of cardiovascular diseases. 1.1. Objectives and history of the Seven Countries Study; H. Blackburn. 1.2. Populations and organization of the surveys in the Seven Countries Study; A. Menotti. 1.3. Prevalence and incidence of cardiovascular diseases in the Seven Countries Study; A. Menotti. 1.4. Cardiovascular and all-causes mortality patterns in the Seven Countries Study; A. Menotti, M. Lanti. Part II: Diet, lifestyle and coronary heart disease. 2.1. Diet and coronary heart disease in the Seven Countries Study; D. Kromhout, B. Bloemberg. 2.2. Diet and coronary heart disease in the Zutphen Study; D. Kromhout, B. Bloemberg. 2.3. Cigarette smoking, coronary heart disease and all-causes mortality in the Seven Countries Study; D. Kromhout. 2.4. Alcohol and coronary heart disease in the Seven Countries Study; D. Kromhout. 2.5. Physical activity, physical fitness and coronary heart disease in the Seven Countries Study; A. Menotti. Part III: Biological risk factors and coronary heart disease. 3.1. Serum cholesterol and coronary heart disease in the Seven Countries Study; D. Kromhout. 3.2. Blood pressure and cardiovascular diseases in the Seven Countries Study; A. Menotti. 3.3. Body fatness, coronary heart disease and all-causes mortality in the Seven Countries Study; D. Kromhout. 3.4. Type 2 diabetes, glucose tolerance and cardiovascular diseases in the Seven Countries Study; D. Kromhout, E. Feskens. 3.5. Electrocardiographic predictors of coronary heart disease in the Seven Countries Study; A. Menotti, H. Blackburn. 3.6. Multivariate analysis of major risk factors and coronary risk in the Seven Countries Study; A. Menotti. Part IV: Implications of findings of the Seven Countries Study. 4.1. Risk factors for global coronary risk in preventive and clinical cardiology; A. Menotti, D. Kromhout. 4.2. Diet, lifestyle and prevention of coronary heart disease The integration of observational and experimental evidence; D. Kromhout, et al. 4.3. Epilogue for the Seven Countries Study; H. Blackburn. Appendix Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Coronary heart disease -- Cross-cultural studies. Coronary heart disease -- Prevention -- Cross-cultural studies. Health behavior -- Cross-cultural studies. Coronary Disease -- prevention & control. Cross-Cultural Comparison. Diet. Health Behavior. Life Style. Risk Factors. Author Menotti, A. Kromhout, Daan. Blackburn, Henry, 1925- LC no. 2002072902 ISBN 140207123X : 1402071248 alkaline paper

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