Milk, coronary heart disease and mortality [PDF]
<b>STUDY OBJECTIVE</b> To study the association between reported milk consumption and cardiovascular and all cause mortality. <b>DESIGN</b> A prospective study of 5765 men aged 35-64 at the time of examination.
Davey Smith, G., Hart, C.L., Ness, A.
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Women, men and coronary heart disease: a review of the qualitative literature [PDF]
Aim. This paper presents a review of the qualitative literature which examines the experiences of patients with coronary heart disease. The paper also assesses whether the experiences of both female and male patients are reflected in the literature and ...
Emslie, C., Carol Emslie
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Impact of smoking reduction on coronary heart disease mortality trends during 1981-2000 in England and Wales. [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To explore how much of the coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality fall in England and Wales can be attributed to changes in smoking prevalence.
S Capewell +5 more
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Antioxidants and Coronary Heart Disease
This review briefly summarizes the scientific evidence for a possible role of antioxidants in the prevention of coronary heart disease (CHD). Antioxidants in our diet include vitamins E, C, and beta-carotene, whereas selenium is an integral part of the antioxidant enzyme glutathione peroxidase (GSHPx).
Poppel, G. van +3 more
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Analysing the Large Decline in Coronary Heart Disease Mortality in the Icelandic Population Aged 25-74 between the Years 1981 and 2006. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality rates have been decreasing in Iceland since the 1980s. We examined how much of the decrease between 1981 and 2006 could be attributed to medical and surgical treatments and how much to changes in ...
Aspelund, T +43 more
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Alcohol and Coronary Heart Disease [PDF]
The data on two questions are reviewed: does heavy alcohol intake increase the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD)? And, is moderate intake protective? Identified alcoholics and problem drinkers have an increased risk of CHD, and in Britain there is a correlation among 22 towns, between the proportion of heavy drinkers in a town and CHD mortality.
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Limitations of adjustment for reporting tendency in observational studies of stress and self reported coronary heart disease [PDF]
Recently, observational evidence has been suggested to show a causal association between various "psychosocial" exposures, including psychological stress, and heart disease. Much of this evidence derives from studies in which a self reported psychosocial
Macleod, J +15 more
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Depression in primary care patients with coronary heart disease: baseline findings from the UPBEAT UK study [PDF]
BACKGROUND:\ud An association between depression and coronary heart disease is now accepted but there has been little primary care research on this topic.
Elizabeth A Barley +17 more
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Coronary heart disease is a multifactorial disease [PDF]
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death in the Western World. For effective treatment and prevention strategies to be put in place, the major risk factors associated with this disease must be identified. Data show that almost 300 variables are statistically associated with CHD.
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Stroke is predicted by low visuospatial in relation to other intellectual abilities and coronary heart disease by low general intelligence [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Low intellectual ability is associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease and stroke. Most studies have used a general intelligence score.
Leskinen, J.T. +43 more
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