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Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease: Diet, Lifestyle and Risk Factors in the Seven Countries Study

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Editors:
  1. Daan Kromhout

    1. Director Nutrition and Consumer Safety Division, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

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  2. Alessandro Menotti

    1. Association for Cardiac Research Cardioricerca, Rome, Italy

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  3. Henry Blackburn

    1. Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

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Part of the book series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine (DICM, volume 243)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Background and the Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Objectives and History of the Seven Countries Study

      • Henry Blackburn
      Pages 3-8

    3. Populations and Organization of the Surveys in the Seven Countries Study

      • Alessandro Menotti
      Pages 9-14

    4. Prevalence and Incidence of Cardiovascular Diseases in the Seven Countries Study

      • Alessandro Menotti
      Pages 15-25

    5. Cardiovascular and All-Causes Mortality Patterns in the Seven Countries Study

      • Alessandro Menotti, Mariapaola Lanti
      Pages 27-39

  4. Biological Risk Factors and Coronary Heart Disease

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
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    2. Serum Cholesterol and Coronary Heart Disease in the Seven Countries Study

      • Daan Kromhout
      Pages 127-143

    3. Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Diseases in the Seven Countries Study

      • Alessandro Menotti
      Pages 145-164

    4. Body Fatness, Coronary Heart Disease and All-Causes Mortality in the Seven Countries Study

      • Daan Kromhout
      Pages 165-181

    5. Type 2 Diabetes, Glucose Tolerance and Cardiovascular Diseases in the Seven Countries Study

      • Daan Kromhout, Edith Feskens
      Pages 183-198

    6. Electrocardiographic Predictors of Coronary Heart Disease in the Seven Countries Study

      • Alessandro Menotti, Henry Blackburn
      Pages 199-211

    7. Multivariate Analysis of Major Risk Factors and Coronary Heart Disease Risk in the Seven Countries Study

      • Alessandro Menotti
      Pages 213-226

  5. Implications of Findings of the Seven Countries Study

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      Pages 227-227
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About this book

In the 1940s I was struck by reports about many apparently healthy middle-aged men who dropped dead instantly from heart attacks. The causes of these sudden deaths were unknown. I was interested to discover physio-chemical characteristics of individuals with predictive value for the occurrence of these fatal heart attacks. The discovery ofpreventive variables would point ways to prevent this disease. In order to find relationships between mode of life and susceptibility to heart disease contrasting populations had to be studied. Variety - not a high degree of homogeneity in culture and habits - must be sought. After exploratory surveys in countries with supposed differences in dietary patterns, lifestyle and heart disease rates in the early 1950s, the Seven Countries Study took off in 1958. This study established relationships between risk factors and development of heart disease in middle-aged men in health examined in countries with cultures we demonstrated to contrast in diet and lifestyle. The results obtained in the Seven Countries Study from its inception till now are presented in this book entitled: "Prevention ofcoronary heart disease. Diet, lifestyle and risk factors in the Seven Countries Study. " Long ago I realized that our concern should not be restricted to the prevention of coronary heart disease but should be extended to all diseases and premature death.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Director Nutrition and Consumer Safety Division, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

    Daan Kromhout

  • Association for Cardiac Research Cardioricerca, Rome, Italy

    Alessandro Menotti

  • Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

    Henry Blackburn

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease: Diet, Lifestyle and Risk Factors in the Seven Countries Study

  • Editors: Daan Kromhout, Alessandro Menotti, Henry Blackburn

  • Series Title: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1117-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-7123-2Published: 30 September 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-5402-4Published: 23 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-1117-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0166-9842

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 267

  • Topics: Cardiology

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