Asplund, K Tuomilehto, J Stegmayr, B Wester, P O Tunstall-Pedoe, H
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Stroke events are being registered in 27 of the MONICA collaborating centres. Coding of test cases has shown the greatest discrepancies in coding of the type of stroke (different pathoanatomical diagnoses) and of the diagnostic category (whether a definite stroke has occurred or not), 23% and 14% discrepancies respectively. A check for completeness...
Bouchard, C
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This paper reviews current data concerning the role of the genotype in human variation in fat distribution and its contribution in regulating fat deposition in various regions of the body, primarily the lower trunk area. After statistical control over age, gender and total amount of subcutaneous fat, one finds an additive genetic effect of about 20...
Douste-Blazy, P Ruidavets, J B Arveiler, D Bingham, A Camaré, R Schaffer, P Aby, M A Richard, J L
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Cardiovascular risk factors were studied from 1985 to 1987 in population samples in two French regions with different ischaemic heart disease mortality rates in Bas-Rhin (Strasbourg MONICA centre) and in Haute-Garonne (Toulouse MONICA centre). These rates were, among men, 109/100,000 in Bas-Rhin, and 72/100,000 in Haute-Garonne. 1,253 and 1,319 men...
Lapidus, L Bengtsson, C
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The results presented in this paper concerning regional obesity as a health hazard in women refer to a 12-year longitudinal population study of 1,462 women, aged 38-60, which was carried out in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1968-69. In univariate analysis the ratio of waist-to-hip circumference showed a significant positive association with the 12-year in...
Stern, M P Haffner, S M
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Wu, Z S Yao, C H Chen, D Y Li, N Zhang, M Wu, Y Y Zhao, D Wu, G X Wu, Y K
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The Beijing Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Medical Center has participated in the World Health Organisation MONICA project since 1981. Our study, named Sino-MONICA-Beijing, has been carried out in Beijing and covers a population approximately of 700,000. After a 2-year pilot study, the project started formally January 1, 1984. This paper presents the ...
Dobson, A J Alexander, H M Al-Roomi, K Gibberd, R W Heller, R F Leeder, S R Lloyd, D M Malcolm, J A Steele, P L
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The results of coronary event registration using the protocol of the World Health Organization MONICA Project are reported for two years for the Hunter Region, the area in and around Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia. The Newcastle MONICA Project monitors all suspected cases of heart attack by identifying patients from hospital admissions and...
Smith, W C Crombie, I K Tunstall-Pedoe, H D Tavendale, R Riemersma, R A
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Edinburgh and Glasgow are the two largest cities in Scotland, which has one of the highest coronary heart disease mortality rates in the world. Within Scotland, there is a geographical variation in these rates and Glasgow has a higher mortality rate than Edinburgh. However, the cities also differ socially and economically. Population surveys have b...
Rebuffé-Scrive, M
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Several descriptive studies, performed in women before and after menopause, in young and older men and in women with Cushing's disease, have suggested that steroid hormones have a role in the regulation of regional fat metabolism. Femoral lipoprotein lipase (LPL) activity seems to be increased by progesterone, while it might be inhibited by testost...
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