1. Cholestérol, pression artérielle et fumée de cigarette dans la population en Suisse: le projet MONICA
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Gutzwiller Felix, Domenighetti Gianfranco, Hausser Dominique, Rickenbach Martin, Barazzoni Fabrizio, Burnand Bernard, and University of Zurich
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education.field_of_study ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Cholesterol ,business.industry ,Public health ,Population ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,610 Medicine & health ,Disease ,10060 Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute (EBPI) ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Blood pressure ,Multicenter study ,chemistry ,Blood cholesterol ,Medicine ,Risk factor ,education ,business ,Demography - Abstract
Elevated plasma cholesterol, high blood pressure and cigarette smoking are three major risk factors for coronary heart disease. Within the framework of Switzerland's participation in the multicenter study MONICA (MONItoring of trends and determinants in CArdiovascular disease), proposed by the WHO, a first risk factor survey was conducted in a representative sample of the population (25-74 years) of two reporting units (cantons of Vaud and Fribourg, canton of Tessin). A high blood cholesterol level (greater than 6,7 mmol/l) is the most common risk factor for coronary heart disease among the studied population. Among men, about 13% have elevated blood pressure, the proportion being about one in ten among women; these proportions increase with age and are slightly above these values in Tessin. Cigarette smoking is still a common behavior; between 25 and 45 years one third of the population (male and female) regularly smoke cigarettes.
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- 1987