1. Healthy People 2000; the rationale and potential efficacy of preventive nutrition in heart disease: the Framingham Offspring-Spouse Study
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Posner, Barbara Millen, Cupples, L. Adrienne, Gagnon, David, Wilson, Peter W.F., Chetwynd, Kim, and Felix, Deborah
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Healthy People 2000 (Report) -- Usage ,Coronary heart disease -- Health aspects ,Nutrition -- Health aspects ,Health - Abstract
Background: To examine the rationale for preventive nutrition intervention and the potential efficacy of nutrition-related risk factor modification on heart disease incidence, the cardiovascular disease risk and dietary profiles of Framingham (Mass) men and women, 30 to 79 years old (n=1798 and 1845, respectively), were compared with the Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for the Nation and used to project the 10-year incidence of coronary heart disease with and without lowering serum cholesterol levels. Methods: Data for this report are derived from the 1984 to 1988 cycle Ill examinations of the Framingham offspring-spouse cohort. Estimates of the reduction in coronary heart disease risk associated with modifications in serum cholesterol levels and other cardiovascular disease risk factors are projected using Framingham models. Results: About 40% met guidelines for desirable total cholesterol levels (
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- 1993