BackgroundAlthough vital statistics have indicated large Japanese-American differences in
mortality rates for coronary heart disease (CHD), the magnitude of difference has not been …

… of conventional coronary heart disease (CHD) risk factors in explaining population levels and
… , dyslipidaemia, and diabetes) to explaining population levels and to absolute and relative …

… responsive to other chronic diseases in populations, such as rheumatoid … populations [16–18]
and in clinical practice [8, 10]. Comparing the performance of generic indexes to a disease-…

… Comparison of the Framingham risk function-based coronary risk chart with risk function
from an Italian population study. Eur Heart J 2000; 21: 365–70. [17] Menotti A, Farchi G, …

… Because we evaluated associations of SES with the risk of coronary heart disease independently
for the ARIC and FINRISK studies, we could not carry out formal statistical comparisons …

… In diabetics with coronary artery disease (CAD), there … transluminal coronary angioplasty
(PTCA) or coronary artery bypass … and cost comparisons of coronary angioplasty and coronary-…

… the relationship between coronary artery disease (CAD), … CAD from a healthy general
population sample, as well as 55 … , and especially coronary mortality in the general population. A …

… In order to adjust each of the comparison populations for the levels of risk factors found in
the Paris Prospective Study, we applied to the Paris population the multivariate major CHD risk …

… coronary death during follow-up and in 3,869 people without CHD in the Reykjavik population-…
for regression dilution in the present study to allow direct comparison with previous work. …

… from an Italian population study. Methods and Results Coronary risk function in this study
was the result of longitudinal experience in an Italian middle-aged population of 1656 male …