title: [Characteristics of drinking water and coronary heart disease. An epidemiological experience (author's transl)].
abstract: Mortality for coronary heart disease (CHD) in two samples of men aged 40-59 at entry was rather different after the first 5 year follow-up, but became more and more similar - and substancially identical - after 15 year follow-up. In the community which showed the greatest relative increase of CHD mortality beyond the fifth year, a drastic change in the characteristics of drinking water had occurred, with a large reduction of hardness, and of calcium and magnesium concentration.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002118:Calcium / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000032:analysis; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D008274:Magnesium / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014881:Water Supply / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D008274:Magnesium; D002118:Calcium
vernacular_title: Caratteristiche dell'acqua potabile e cardiopatia coronarica.