title: Risk factor patterns for coronary heart disease in China, Japan and Germany.
abstract: The risk factor patterns for coronary heart disease in China, Japan and Germany were studied. 6,025 Germans, 7,580 Japanese and 2,047 Chinese aged 30-59 were investigated following the protocol of the Göttingen Risk, Incidence, and Prevalence Study carried out in West Germany in 1982. It is concluded that in China, the risk factor intervention focuses mainly on smoking and hypertension; smoking also remains the most important risk factor in Japan; while in Germany the major targets are obesity and hyperlipidemia. However, about 38% of the participants from West Germany showed 3 or more risk factors accumulated per person. Thus the multifactorial risk factor reduction might be necessary in Germany.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Mannheim.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stehle
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hinohara
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cremer
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bernhardt
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Dempfle
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Seidel
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Heene
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schettler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000150:complications; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking