Technology, coronary heart disease and its risk factors.
Cardiovascular diseases, predominantly coronary heart disease (CHD), are the leading public health problem in industrialized countries. They are associated with a number of variables, such as blood pressure (BP), smoking serum level of lipids, obesity etc for which technological progress is also incriminated. This relation has not been evaluated in Greece. This country is a developing one with different status of technology in different areas. In Athens it is almost similar to Western societies, but in rural areas it varies. This paper reports on morbidity of CHD and its risk factors (RF) in Greek populations with different technology.
Adamapoulos
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Department of Internal Medicine, Alexandra University Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Nanas
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Pyrgakis
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Fotopoulos
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Moulopoulos
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D000383:Agriculture; D001794:Blood Pressure; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003906:Developing Countries; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population
D002784:Cholesterol