title: Causes of the trends and variations in CHD mortality in different countries.
abstract: Rapid changes in national rates, with little evidence of cohort effects, must substantially reflect changes in incidence rates due to socioeconomic and behavioral influences, operating with a rather short incubation period. Every newly-rich society usually experiences its epidemic of coronary heart disease. Rate changes for men and women are correlated, but the regression is asymmetrical: greater falls in women seem to reflect some rather uniform widespread sex-specific change, on top of which is another and highly variable factor common to both sexes. Trends are correlated with diet (especially with the constitution of fats). A correlation with stroke trends suggests a common link with population changes in blood pressure, in which obesity may play a part. Other important influences on population trends and differences remain unidentified or unconfirmed.
authors: Department of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK.
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authors: Rose
mesh_terms: D001794:Blood Pressure; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality*; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects