title: Diet and coronary arterial disease: a statistical study.
abstract: Statistical analysis comparing mortality rates from coronary arterial disease with food consumption in 21 countries belonging to the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development is presented. In a preliminary process correlation coefficients are calculated for coronary mortality and all food items appearing in statistics collected for food consumption as well as for some combinations of food items. The highest correlations obtain with oats, milk proteins (other than the protein content of cheese), milk fats and sugar. These items are investigated in greater detail with respect to mortality from coronary arterial disease in males and females in various age groups and for various time intervals between the dates of mortality and statistics for food consumption. Correlations tend to increase in the older age groups and with longer time intervals. The highest correlation coefficient found is 0.94 for deaths due to coronary arterial disease for males in the 65-74 age group with the combined consumption of oats and milk proteins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University of Manchester, Royal Infirmary, U.K.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Seely
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000401:mortality*; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D002523:Edible Grain / Q000009:adverse effects; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008894:Milk Proteins / Q000009:adverse effects; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D008894:Milk Proteins