title: [Risk factors between blood cholesterol and coronary disease].
abstract: Some risk functions are presented linking serum cholesterol to the development of coronary heart disease. They are produced from epidemiological studies on Italian population samples made of men aged 40-59 at entry and followed up to 20 years. The purpose is to provide a simple tool for the estimation of the expected risk and of that depending on changes of the risk factor.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012306:Risk
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol
vernacular_title: Le funzioni di rischio tra colesterolemia e cardiopatia coronarica.