title: Geriatric medicine.
abstract: A prospective study of persons older than 70 years provided evidence to contest the association between blood cholesterol level and incidence of CHD or death due to CHD. Drug treatment for mild to moderate hypertension substantially reduced morbidity and mortality from stroke and from CHD.
authors.affiliation: Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn, USA.
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Gill
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Tinetti
mesh_terms: D005853:Geriatrics / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States