title: Challenges of ascertaining national trends in the incidence of coronary heart disease in the United States.
authors.affiliation: Division of Population Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (E.S.F.).
authors.forename: Earl S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Ford
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, RochesterMN (R., S.M.D.).
authors.forename: Véronique L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Roger
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, RochesterMN (R., S.M.D.).
authors.forename: Shannon M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Dunlay
authors.affiliation: Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA (A.S.G.) Departments of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA (A.S.G.) Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA (A.S.G.).
authors.forename: Alan S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Go
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (W.D.R.).
authors.forename: Wayne D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Rosamond
mesh_terms: D058070:Asymptomatic Diseases; D002423:Cause of Death; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D015340:Epidemiologic Research Design; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D015995:Prevalence; D011379:Prognosis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: coronary heart disease; incidence; trends