Am J Epidemiol 2002; 156:929-935.
Copyright © 2002 by Johns
Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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Fifteen-Year Trends in Cardiovascular Risk Factors (19801982 through 19951997)
The Minnesota Heart Survey

From the Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
* Reprint requests to Dr. Donna K. Arnett, Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, 1300 South Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454-1015 (e-mail: arnett{at}epi.umn.edu).
The objective was to describe trends in cardiovascular risk factors between 19801982 and 19951997 in metropolitan Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota. Four population-based surveys of 4,0006,000 adults aged 2574 years were conducted in 19801982, 19851987, 19901992, and 19951997 using consistent sampling strategies and protocols. The authors completed interviews and examinations to characterize cardiovascular risk factors. Blood samples were drawn and assayed for several analytes including total cholesterol. Although total cholesterol decreased 79 mg/dl during the 1980s, no further reduction was noted between 19901992 and 19951997. Hypercholesterolemia prevalence (total cholesterol of >240 mg/dl and/or use of lipid-lowering medication) fell between 19801982 and 19901992 but increased thereafter. Current cigarette smoking, systolic blood pressure, and hypertension prevalence decreased significantly between 19801982 and 19951997. Body mass index increased substantially across the four surveys. Although there was little change in the mean leisure-time physical activity, the proportion of the population not engaging in regular exercise increased between 19901992 and 19951997. Dietary fat decreased consistently from 19801982 to 19951997, while overall caloric intake rose 8% in women but not men. To conclude, the favorable trends in hypertension, cigarette smoking, and dietary fat consumption observed in Minneapolis-St. Paul from 19801982 to 19951997 were paralleled by less favorable recent trends in total cholesterol, hypercholesterolemia, adiposity, and physical activity.
cholesterol; diet; hypertension; obesity; smoking
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