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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 155, No. 8 : 690-691
Copyright © 2002 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

McCarron et al. Respond to "Height-Cardiovascular Disease Relation": Are All Risk Factors Equal?

Peter McCarron1, Mona Okasha2, James McEwen3 and George Davey Smith2

1 Surveillance Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD.
2 Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.
3 Department of Public Health, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.


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We thank Miura et al. (1Go) for their thoughtful commentary on our paper. In their article they outline three major approaches to reducing the burden of cardiovascular disease: continuing to address traditional risk factors in adults; tackling these factors in early life; and improving understanding of the role of early life factors in the etiology of cardiovascular disease so that further appropriate preventive interventions can be designed. We are in broad agreement with their views and wish to expand on some of the issues raised.

Our findings demonstrate that, after controlling for several important confounding variables, greater height in . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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