American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 126, No. 1: 95-103
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TIME TRENDS OF SOME CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS IN ITALY
RESULTS FROM THE NINE COMMUNITIES STUDY1,2
2Reprint requests to Prof. Alessandro Menotti, Laboratory of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
Nine paired but Independent population samples made up of men and women aged 20–59 years, located in nine areas of eight different regions of Italy, were examined In 1978–1979 (populations AB/n = 6,699) and In 1983–1984 (populations C; n = 5,548), and some cardiovascular risk factors were measured. Age-standardized mean levels of serum cholesterol were not different in the pools of populations AB and C; systolic Mood pressure was tower in populations C, as compared with populations AB, by 0.9% in males and 3.0% In females; body mass Index was unchanged in males and tower by 2.8% in females; the prevalence of smoking decreased 8.9% in males and increased 8.5% in females. A muitivartate model including the above factors suggested, for males, a decline in the estimated coronary risk of 10.5%.
atherosclerosis; coronary disease; risk
1 Developed within the Targeted Programme of Preventive and Rehabilitative Medicine 1982–87 of CNR, Italian National Research Council.
3 Members of the Research Group and their Operative Units are as follows: Bologna-Istituto di Clinica Medica Generate e Terapia Medica I, Universita di Bologna, Bologna; S. Lenzi, G. C. Descovich, M. S. Benassi, C. Ceredi, S. D'Addato, A. Donni, L. Finazxo, M. Forni, A. Gaddi, F. Magri, G. L. Magri, C. Man-ganaro, M. Mezzetti, S. Rimondi, Z. Sangiorgi, D. Vici, A. Gualandi, M. Knotter, M. Vigna; Cagliari-Centro per le Malattie Dismetaboliche e l'Arteriosclerosi, Os-pedale S. Michele, USL 21, Cagliari: S. Muntoni, F. Pintus, P. Mascia, P. Pintus, M. R Scalas, N. Usai; Naples-1-Istituto di Medicina Interna e Malattie Dismetaboliche, Clinica Medica, 2* Facolta di Medicina e Chirurgia, Univereita di Napoli, Napoli: E. Farinaro, M. Mancini, G. Fusco, S. Panico, M. Trev-isan, D. Giumetti, F. Jossa, E. Celentano, V. Krogh; Naples-2-Istituto di Medicina Interna e Malattie Dismetaboliche, Medicina Interna V. Reumatologia, 2* Facolta di Medicina e Chirurgia, Universita di Napoli, Napoli: P. Oriente, A. Spano, G. Di Fraia, L Postiglione, G. Casaburo; Padua-1-Istituto di Medicina Clinica, I* Clinica Medica, Universita di Padova, Padova: G. B. Ambroeio, F. D'Eete, M. P. Vettori, S. Ziamboni, C. Dal Palu; Padua-2-Istituto di Medicina Clinica, Universita di Padova, Padova: R. Fellin, M. R Baiocchi; Palermo-Istituto di Clinica Medica Generale e Terapia Medica I, Universita di Palermo, Palermo: G. Avellone, G. Davi, S. Novo, A. Pinto, A. V. Panno, V. Di Garbo, A. Strano; Pavia-Sezione di Igiene, Dipartimento di Medicina Preventive, Occupaiionale e di Comunita, Universita di Pavia, Pavia: M. T. Tenconi, F. Sottocomola, C. Roggi, M. S. Laddomada, G. PeUssero; Rome-1-Istituto di Terapia Medica Sistematica, Universita La Sapienza di Roma, Roma: R. Antonini, G. C. Urbinati, F. Angelico, S. Ciocca, B. Mazzarella, A. Montau, G. Ricci; Rome-2-Laboratory of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Roma: A. Menotti (group coordinator), S. Conti (responsible data analysis), F. Dima, S. Giampaoli, F. Seccareccia, S. Torsello; Siena- Cattedra di Medicina Sociale, Universita di Siena, Siena: M. Giacchi, M. G. Cannava, A. Condello, R Aquilano; U. O. Malattie Cardiovascolari, USL 30, Siena: C. Pierli; Igtituto di Anatomia e Istologia Pa-tologica, Centro Ricerche Arteriosclerosi: A. Cosimi, M. Salvi, G. Weber; Venice-Divisione Medica 2*, Ospedali Civili Riuniti, Venezia: P. Avogaro, G. Bit-tolo-Bon, P. Alessandrini, E. Moro, M. Saccardi.
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