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10959938

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-12-4
pubmed:abstractText
In France, the mortality and case fatality rates of coronary heart disease follow a decreasing North-East-South gradient. The aim of the study was to evaluate the contribution of major cardiovascular risk factors to this gradient. To this end, the results of the third population survey of the WHO-MONICA Project conducted in three French geographically contrasted regions (the Urban Community of Lille in the North, the district of Bas-Rhin in the East and the district of Haute-Garonne in the South) are presented. One thousand seven hundred seventy-eight men and 1730 women aged 35-64 years were randomly selected from the electoral rolls. Major coronary heart disease risk factors (hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, low high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol, obesity, smoking, physical inactivity, diabetes) were studied. The results show that the distribution of major coronary heart disease risk factors is heterogeneous among geographical areas in France. However, the proportion of subjects with more than three risk factors is higher in the North than in the other regions and the number of subjects with no risk factor is higher in the South than in the other areas. This distribution of risk factors among regions supports the hypothesis that accumulation of coronary heart disease risk factors contributes to the decreasing North-East-South gradient of cardiovascular mortality rates in France.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0393-2990
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
317-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
The North-East-South gradient of coronary heart disease mortality and case fatality rates in France is consistent with a similar gradient in risk factor clusters.
pubmed:affiliation
Service d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique-INSERM U 508, Institut Pasteur de Lille, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't