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M Schroll

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PubMed1981

Blood pressure reduction by change in life style. The CVD intervention study in Glostrup.

In a controlled, primary intervention, cardiovascular survey on 928 men and women aged exactly 30, 40, 50 & 60 years, a significant reduction (about 5 mmHg) was found in systolic blood pressure mean difference before and after intervention between the intervention- and control group. The observation time was 7 months. Most of the twentynine drop outs were excluded for personal reasons or because of antihypertensive treatment. A reasonable explanation for the blood pressure reduction is a change in life style, in the intervention group. The subjects in the intervention group increased physical activity and decreased fat and salt intake in contrast to the control group (p less than 0.001, 0.005).

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PubMed1981

Cholesterol, high density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL) and cholesterol/HDL-ratio versus arterial blood pressure.

In a cardiovascular survey of 928 men and women aged exactly 30, 40, 50 & 60 years, a correlation between serum cholesterol, cholesterol/HDL-ratio and arterial blood pressure was found. This correlation was indirectly caused by mutual correlations to relative weight and age as a final result found after multiple rank correlation analysis in each sex. HDL was not correlated to arterial blood pressure at all.

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PubMed1981

Prevalence of raised Yersinia enterocolitica antibody titre in unselected, adult populations in Denmark during 12 years.

Yersinia enterocolitica biotype 4, serotype 0:3 is by far the most common human pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica subtype in Scandinavia. It is extraordinarily immunologically specific, and an elevated antibody titre greater than or equal 80-160 is known to indicate acute infection. This titre was measured in five population surveys conducted in 1967-78, including 3278 examined adult men and women. The prevalence of titre elevation greater than or equal to was 1.0% in 1967. In 1978 it was significantly higher, 7.7%, and also the individual course of the titre in a ten-year longitudinal survey showed a significant increase in this prevalence, indicating an increasing incidence of infection. Significant sex and age differences were seen, women and younger subjects being more frequently affected than men and older subjects. The prevalence of elevated titre showed a seasonal variation with a maximum in the spring and autumn.

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PubMed1980

Smoking habits in the Glostrup population of men and women, born in 1914. Implications for health, evaluated from ten-year mortality, Incidence of cardiovascular manifestations and pulmonary function, 1964--1974.

Of a total population of 514 men and 461 women, born in 1914, from seven municipalities in Copenhagen County, 87% were examined in 1964 and 1974. Smoking habits (inhalation, kind of tobacco, amount, duration of smoking and changes over a decade) have been described in this age-specific, general population. The health implications were examined. Tobacco consumption was in this population the most important risk factor for overall mortality, cardiovascular manifestations, peripheral arterial disease, decline in pulmonary function and symptoms of ulcer. The results are consistent with other prospective epidemiological studies. The relative risk of death, of fatal and nonfatal cardiovascular manifestations, and of decline in pulmonary function increased gradually with the amount of tobacco smoked. Inhalation roughly doubled the risk. The excess risk for pipe/cheroot smokers was less than that for cigarette smokers. Ex-smokers reduced their risk about 50%. The risk associated with smoking was independent of other factors. The excess risk attributable to smoking was as great in women as in men, but the community problem of smoking-related diseases was most pronounced in men, among whom smoking habits are more widespread and morbidity is higher. The results from the 1914 population study suggest that almost one third of all deaths and heart attacks in middle-aged Danes might be avoided, if all 50-year-olds would have given up smoking.

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