Continuous decline in mortality from coronary heart disease in Japan despite a continuous and marked rise in total cholesterol: Japanese experience after the Seven Countries Study | Zendy

Akira Sekikawa | Zendy; Yoshihiro Miyamoto | Zendy; Katsuyuki Miura | Zendy; Kunihiro Nishimura | Zendy; Bradley J. Willcox | Zendy; Kamal Masaki | Zendy; Beatriz L. Rodríguez | Zendy; Russell P. Tracy | Zendy; Tomonori Okamura | Zendy; Lewis H. Kuller | Zendy

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Continuous decline in mortality from coronary heart disease in Japan despite a continuous and marked rise in total cholesterol: Japanese experience after the Seven Countries Study

Author(s) -

Akira Sekikawa,

Yoshihiro Miyamoto,

Katsuyuki Miura,

Kunihiro Nishimura,

Bradley J. Willcox,

Kamal Masaki,

Beatriz L. Rodríguez,

Russell P. Tracy,

Tomonori Okamura,

Lewis H. Kuller

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyv143

Subject(s) - medicine , demography , coronary heart disease , mortality rate , cohort study , cohort , epidemiology , total cholesterol , cholesterol , sociology

The Seven Countries Study in the 1960s showed very low mortality from coronary heart disease (CHD) in Japan, which was attributed to very low levels of total cholesterol. Studies of migrant Japanese to the USA in the 1970s documented increase in CHD rates, thus CHD mortality in Japan was expected to increase as their lifestyle became Westernized, yet CHD mortality has continued to decline since 1970. This study describes trends in CHD mortality and its risk factors since 1980 in Japan, contrasting those in other selected developed countries.

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