Open AccessCoronary risk factors: Insights from framingham
Author(s) -
Kreger, Bernard E.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.4960140703
Subject(s) - medicine , framingham risk score , framingham heart study , offspring , blood pressure , diabetes mellitus , cardiology , coronary heart disease , cholesterol , risk factor , obesity , left ventricular hypertrophy , cigarette smoking , disease , endocrinology , pregnancy , biology , genetics
Data collected during almost 40 years' follow‐up of over 10,000 participants in the Framingham Study and the Framingham Offspring Study are reviewed to highlight the influence of the following factors on the risk for coronary heart disease: systolic blood pressure; lipids (total cholesterol, high‐density‐lipoprotein low‐density‐lipoprotein cholesterol, and triglycerides); cigarette smoking; diabetes mellitus; obesity; and left ventricular hypertrophy.