Coronary deaths.

Editorial: Aspirin and Coronary Deaths

IN THIS ISSUE Hennekens, Karlson and Rosner report a lack of association between the frequent use of aspirin, defined as use . 4 days per week, and subsequent coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality. The experimental design was that of the retrospective, case-controlled study. The investigators surveyed the death certificates filed in two Florida counties over a 16-month period and identified th...

Regular Aspirin Use and Coronary Deaths

Information was collected for a large number of coronary risk factors on a series of 568 married, white men, aged 30-70 years, who died from coronary heart disease. Information on the same risk factors was collected on an equal number of living controls matched on age, sex, marital status and neighborhood. For regular aspirin users (i.e., _ 4 days per week) compared with non-users, the crude ma...

Coronary Disease Deaths: From Birth Cohorts to Prevention.

Cardiovascular diseases remain the number one cause of death in most of the western world. However, mortality from coronary disease nonetheless started to decline in several countries including the United States and part of western Europe 4 decades ago, and this decline has continued until the present time. Conceptually, the decline in coronary disease mortality could reflect a decrease in the ...

Seasonality of coronary artery deaths in New South Wales, Australia.

BACKGROUND Complex temporal variations in coronary deaths, including diurnal, weekly, and seasonal trends, have been reported worldwide. OBJECTIVE To describe the magnitude of seasonal changes in coronary artery deaths in New South Wales, Australia. DESIGN Hospital morbidity data, mortality statistics, and meteorological data were modelled using time series techniques to determine seasonali...

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