Seven out of 8 previous reports indicate a relationship between morbidity or mortality from coronary heart disease and amount of cigarette smoking. Data from 2 California study groups, longshoremen and respondents to a household sample health survey, are presented to show similar relationships. In 4 studies showing mortality, the coronary heart disease death rates for men, in various age groups...

Seven out of 8 previous reports indicate a relationship between morbidity or mortality from coronary heart disease and amount of cigarette smoking. Data from 2 California study groups, longshoremen and respondents to a household sample health survey, are presented to show similar relationships. In 4 studies showing mortality, the coronary heart disease death rates for men, in various age groups...

THE PRESENT INTEREST in the relationship of cholesterol to atherosclerosis has increased the frequency with which the determination of serum cholesterol is utilized as a diagnostic aid. Two general lines of evidence support the conclusion that most of the currently available methods of cholesterol determination are not entirely satisfactory in all laboratories. First, there are a large number o...