Editorial Who wants to be normal?

• Main Author: Staffan Lindeberg
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Norway; Tromsø
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.608.420; http://eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org/content/26/24/2605.full.pdf

This editorial refers to ‘Does implementation of the European guidelines based on the SCORE model double the number of Norwegian adults who need cardiovascular drugs for primary prevention? The Tromsø study 2001’ † by Hartz et al., on page 2673 Is the average elderly Norwegian at high risk of cardiovas-cular disease after 60 years of age? Will most of these men and women need health care or even drug treatment in order to lower serum lipids and/or blood pressure? Well, according to the present guidelines of the European Heart Association, this actually seems to be the case.1 Hartz et al.2 show that in Tromsø, Norway, the vast majority of men.60 years, and females.70, have a 10-year risk of fatal cardiovascular disease exceeding 5%, the suggested limit for intervention. We can argue about the exact