THE TROMSØ HEART STUDY: CORONARY RISK FACTORS IN SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS

Seventh-Day Adventists in Troms� showed a coronary risk factor pattern similar to Seventh-Day Adventists in other parts of the world. Compared with non-Seventh-Day Adventists, serum cholesterol was 1.35 mmol/liter (1974) and 0.83 mmol/liter (1979/1980) lower in males and 0.64 mmol/liter (1979–1980)...

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Main Author: FØNNEBØ, VINJAR
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 1985
Subjects:
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Tromsø
Troms
Online Access:http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/122/5/789
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Summary:Seventh-Day Adventists in Troms� showed a coronary risk factor pattern similar to Seventh-Day Adventists in other parts of the world. Compared with non-Seventh-Day Adventists, serum cholesterol was 1.35 mmol/liter (1974) and 0.83 mmol/liter (1979/1980) lower in males and 0.64 mmol/liter (1979–1980) lower in females. Blood pressure was lower in Seventh-Day Adventist women. The religiously inactive Seventh-Day Adventists had risk factor patterns more similar to non-Seventh-Day Adventists.

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