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 Tromso study 2001

• Published in: European Heart Journal
• Main Authors: Hartz, Ingeborg, Njølstad, Inger, Eggen, Anne Elise
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2005
• Subjects: Clinical research; Norway; Tromso; Tromsø
• Online Access: http://eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/ehi556v1; https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehi556

Aims To study the implications of European guidelines on the use of antihypertensives and/or lipid-lowering drugs (LLDs) for primary prevention in a Norwegian population. Methods and results The Tromsø study is a population-based study in the municipality Tromsø, Norway (from 1974 to till now). This...