Competing Risks of Coronary Heart Disease Mortality versus Other Causes of Death in 10 Cohorts of Middle-Aged Men of the Seven Countries Study Followed for 60 Years to Extinction

Objectives: To assess whether competing risks help explain why regions with initially high serum cholesterol have higher mortality from coronary heart disease (CHD) and lower mortality from stroke and other major heart diseases, while the reverse is found for those with initially lower serum cholest...

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Main Authors: Paolo Emilio Puddu, Paolo Piras, Anthony Kafatos, Hisashi Adachi, Hanna Tolonen, Alessandro Menotti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-11-01
Series:Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/10/12/482