Revisiting the point-source hypothesis of the coronary heart disease epidemic in light of the COVID-19 pandemic
The 20th century coronary heart disease pandemic remains a partial enigma. Here we focus on sex differences in mortality as an indicator of the disease during a time when classification of cause of death was uncertain. We suggest that cohorts born during a few decades around the turn of the century...
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| description | The 20th century coronary heart disease pandemic remains a partial enigma. Here we focus on sex differences in mortality as an indicator of the disease during a time when classification of cause of death was uncertain. We suggest that cohorts born during a few decades around the turn of the century bore the brunt of the pandemic, and propose that the 1889-1895 Russian influenza epidemic may have contributed to this. That some evidence points to the introduction of a human seasonal coronavirus during the 1889-95 pandemic adds contemporary relevance to these speculations. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:12849f9e-ffdd-40af-8b69-1250285dc2a62023-06-15T15:54:44ZRevisiting the point-source hypothesis of the coronary heart disease epidemic in light of the COVID-19 pandemicConference itemhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6670uuid:12849f9e-ffdd-40af-8b69-1250285dc2a6EnglishSymplectic ElementsSociety for Epidemiologic Research2023Davey Smith, GDorling, DThe 20th century coronary heart disease pandemic remains a partial enigma. Here we focus on sex differences in mortality as an indicator of the disease during a time when classification of cause of death was uncertain. We suggest that cohorts born during a few decades around the turn of the century bore the brunt of the pandemic, and propose that the 1889-1895 Russian influenza epidemic may have contributed to this. That some evidence points to the introduction of a human seasonal coronavirus during the 1889-95 pandemic adds contemporary relevance to these speculations. |
| spellingShingle | Davey Smith, G Dorling, D Revisiting the point-source hypothesis of the coronary heart disease epidemic in light of the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title | Revisiting the point-source hypothesis of the coronary heart disease epidemic in light of the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full | Revisiting the point-source hypothesis of the coronary heart disease epidemic in light of the COVID-19 pandemic |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Revisiting the point-source hypothesis of the coronary heart disease epidemic in light of the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_short | Revisiting the point-source hypothesis of the coronary heart disease epidemic in light of the COVID-19 pandemic |
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