Coronary heart disease epidemiology : from aetiology to public health / edited by Michael Marmot and Paul Elliott.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marmot, Michael, 1945-

Elliott, P. (Paul)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coronary heart disease--Epidemiology.

Coronary heart disease.

Coronary Disease--epidemiology.

Community Health Services.

Risk Factors.

Medical Subjects:

Coronary Disease--epidemiology.

Community Health Services.

Risk Factors.

Physical Description:

xx, 932 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Summary:

Heart attack (ischaemic heart disease or coronary heart disease) as one of a group of cardiovascular diseases, is one of the main causes of death (over 30 million/year) in the developed and developing world. The dual aim of this book is to review the well-established risk factors in CHD and to look forward to disease prevention, equipped with lessons from the past. The book covers etiology to public health, including studies within a single population and international studies, important areas of methodological development, trials to test preventive strategies, and the application of epidemiological and other knowledge to the development of public health policy for the prevention of widespread disease. It is an all-encompassing work containing contributions from the world authorities in the field.

Contents:

Coronary heart disease epidemiology: from aetiology to public health / M. Marmot and P. Elliott

Contribution of epidemiology to understanding coronary heart disease (reprinted from first edition) / F.H. Epstein

Established major coronary risk factors: historical overview / J. Stamler

Current status: six established major risk factors - and low risk / J. Stamler ... [et al.]

US trends / R.V. Luepker

Coronary heart disease in central and eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union / M. Bobak and M. Marmot

Trends in Asia / H. Ueshima

Developing countries / K.S. Reddy

Coronary heart disease burden among persons of African origin / R.S. Cooper

Coronary heart disease mortality attributable to smoking: global and regional estimates for 2000 / M. Ezzati and A.D. Lopez

Blood pressure and the burden of coronary heart disease / C.M.M. Lawes ... [et al.]

Lipids and cholesterol / M.R. Law and A. Rodgers

Trends in all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: a comparison between Belgium, the Netherlands, and Denmark, 1950-99 / J.V. Joossens and H. Kesteloot

Dietary patterns and coronary heart disease risk / T.P. Erlinger and L.J. Appel

Antioxidants and cardiovascular disease / E. R. Miller and L. J. Appel

Serum homocysteine and coronary heart disease / D. S. Wald ... [et al.]

Alcohol and coronary heart disease / M. Bobak and M. Marmot

Fish consumption, n-3 fatty acids, and coronary heart disease / D. Kromhout

Exercise versus heart attack: history of a hypothesis (reprinted from first edition) / J. N. Morris

Obesity / A. R. Dyer, J. Stamler, and P. Greenland

Metabolic syndrome, diabetes and coronary heart disease / G. Hu, Q. Qiao, and J. Tuomilehto

Women and cardiovascular heart disease / L. H. Kuller

Use of oral contraceptives / N. R. Poulter

Systematic review of prospective cohort studies of psychosocial factors in the aetiology and prognosis of coronary heart disease / H. Kuper, M. Marmot, H. Hemingway

Mental illness and coronary heart disease / S. Stansfeld and F. Rasul

Psychophysiology / A. Steptoe

Chronic infection and circulating markers of inflammation / P. Whincup and J. Danesh

Coagulation, thrombosis, and coronary heart disease / T.W. Meade and P.K. MacCallum

Air pollution / C.A. Pope III

Seasonal variations in all-cause and cardiovascular mortality and the role of temperature / M.B. Toledano, G. Shaddick, and P. Elliott

Gene-environment interaction in coronary artery disease: apolipoprotein E and smoking and the interleukin-6 gene and inflammation as examples / S.E. Humphries

The developmental origins of coronary heart disease / D.J.P. Barker

Life course influences on coronary heart disease / G. Davey Smith and J. Lynch

Emergence of risk factors in children / D.R. Labarthe

Risk factors in the elderly / J.G. van der Bom and D.E. Grobbee

Strategies of prevention: the individual and the population (reprinted from first edition) / G. Rose

Contributions to change: major risk factors and the potential for prevention / R. Beaglehole and A. Dobson

Prevention of coronary heart disease: findings from the Nurses' Health Study and Health Professionals' Follow-up Study / F.B. Hu and W.C. Willett

Risk scores for management and prevention of cardiovascular disease / D. Wood and K. Kotseva

Non-invasive measures of preclinical coronary heart disease / P. Greenland

Screening for future coronary heart disease / N.J. Wald and M.R. Law

Screening for type 2 diabetes / D.G. Johnston ... [et al.]

Primary prevention of high blood pressure / P. Elliott and J. Stamler

The secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease / S.S. Anand, E. Lonn, and S. Yusuf

Smoke-free policies are an effective way to reduce heart disease rapidly / C. M. Fichtenberg and S.A. Glantz

Nutrition policy: national strategies for dietary change / W.P.T. James and N.J. Rigby

Lessening inequalities and effect on coronary heart disease / M. Whitehead and M. Marmot

Behaviour change / L.J. Cooke, J. Wardle, and M. Jarvis

Contributions to change: treatment / H. Tunstall-Pedoe

Intervention in high risk groups: hypertension / P.S. Sever and N.R. Poulter

Community change and the role of public health / P. Puska.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0198525737

0198568061

OCLC:

58451857

Publisher Number:

9780198525738

9780198568063