Do reductions in major risk factors and evidence-based medical treatments reduce coronary heart disease mortality in the Swedish population?
Reductions in major risk factors, particularly total serum cholesterol, accounted for more than half of the decrease in CHD mortality in Sweden from 1986 to 2002, highlighting the importance of primary and secondary prevention.
More than half of the substantial CHD mortality decrease in Sweden between 1986 and 2002 was attributable to reductions in major risk factors, mainly a large decrease in total serum cholesterol. These findings emphasize the value of a comprehensive strategy that promotes primary prevention and evidence-based medical treatments, especially secondary prevention.
Björck et al. (Tue,) studied this question.