July 20, 2004Circulation
Temporal Trends in Coronary Heart Disease Mortality and Sudden Cardiac Death From 1950 to 1999
Population
Participants in the Framingham Heart Study original and offspring cohorts from 1950 to 1999
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
50 years (1950 to 1999)
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Supports sustained CHD and SCD mortality reductions; leaves open specific drivers in contemporary cohorts.
Structured PICO
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Population
Participants in the Framingham Heart Study original and offspring cohorts from 1950 to 1999
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Outcome
Temporal trends in sudden cardiac death (SCD) and nonsudden coronary heart disease (CHD) deathhard clinical
Over a 50-year period from 1950 to 1999, both sudden cardiac death and nonsudden coronary heart disease mortality decreased significantly by approximately 50-60% in the Framingham Heart Study cohorts.
Cite This Study
Fox et al. (2004) studied this question.