Why the study?
How have the incidence, mortality, and survival rates of cardiovascular disease changed over time in a Japanese community?
Population
3 study cohorts of Hisayama residents aged ≥40 years without a history of stroke or myocardial infarction in…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
12 years for each cohort
Key result
Successive community cohorts from 1961 to 1988 showed a decelerating decline in stroke incidence (initially dropping 37% in men) and increasing coronary heart disease in the elderly.
Authors
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Alerts clinicians to slowing stroke gains amid rising elderly CHD; leaves open roles of hypertension control and metabolic trends.
Cohort (n=6,293)
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How have the incidence, mortality, and survival rates of cardiovascular disease changed over time in a Japanese community?
The decline in stroke incidence in Japan is slowing down, and coronary heart disease incidence is increasing in the elderly, potentially due to insufficient hypertension control and rising metabolic disorders.
Kubo et al. (2003) conducted a cohort in Cardiovascular disease (n=6,293). Successive historical cohorts (1961, 1974, 1988) vs. Earlier cohorts was evaluated on Incidence, mortality, and survival rate of cardiovascular disease. Successive community cohorts from 1961 to 1988 showed a decelerating decline in stroke incidence (initially dropping 37% in men) and increasing coronary heart disease in the elderly.