Significant improvements in major cardiovascular risk factors, including blood pressure, smoking, and cholesterol, were observed in northern Sweden between 1986 and 2009, despite an increase in obesity.
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Supports sustained public health focus on BP, lipids, and smoking; leaves open net effects of rising obesity on cardiovascular burden.
Eriksson et al. (2010) studied this question.
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