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The Framingham Study's 50-year prospective epidemiological approach identified major cardiovascular risk factors and demonstrated their continuous graded relationship to cardiovascular disease.
This 50-year review of the Framingham Study highlights its foundational role in identifying and quantifying major cardiovascular risk factors, shaping modern preventive cardiology.
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Underpins preventive strategies in practice; leaves open validation in diverse modern cohorts with novel therapies.
William B. Kannel (2000) conducted a review in Coronary disease. The Framingham Study's 50-year prospective epidemiological approach identified major cardiovascular risk factors and demonstrated their continuous graded relationship to cardiovascular disease.
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