Population
2,501 individuals in the Framingham Heart Study who survived to the age of 65 without evidence of coronary…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
through the 16th biennial examination
Authors
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Traditional risk factors warrant consideration in adults ≥65; extends younger cohort observations but leaves causal effects and practice change open.
Older individuals (aged 65 and older) share the same traditional risk factors for developing coronary artery disease as younger populations, including hypertension, hyperglycemia, obesity, and hypercholesterolemia.
Harris et al. (1988) studied this question.
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