Why the study?
Does higher plasma renin activity predict fatal or nonfatal myocardial infarction and sudden death from coronary causes in middle-aged men?
Population
803 white men, 40 to 64 years of age, selected from industrial workers in London, including a subgroup of…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
Until the end of 1991 (from entry between 1972 and 1978)
Authors
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Does not predict coronary events in middle-aged men; challenges prior observational association and questions prognostic utility.
Does higher plasma renin activity predict fatal or nonfatal myocardial infarction and sudden death from coronary causes in middle-aged men?
Meade et al. (1993) studied this question.
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