Why the study?
Do baseline cardiovascular risk factors predict subclinical carotid atherosclerosis measured 15 years later, and are there sex differences in these relationships?
Population
3,128 middle-aged men and women in Tromsø, Norway, who attended a baseline examination in 1980
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
15 years
Authors
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Associations support monitoring traditional risk factors; leaves open causal effects and sex-specific interventions in trials.
Do baseline cardiovascular risk factors predict subclinical carotid atherosclerosis measured 15 years later, and are there sex differences in these relationships?
Established cardiovascular risk factors independently predict subclinical atherosclerosis 15 years later, with notable sex differences regarding the impact of triglycerides, smoking, and physical activity.
Stensland-Bugge et al. (2000) studied this question.
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