Why the study?
Are baseline lifestyle and biologic factors associated with the long-term incidence of atherosclerotic disease in middle-aged men?
Population
2,710 Japanese-American men aged 55 to 64 years, free from evidence of coronary heart disease…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
23 years (1965 through 1988)
Authors
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Supports risk assessment with these factors in middle-aged men; leaves open causality and generalizability beyond this cohort.
Are baseline lifestyle and biologic factors associated with the long-term incidence of atherosclerotic disease in middle-aged men?
Commonly accepted risk factors, including BMI, blood pressure, lipids, glucose, and smoking, strongly predict the 20-year incidence of diverse atherosclerotic manifestations in middle-aged men.
R. J. Goldberg (1995) studied this question.
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