Why the study?
High cardiovascular disease rates in Finland in the late 1960s prompted a major community-based prevention programme to reduce coronary heart disease mortality and morbidity.
Does a comprehensive community-based intervention program reduce coronary heart disease mortality and morbidity?
Does a comprehensive community-based intervention program reduce coronary heart disease mortality and morbidity?
A comprehensive, community-based lifestyle and environmental intervention program can achieve massive, sustained reductions in cardiovascular risk factors and coronary heart disease mortality.
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Supports population-level CHD prevention; leaves open causality of community interventions in this observational cohort.
Laatikainen et al. (2024) studied this question.
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