What is the clinical evidence from this study?

Study design: Observational. Population: Heart disease. Intervention: Geographic location.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To examine how geographic and climatic differences across sections of the United States influence the incidence and underlying causes of heart disease.

October 29, 1927JAMA

Heart Disease as Seen in a Southern Clinic

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The provided abstract is truncated and does not report the primary findings or quantitative results of the study.

Authors

CSCharles T. StoneGalveston College FVFrances R. VanzantMinneapolis Institute of Arts

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Implication

Missing primary results preclude clinical use; leaves open the study's core research question.

Key Points

To examine how geographic and climatic differences across sections of the United States influence the incidence and underlying causes of heart disease.
Comparative regional analysis evaluating clinical records of heart disease across distinct geographic regions, including clinical series comparing patients in Massachusetts and Virginia (N=623).
Acute rheumatic fever occurred markedly less frequently in mild, warm climates compared to regions where damp and cold environments prevailed.
Rheumatic heart disease presented as a notably rare clinical entity in southern clinics relative to northern medical centers.

Study Design

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Observational

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Population

Heart disease

Exposure / Comparator

Geographic location

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Stone et al. (1927) conducted an observational in Heart disease. Geographic location was evaluated. The provided abstract is truncated and does not report the primary findings or quantitative results of the study.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a975f2e2855ae6cf374b05e https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1927.02690180005002

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