Is diet an essential risk factor for coronary heart disease?
Open Access
- 1 August 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Vol. 56 (658) , 585-592
- https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.56.658.585
Abstract
Cigarette smoking, hypertension and diet each play a major role in the development of coronary heart attacks in most industrialized nations. In some countries where cigarette smoking and hypertension are prevalent there is a low risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). Hyperlipidaemia resulting from national food habits appears to be the essential factor in the high rates of CHD in developed countries.Keywords
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