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CVD risk factors

Risk factors are measurable personal characteristics that are associated with a disease or health condition. In the Seven Countries Study, they are mostly physiological measurements, and their values were related to the risk of coronary or cardiovascular disease.

Read about the various associations between risk factors and CVD by exploring the articles below:

Blood pressure and cardiovascular disease

In 1960 the highest levels of average blood pressure were observed in Eastern Finland and Northern Italy and the lowest in rural Serbia and Japan.

Blood pressure and cardiovascular disease

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