A selection of study findings on coronary heart disease in the Seven Countries Study.
Since the first measurements in 1958, the Seven Countries Study focused on predictors of cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes.
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The relations of different chronic diseases with all-cause mortality was studied from middle-age onwards in the Seven Countries Study and in old age in the FINE Study.
Physical inactivity may be the intermediate factor in the relation between depressive symptoms and cardiovascular disease.
The intake of one type of lignan was significantly inversely related to 15-year fatal CHD.
The Seven Countries Study showed strong associations between dietary saturated fat and both serum cholesterol and CHD mortality among the 16 cohorts.
Already in the 18th century chocolate was believed to strengthen the heart, but this benefit was not based on scientific evidence.
The Seven Countries Study did two analyses that suggest that black tea consumption is inversely related to cardiovascular diseases.
The results suggest that low intake of wine may indeed protect against cardiovascular diseases.
The role of vitamins in relation to the prevention of cardiovascular diseases is controversial.
Cholesterol found in the blood serum is, in higher quantities, associated with a higher incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD). This is the conclusion after observing serum cholesterol levels and CHD risk mortality for forty years.
The decrease in trans fat intake during the following period has been the most important change in the Dutch diet.
