A selection of study findings on disease outcomes in the Seven Countries Study.
A healthful diet and lifestyle is related to low CVD risk A Mediterranean style diet, a high level of physical activity, not smoking and moderate alcohol [...]
High optimism low CVD mortality Optimism was a relatively stable trait over 15 years in the Zutphen Elderly Study. Elderly men with a high level of [...]
Depressive symptoms related to CVD mortality Elderly men from the FINE study cohorts of Finland, the Netherlands and Italy who manifested a number of depressive symptoms [...]
Flavan-3-ol intake related to CHD but not to stroke An average intake of monomeric flavan-3-ols of 124 mg/d, compared to an average intake of 25 mg/d, [...]
Loneliness is prevalent in the elderly and included emotional and social loneliness. Information about loneliness was collected four times between 1985 and 2000. At baseline, 39% [...]
Poor lung function is a risk factor of cognitive impairment, depression and suicide In the European cohorts of the Seven Countries Study poor lung function in [...]
Ten-year blood pressure trajectories were identified in the Minnesota Business and Professional Men Study and the Zutphen Study. Blood pressure trajectories were the strongest predictors of mortality [...]
The relationship of glucose tolerance at entry with 5-year all-cause mortality was investigated in Finland in men aged 65-84. Impaired compared to normal glucose tolerance was [...]
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.
Longer telomeres at baseline did not predict all-cause mortality, even though telomere shortening is a marker of aging that might be related to oxidative stress.
