A selection of study findings on disease outcomes in the Seven Countries Study.
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.
Analysis showed that going from sedentary to moderately active was associated with a 21% lower risk of 20-year CHD mortality.
Moderate alcohol intake was, compared to no alcohol, associated with a 30% lower mortality from cardiovascular mortality.
An analysis using data from Seven Countries Study showed that CHD mortality was 5% higher in men who smoked at least 10 cigarettes per day compared to those who never smoked.
Eating fish once or twice a week was associated with a 50% lower 20-year fatal CHD risk compared to eating no fish.
The results showed that every additional 10 g/d of recent dietary fiber intake was associated with a significantly lower risk of fatal CHD.
