Publications

Publication of the aims, methods, findings, and interpretation of the Seven Countries Study include 10 books or monographs and some 550 peer-reviewed articles organized, as follows, into articles from the SCS as a whole, from the FINE and HALE studies, and from the individual countries.

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Peer-reviewed publications

Ten most cited peer-reviewed articles in Web of Science until March 2020

  1. Hertog MGL, Feskens EJM, Hollman PCH, Katan MB, Kromhout D. Dietary antioxidant flavonoids and risk of coronary heart disease. The Zutphen Elderly Study. Lancet 1993;342:1007-1012. Impact factor = 59.1 Citations: 3268
  2. Kromhout D, Bosschieter EB, De Lezenne Coulander C. The inverse relation between fish consumption and 20‑year mortality from coronary heart disease. N Engl J Med 1985;312:1205‑1209. Impact factor = 70.7 Citations: 1857
  3. Hertog MGL, Kromhout D, Aravanis C, Blackburn H, Buzina R, Fidanza F, Giampaoli S, Jansen A, Menotti A, Nedeljkovic S, Pekkarinen M, Simic BS, Toshima H, Feskens EJM, Hollman PCH, Katan MB. Flavonoid intake and long-term risk of coronary heart disease and cancer in the Seven Countries Study. Arch Intern Med 1995;155:381-386. Impact factor = 20.8* Citations: 1437
  4. Keys A, Karvonen MJ, Kimura N, Fidanza F, Taylor HL. Indexes of relative weight and obesity. J Chron Dis 1972;25:329-343. Impact Factor = 4.7** Citations: 1318
  5. Blackburn H, Keys A, Simonson E, Rautaharju P, Punsar S. The electrocardiogram in population studies – a classification system. Circulation 1960;21:1160-1175. Impact factor = 23.1 Citations: 1187
  6. Keys A, Menotti A, Karvonen MJ, Aravanis C, Blackburn H, Buzina R, Djordjevic BS, Dontas AS, Fidanza F, Keys MH, Kromhout D, Nedeljkovic S, Punsar S, Seccareccia F, Toshima H. The diet and 15‑year death rate in the Seven Countries Study. Am J Epidemiol 1986;124:903‑915. Impact factor = 4.5 Citations: 1173
  7. Knoops KTB, Groot LCPGM de, Kromhout D, Perrin AE, Moreiras-Varela O, Menotti A, Staveren WA van. Mediterranean diet, lifestyle factors and 10-year mortality in elderly European men and women. The HALE project. JAMA 2004;292:1433-1439. Impact factor = 51.3 Citations: 985
  8. Keli SO, Hertog GL, Feskens EJM, Kromhout D. Dietary flavonoids, antioxidant vitamins and incidence of stroke. The Zutphen Study. Arch Intern Med 1996;156:637-642. Impact factor = 20.8* Citations: 687
  9. Verschuren WMM, Jacobs DR, Bloemberg BPM, Kromhout D, Menotti A, Aravanis C, Blackburn HW, Buzina R, Dontas AS, Fidanza F, Karvonen MJ, Nedeljkovic S, Nissinen A, Toshima H. Serum total cholesterol and long-term coronary heart disease mortality in different cultures. Twenty-five year follow-up of the Seven Countries Study. JAMA 1995;274:131-136. Impact factor = 51.3 Citations: 529
  10. Hoogen PC van den, Feskens EJ, Nagelkerke NJ, Menotti A, Nissinen A, Kromhout D, for the Seven Countries Study Research Group. The relation between blood pressure and mortality due to coronary heart disease among men in different parts of the world. N Engl J Med; 2000; 342;1-8. Impact factor = 70.7 Citations: 349

*Arch Intern Med is now JAMA Intern Med (IF= 20.8)

** Journal of Chronic Diseases is now Journal of Clinical Epidemiology (IF=4.7)

Books about the Seven Countries Study

Kromhout D, Menotti A, Blackburn H (Eds). Prevention of coronary heart disease. Diet, lifestyle and risk factors in the Seven Countries Study. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, 2002. 267 pp.

Blackburn H. On the trail of heart attacks in Seven Countries. ISBN 1-887268-00-6. 1995. 148 pp.

Kromhout D, Menotti A, Blackburn H (Eds). The Seven Countries Study: A scientific adventure in cardiovascular disease epidemiology. Brouwer Offset b.v., Utrecht, ISBN 90-6960-048-x, 1994. 219 pp.

Toshima H, Koga Y, Blackburn H, Keys A (Eds). Lessons for science from the Seven Countries Study. Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, Tokyo. ISBN 3-540-70140-0, 1994. 243 pp.

Keys A, Aravanis C, Blackburn H, Buzina R, Djordjević BS, Dontas AS, Fidanza F, Karvonen MJ, Kimura N, Menotti A, Mohacek I, Nedeljković S, Puddu V, Punsar S, Taylor HL, Van Buchem FSP. Seven Countries. A multivariate analysis of death and coronary heart disease. Cambridge, MA; Harvard University Press, ISBN: 0-674-80237-3, 1980. 381 pp.

Keys A (Ed). Coronary heart disease in seven countries. Circulation 1970;41(Suppl.1):211 pp.

Den Hartog C, Buzina R, Fidanza F, Keys A, Roine P. Dietary studies and epidemiology of heart diseases. Stichting tot wetenschappelijke Voorlichting op Voedingsgebied, The Hague, The Netherlands 1968. 157 pp.

Rose GA, Blackburn H. Cardiovascular Survey Methods. WHO Monograph Series No. 56, WHO Press, Geneva, 1968: 188 pp.

Keys A, Aravanis C, Blackburn H, Van Buchem FSP, Buzina R, Djordjević BS, Dontas AS, Fidanza F, Karvonen MJ, Kimura N, Lekos D, Monti M, Puddu V, Taylor HL. Epidemiological studies related to coronary heart disease. Characteristics of men aged 40‑59 in Seven Countries. Acta Med Scand 1966;180(S460):392 p.

Ancel and Margaret Keys. Eat well and stay well. Doubleday, 1959: 359 pp.

Peer-reviewed articles from each country

  • Puddu PE, Shivappa N, Menotti A, Herbert JR, Tolonen H, Kafatos A, Adachi H. Energy-adjusted dietary inflammation index scores predict long-term cardiovascular disease mortality and other causes of death in an ecological analysis of the Seven Countries Study. Eur J Prev Cardiol 2020; Doi: 10.1177/204748732093866.
  • Jacobs DR, Kromhout D. Education, diet, and incident cardiovascular disease: ecological interactions and conclusions. Lancet Global Health 2019,7,6, p.E684-E685.
  • Menotti A, Puddu PE, Kromhout D, Kafatos A, Tolonen H. Coronary heart disease mortality trends during 50 years as explained by risk factor changes: The European cohorts of the Seven Countries Study. Eur J Prev Cardiol 2019. Jan 6, Doi 10.1177/20474873188821250.
  • Menotti A, Puddu PE, Tolonen H, Adachi H, Kafatos A, Kromhout D. Age at death of major cardiovascular diseases in 13 cohorts. The Seven Countries Study of cardiovascular diseases 45-year follow-up. Acta Cardiol 2019;74: 66-72.
  • Menotti A, Puddu PE, Tolonen H, Kafatos A. Age at Death in Cohorts of Middle-Aged Men Followed-Up until Nearly Extinction: The European Areas of the Seven Countries Study. Ann Med. 2018 Sep 12:1-31. doi: 10.1080/07853890.2018.1523551. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Blackburn H, Jacobs DR Jr, Kromhout D, Menotti A. Review of Big Fat Surprise should have questioned author’s claims. Lancet. 2018 Sep 22;392(10152):1014. doi: 0.1016/S0140-6736(18)31886-5.
  • Kromhout D, Menotti A, Alberti-Fidanza A, Puddu PE, Hollman P, Kafatos A, Tolonen H, Adachi H, Jacobs DR Jr. Comparative ecologic relationships of saturated fat, sucrose, food groups, and a Mediterranean food pattern score to 50-year coronary heart disease mortality rates among 16 cohorts of the Seven Countries Study. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2018;72:1103-1110.
  • Menotti A, Puddu PE. Can we still learn from the Seven Countries Study? Curr Opin Lipidol. 2018 Apr 26. doi: 10.1097/MOL.0000000000000520.0 [Epub ahead of print] (Note: invited paper)
  • Menotti A, Puddu PE, Adachi H, Kafatos A, Tolonen H, Kromhout D. The strength of the multivariable associations of major risk factors predicting coronary heart disease mortality is homogeneous across different areas of the Seven Countries Study during 50-year follow-up. Acta Cardiol 2018;73: 148-154.
  • Puddu PE, Piras P, Kromhout D, Tolonen H, Kafatos A, Menotti A. Re-calibration of coronary risk prediction: an example of the Seven Countries Study. Scientific Reports | 7: 17552 | DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-17784-2, 14 Dec 2017.
  • Menotti A, Kromhout D, Puddu PE, Alberti-Fidanza A, Hollman P, Kafatos A, Tolonen H, Adachi H, Jacobs Jr DR. Baseline fatty acids, food groups, a diet score and 50-year all-cause mortality rates. An ecological analysis of the Seven Countries Study. Ann Med 2017;49:718-727.
  • Keys A, Menotti A, Karvonen MJ, Aravanis C, Blackburn H, Buzina R, Djordjevic BS, Dontas AS, Fidanza F, Keys MH, Kromhout D, Nedeljkovic S, Punsar S, Seccareccia F, Toshima H. The diet and 15-year death rate in the Seven Countries Study. Am J Epidemiol 1986,124:903-915. REPRINTED as HISTORIC ARTICLE. Am J Epidemiol
  • Tielemans SMAJ, Geleijnse JM, Menotti A, Boshuizen HC , Soedamah-Muthu SS, Jacobs DR Jr, PhD; Blackburn H, Kromhout D. Ten-Year Blood Pressure Trajectories, Cardiovascular Mortality, and Life Years Lost in 2 Extinction Cohorts: the Minnesota Business and Professional Men Study and the Zutphen Study J Am Heart Assoc 2015;4:e001378 doi: 10.1161/JAHA.114.001378.
  • Menotti A, Puddu PE, How the Seven Countries Study did contribute to the definition and development of the Mediterranean diet concept: A 50-year journey, Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases 2015; 25:2445-252. (Note: invited paper)
  • Menotti A, Puddu PE. Coronary heart disease differences across Europe: a contribution from the Seven Countries Study. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2013; 14:767-772. (Note: invited paper)
  • BMI Mediated Effect Project of Chronic Diseases Collaboration. Multiple authors including for the Seven Countries Study Blackburn H, Jacobs D, Nissinen A, Tolonen H, Tuomilehto J, Feskens EJ, Geleijnse JM, Kromhout D, Waterham E, Lanti MP, Menotti A, Dontas C, Dontas I, Kafatos A, Moschandreas J, Milic N, Ostojic MC, Parapid B, Adachi H, Hirai Y. Metabolic mediators of the effects of body-mass index, overweight, and obesity on coronary heart disease and stroke: a pooled analysis of 97 prospective cohorts with 1.8 million participants. Lancet 2013;383:970-83.
  • Menotti A, Puddu PE, Lanti M, Kromhout D, Tolonen H, Parapid B, Kircanski B, Kafatos A, Adachi H. Epidemiology of typical coronary heart disease versus heart disease of uncertain etiology (atypical) fatalities and their relationships with classic coronary risk factors. Int J Cardiol 2013;168:3963-3967.
  • Menotti A, Puddu PE. Coronary heart disease differences across Europe: a contribution from the Seven Countries Study. J Cardiovasc Med 2013; 14:767-772.
  • Rautaharju PM, Menotti A, Blackburn H, Parapid B, Kircanski B. Isolated negative T waves as independent predictors of short-term and long-term coronary heart disease mortality in men free of manifest heart disease in the Seven Countries Study. J Electrocardiol 2012;45:717-722.
  • De Vos-Houben JMJ, Rius Ottenheim N, Kafatos A, Buijsse B, Hageman GJ, Kromhout D, Giltay EJ. Telomere length, oxidative stress, and antioxidant status in elderly men in Zutphen and Crete. Mechanisms Ageing Dev 2012;133:373-377.
  • Rius-Ottenheim N, Houben JMJ, Kromhout D, Kafatos A, Mast RC van der, Zitman FG, Geleijnse JM, Hageman GJ, Giltay EJ. Telomere length and mental well-being in eldery men from the Netherlands and Greece. Behav Genet 2012;42:278-286.
  • Kromhout D, Geleijnse JM, Menotti A, Jacobs Jr DR. The confusion about dietary fatty acids recommendations for CHD prevention. Brit J Nutr 2011;106:627-632.
  • Puddu PE, Menotti A, Tolonen H, Nedeljkovic S, Kafatos AG. Determinants of 40-year all-cause mortality in the European cohorts of the Seven Countries Study. Eur J Epidemiol 2011;26:595-608.
  • Giltay EJ, Nissinen A, Giampaoli S, Zitman FG, Kromhout D. Low respiratory function increases the risk of depressive symptoms in later life in men. Psychosomatic Med 2010;72;53-60.
  • Giltay EJ, Zitman FG, Menotti A, Nissinen A, Jacobs Jr DR, Adachi H, Kafatos A, Kromhout D for the Seven Countries Study Group. Respiratory function and other biological risk factors for completed suicide: 40 years of follow-up of European cohorts of the Seven Countries Study. J Affect Disord 2010;120:249-253.
  • Puddu PE, Menotti A. Artificial neural network versus multiple logistic function to predict 25-year coronary heart disease mortality in the Seven Countries Study. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 2009;16:583-591.
  • Alonso A, Jacobs DR Jr, Menotti A, Nissinen A, Dontas A, Kafatos A, Kromhout D. Cardiovascular risk factors and dementia mortality: 40 years of follow-up in the Seven Countries Study. J Neurol Sci 2009;280:79-83.
  • Menotti A, Lanti M, Kromhout D, Blackburn H, Jacobs D, Nissinen A, Dontas A, Kafatos A, Nedeljkovic S, Adachi H. Homogeneity in the relationship of serum cholesterol to coronary deaths across different cultures: 40-year follow-up. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 2008;15:719-725.
  • Menotti A, Lanti M, Kromhout D, Blackburn H, Nissinen A, Dontas A, Kafatos A, Nedeljkovic S, Adachi H. Forty-year coronary mortality trends and changes in major risk factor in the first 10 years of follow-up in the Seven Countries Study. Eur J Epidemiol 2007;22:747-754.
  • Buijsse B, Feskens EJ, Moschandreas J, Jansen EH, Jacobs DR Jr, Kafatos A, Kok FJ, Kromhout D. Oxidative stress, and iron and antioxidant status in elderly men: differences between the Mediterranean South (Crete) and Nothern Europe (Zutphen). Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehab 2007;14:495-500.
  • Boshuizen HC, Lanti M, Menotti A, Moschandreas J, Tolonen H, Nissinen A, Nedeljkovic S, Kafatos A, Kromhout D. Effects of past and recent blood pressure and cholesterol level on coronary heart disease and stroke mortality, accounting for measurement error. Am J Epid 2007:165 (4);398-409.
  • Fidanza F, Alberti A, Lanti M, Menotti A. Mediterranean Adequacy Index: correlation with 25-year mortallity from coronary heart disease in the Seven Countries Study. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2004;14:254-258.
  • Wong J, Wolf HK. Secular trends and senescence of blood pressure in a Japanese and Yugoslavian cohort of the Seven Countries Study. Blood Press 2003;12:32-39.
  • Menotti A, Puddu PE, Lanti M, Kromhout D, Blackburn H, Nissinen A. Twenty-five-year coronary mortality trends in the Seven Countries Study using the accelerated failure time model. Eur J Epidemiol 2003;18:113-122.
  • Prospective Studies Collaboration (multiple authors including the following for the Seven Countries Study: Aravanis C, Blackburn H, Buzina R, Dontas A, Fidanza F, Giampaoli S, Karvonen M, Keys A, Kromhout D, Lanti M, Menotti A, Mohacek I, Nedeljkovic S, Nissinen A, Punsar S, Seccareccia F, Toshima H). Age-specific relevance of usual blood pressure to vascular mortality: a meta-analysis of individual data for one million adults in 61 prospective studies. Lancet 2002;360:1903-1913.
  • Walda IC, Tabak C, Smit HA, Rasanen L, Fidanza, Menotti A, Nissinen A, Feskens EJ, Kromhout D. Diet and 20-year chronic obstructive pulmonary disease mortality in middle-aged men from three European countries. Eur J Clin Nutr 2002;56:638-643.
  • Menotti A, Blackburn H, Kromhout D, Nissinen A, Adachi H, Lanti M. Cardiovascular risk factors as determinants of 25-year all-cause mortality in the Seven Countries Study. Eur J Epidemiol 2001;17:337-346.
  • Van den Hoogen P, Seidell J, Nagelkerke N, Menotti A, Kromhout D. Relation between blood pressure and mortality: is there a threshold? Eur Heart J 2001;22:2132-2133.
  • Tabak C, Smit HA, Räsänen L, Fidanza F, Menotti A, Nissinen A, Feskens EJ, Heederik D, Kromhout D. Alcohol consumption in relation to 20-year COPD mortality and pulmonary function in middle-aged men from three European Countries. Epidemiol 2001;12:239-245.
  • Jansen MC, Bueno de Mesquita HB, Räsänen L, Fidanza F, Nissinen AM, Menotti A, Kok FJ, Kromhout D. Cohort analysis of fruit and vegetable consumption and lung cancer mortality in European men. Int J Cancer 2001;92:913-918.
  • Kromhout D, Bloemberg B, Seidell JC, Nissinen A, Menotti A. Physical activity and dietary fiber determine population body fat levels: the Seven Countries Study. Int J Obesity 2001;25:301-306.
  • Feskens EJ, Oomen CM, Hogendoorn E, Menotti A, Kromhout D. Arginine intake and 25-year CHD mortality: the Seven Countries Study. Eur Heart J 2001;22:611-612.
  • Virtanen SM, Feskens EJM, Räsänen L, Fidanza F, Tuomilehto J, Giampaoli S, Nissinen A, Kromhout D. Comparison of diets of diabetic and non-diabetic elderly men in Finland, The Netherlands and Italy. Eur J Clin Nutr 2000;54:181-6.
  • Oomen CM, Feskens EJ, Räsänen L, Fidanza F, Nissinen AM, Menotti A, Kok FJ, Kromhout D. Fish consumption and coronary heart diease mortality in Finland, Italy and the Netherlands. Am J Epidemiol 2000;151:999-1006.
  • Visscher TL, Seidell JC, Menotti A, Blackburn H, Nissinen A, Feskens EJ, Kromhout D. Underweight and overweight in relation to mortality among men aged 40-59 and 50-69 years: the Seven Countries Study. Am J Epidemiol 2000;151:660-666.
  • Mulder I, Jansen MC, Smit HA, Jacobs DR Jr, Menotti A, Nissinen A, Fidanza F, Kromhout D. Role of smoking and diet in the cross-cultural variation in lung-cancer mortality: the Seven Countries Study. Seven Countries Study Research Group. Int J Cancer 2000 15;88:665-671.
  • Van den Hoogen PC, Seidell JC, Menotti A, Kromhout D. Blood pressure and long-term coronary heart disease mortality in the Seven Countries study: implications for clinical practice and public health. Eur Heart J 2000;21:1639-1642.
  • Menotti A, Lanti M, Puddu PE, Kromhout D. Coronary heart disease incidence in northern and southern European populations: a reanalysis of the Seven Countries Study for a European coronary risk chart. Heart 2000;84:238-244.
  • Kromhout D, Bloemberg B, Feskens E, Menotti A, Nissinen A. Saturated fat, vitamin C and smoking predict long-term population all-cause mortality rates in the Seven Countries Study. Int J Epidemiol 2000;29:260-265.
  • Van den Hoogen PC, Feskens EJ, Nagelkerke NJ, Menotti A, Nissinen A, Kromhout D. The relation between blood pressure and mortality due to coronary heart disease among men in different parts of the world. Seven Countries Study Research Group. N Engl J Med 2000;342:1-8.
  • Tabak C, Smit HA, Räsänen I, Fidanza F, Menotti A, Nissinen A, Feskens EJM, Heederik D, Kromhout D. Dietary factors and pulmonary function: a cross-sectional study in middle aged men from three European countries. Thorax 1999;54:1021-1026.
  • Menotti A, Kromhout D, Blackburn H, Fidanza F, Buzina R, Nissinen A. Food intake patterns and 25-year mortality from coronary heart disease: cultural correlations in the Seven Countries Study. The Seven Countries Research Group. Eur J Epidemiol 1999;15:507-15.
  • Prospective Studies Collaboration (multiple authors including the following for the Seven Countries Study: Aravanis C, Blackburn H, Buzina R, Dontas A, Fidanza F, Giampaoli S, Karvonen M, Keys A, Kromhout D, Lanti M, Menotti A, Mohacek I, Nedeljkovic S, Nissinen A, Punsar S, Seccareccia F, Toshima H). Collaborative overview (metanalysis) of prospective observational studies of usual blood pressure and usual cholesterol levels with common causes of death: protocol of the second cycle of the Prospectuve Studies Collaboration. J Cardiovasc Risk 1999;6:315-329.
  • Kromhout D. Serum cholesterol in cross-cultural perspective. The Seven Countries Study. Acta Cardiol 1999;54:155-158.
  • Jansen MC, Bueno de Mesquita HB, Räsänen L, Fidanza F, Menotti A, Nissinen A, Feskens EJ, Kok FJ, Kromhout D. Consumption of plant foods and stomach cancer mortality in the Seven Coutries Study. Is grain consumption a risk factor? Seven Countries Study Research Group. Nutr Cancer 1999;34:49-55.
  • Kromhout D. On the waves of the Seven Countries Study: a public health perspective on cholesterol. Eur Heart J 1999;20:796-802.
  • Jacobs DR Jr, Adachi H, Mulder I, Kromhout D, Menotti A, Nissinen A, Blackburn H. Cigarette smoking and mortality risk: twenty-five-year follow-up of the Seven Countries Study. Arch Intern Med 1999;159:733-740.
  • Jansen MC, Bueno de Mesquita HB, Buzina R, Fidanza F, Menotti A, Blackburn H, Nissinen AM, Kok FJ, Kromhout D. Dietary fiber and plant foods in relation to colorectal cancer mortality: the Seven Countries Study. Int J Cancer 1999;12(81):174-179.
  • Tabak C, Feskens EJ, Heederik D, Kromhout D, Menotti A, Blackburn HW. Fruit and fish consumption: a possible explanation for population differences in COPD mortality (The Seven Countries Study). Eur J Clin Nutr. 1998;52:819-825
  • Dontas AS, Menotti A, Aravanis C, Ioannidis P, Seccareccia F. Comparative total mortality in 25 years in Italian and Greek middle aged rural men. Epidemiol Comm Hlth 1998;52:638-644.
  • Ocke MC, Bueno de Mesquita HB, Feskens EJ, Kromhout D, Menotti A, Blackburn H. Adherence to the European Code Against Cancer in relation to long-term cancer mortality: intercohort compariasons from the Seven Countries Study. Nutr Cancer. 1998;30:14-20
  • Menotti A, Blackburn H, Seccareccia F, Kromhout D, Nissinen A, Karvonen M, Fidanza F, Giampaoli S, Buzina R, Mohacek I, Nedeljkovic S, Aravanis C, Dontas A. Relationship of some risk factors with typical an atypical manifestations of coronary heart disease. Cardiology 1998;89:59-67.
  • Huijbregts P, Feskens E, Räsänen L, Fidanza F, Nissinen A, Menotti A, Kromhout D. Dietary pattern and 20 year mortality in elderly men in Finland, Italy and the Netherlands: a longitudinal cohort study. Brit Med J 1997;315:13-17.
  • Menotti A, Blackburn H, Kromhout D, Nissinen A, Fidanza F, Giampaoli S, Buzina R, Mohacek I, Nedeljkovic S, Aravanis C, Toshima H. Changes in population cholesterol levels and coronary heart disease deaths in seven countries. Eur Heart J 1997;18:566-571.
  • Menotti A, Blackburn H, Kromhout D, Nissinen A, Karvonen M, Aravanis C, Dontas A, Fidanza F, Giampaoli S. The inverse relation of average population blood pressure and stroke mortality rates in the Seven Countries Study: a paradox. Eur J Epidemiol 1997;13:379-386.
  • Menotti A, Blackburn H, Seccareccia F, Kromhout D, Nissinen A, Aravanis C, Giampaoli S, Mohacek I, Nedeljkovic S, Toshima H. The relation of chronic diseases to all-cause mortality risk – the Seven Coutries Study. Ann Med 1997;29:134-141.
  • Kromhout D, Bloemberg BPM, Feskens EJM, Hertog MGL, Menotti A, Blackburn H, for the Seven Countries Study Group. Alcohol, fish, fiber and antioxidant vitamins intake do not explain population differences in coronary heart disease mortality. Int J Epidemiol 1996;25:753-759.
  • Menotti A, Keys A, Blackburn H, Kromhout D, Karvonen M, Nissinen A, Pekkanen J, Punsar S, Fidanza F, Giampaoli S, Seccareccia F, Buzina R, Mohacek I, Nedeljkovic S, Aravanis C, Dontas A, Toshima H, Lanti M. Comparison of multivariate predictive power of major risk factors for coronary heart disease in different countries. The experience in eight nations of the Seven Countries Study 25-year follow-up. J Cardiov Risk 1996;3:69-75.
  • Menotti A, Jacobs DR Jr, Blackburn H, Kromhout D, Nissinen A, Nedeljkovic S, Buzina R, Mohacek I, Seccareccia F, Giampaoli S, Dontas A, Aravanis C, Toshima H. Twenty-five-year prediction of stroke deaths in the Seven Countries Study. The role of blood pressure and its changes. Stroke 1996;27:381-387.
  • Prospective Studies Collaboration (multiple authors including the following for the Seven Countries Study: Aravanis C, Blackburn H, Buzina R, Dontas A, Fidanza F, Giampaoli S, Karvonen M, Keys A, Kromhout D, Lanti M, Menotti A, Mohacek I, Nedeljkovic S, Nissinen A, Punsar S, Seccareccia F, Toshima H). Cholesterol, diastolic blood pressure and stroke: 13,000 strokes in 450,000 people in 45 prospective cohorts. Lancet 1995;346:1647-1452.
  • Menotti A, Seccareccia F, Blackburn H, Keys A. Coronary mortality and its prediction in samples of US and Italian railroad employees in 25 years within the Seven Countries Study of cardiovascular diseases. Int J Epidemiol 1995;24:515-522.
  • Farchi G, Fidanza F, Grossi P, Lancia A, Mariotti S, Menotti A. Relationship between eating patterns meeting reccomendations and subsequent mortality in 20 years. Eur J Clin Nutr 1995;49:408-419.
  • Huijbregts PPCW, Feskens EJM, Räsänen L, Fidanza-Alberti A, Mutanen M, Fidanza F, Kromhout D. Dietary intake in five aging cohorts in Finland, Italy and the Netherlands. Eur J Clin Nutr 1995;49:852-860.
  • Peters EThJ, Seidell JC, Menotti A, Aravanis C, Dontas A, Fidanza F, Karvonen M, Nedeljkovic S, Nissinen A, Buzina R, Bloemberg B, Kromhout D. Changes in body weight in relation to mortality in 6,441 European middle-aged men: the Seven Countries Study. Int J Obesity 1995;19:862-868.
  • Verschuren WMM, Jacobs DR, Bloemberg BPM, Kromhout D, Menotti A, Aravanis C, Blackburn HW, Buzina R, Dontas AS, Fidanza F, Karvonen MJ, Nedeljkovic S, Nissinen A, Toshima H. Serum total cholesterol and long-term coronary heart disease mortality in different cultures. Twenty-five year follow-up of the Seven Countries Study. JAMA 1995;274:131-136.
  • Feskens EJM, Tuomilehto J, Stengård J, Pekkanen J, Nissinen A, Kromhout D. Hypertension and overweight associated with hyperinsulinaemia and glucose tolerance: a longitudinal study of the Finnish and Dutch cohorts of the Seven Countries Study. Diabetologia 1995;38:839-847.
  • Feskens EJM, Virtanen SM, Räsänen L, Tuomilehto J, Stengård J, Pekkanen J, Nissinen A, Kromhout D. Dietary factors determining diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance: a 20-yr follow-up of the Finnish and Dutch cohorts of the Seven Countries Study. Diabetes Care 1995;18:1104-1112.
  • Kromhout D, Menotti A, Bloemberg B, Aravanis C, Blackburn H, Buzina R, Dontas AS, Fidanza F, Giampaoli S, Jansen A, Karvonen M, Katan M, Nissinen A, Nedeljkovic S, Pekkanen J, Punsar S, Räsänen L, Simic B, Toshima H. Dietary saturated and trans fatty acids, cholesterol and 25-year mortality from coronary heart disease. The Seven Countries Study. Prev Med 1995;24:308-315.
  • Ocké MC, Kromhout D, Menotti A, Aravanis C, Blackburn H, Buzina R, Fidanza F, Jansen A, Nedeljkovic S, Nissinen A, Pekkarinen M, Toshima H. Average intake of anti-oxidant (pro)vitamins and subsequent cancer mortality in the 16 cohorts of the Seven Countries study. Int J Cancer 1995;61:480-484.
  • Hertog MGL, Kromhout D, Aravanis C, Blackburn HW, Buzina R, Fidanza F, Giampaoli S, Jansen A, Menotti A, Nedeljkovic S, Pekkarinen M, Simic BS, Toshima H, Feskens EJM, Hollman PCH, Katan MB. Flavonoid intake and long-term risk of coronary heart disease and cancer in the Seven Countries Study. Arch Intern Med 1995;155:381-6.
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  • Molgaard CA, Poikolainen K, Elder JP, Nissinen A, Pekkanen J, Golbeck AL, Moor C de, Lahtela K, Puska P. Depression late after combat: A follow-up of Finnish World War Two veterans from the Seven Countries Study east-west cohorts. Military Med 1991;156(5):219-222.
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  • Enlund H, Martikainen J, Turakka H, Kivelä S-L, Nissinen A. Problems with drug use among elderly men. J Geriatr Drug Therapy 1990;4(4):81-94.
  • Pekkanen J, Nissinen A, Puska P, Punsar S, Karvonen MJ. Risk factors and 25-year risk of coronary heart disease in a male population with a high incidence of the disease: the Finnish cohorts of the Seven Countries Study. Br Med J 1989;299:81-85.
  • Pekkanen J, Nissinen A, Punsar S, Karvonen MJ. Serum cholesterol and risk of accidental or violent death in a 25-year follow-up. The Finnish cohorts of the Seven Countries Study. Arch Intern Med 1989;149:1589-1591.
  • Nissinen A, Pekkanen J, Porath A, Punsar S, Karvonen MJ. Risk factors for cardiovascular disease among 55 to 74 years-old Finnish men: A 10-year follow-up. Brief report. Ann Med 1989;21:239-240.
  • Mäenpää P-H, Pirhonen A, Pirskanen A, Pekkanen J, Alftan G, Kivelä S-L, Nissinen A. Biochemical indicators related to antioxidant status and bone metabolic activity in Finnish elderly men. Int J Vit Nutr Res 1989;59:14-19.
  • Marti B, Pekkanen J, Nissinen A, Ketola A, Kivelä S-L, Punsar S, Karvonen MJ. Association of physical activity with coronary risk factors and physical ability: 20-year follow-up of a cohort of Finnish men. Age Ageing 1989;18:103-109.
  • Lammi U-K, Kivelä S-L, Nissinen A, Punsar S, Puska P, Karvonen MJ. Predictors of disability in elderly Finnish men – a longitudinal study. J Clin Epidemiol 1989;42(12):1215-1225.
  • Lammi U-K, Kivelä S-L, Nissinen A, Punsar S, Puska P, Karvonen MJ. Mental disability among elderly men in Finland: prevalence, predictors and correlates. Acta Psychatr Scand 1989;80:459-468.
  • Lammi U-K, Kivelä S-L, Nissinen A, Pekkanen J, Punsar S. Functional capacity and associated factors in elderly Finnish men. Scand J Soc 1989;17:67-75.
  • Kivelä S-L, Nissinen A, Ketola A, Punsar S, Puska P, Karvonen MJ. Alcohol consumption and mortality in aging or aged Finnish men. J Clin Epidemiol 1989;42(1):61-68.
  • Kivelä S-L, Mäenpää P, Nissinen A, Alftan G, Punsar S, Enlund H, Puska P. Vitamin A, vitamin E and selenium status in an aged Finnish male population. Int J Vit Nutr Res 1989;59:373-380.
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  • Kivelä S-L, Nissinen A, Punsar S, Puska P, Karvonen MJ. Determinants and predictors of heavy alcohol consumption among ageing Finnish men. Compr Gerontol B 1988;2:103-109.
  • Kivelä A-L, Nissinen A, Ketola A, Punsar S, Puska P, Karvonen MJ. Changes in alcohol consumption during a ten-year follow-up among Finnish men aged 55-74 years. Functional Neurology 1988;3(2):167-178.
  • Virtamo J, Valkeila E, Alftan G, Punsar S, Huttunen JK, Karvonen MJ. Serum selenium and risk of cancer. A prospective follow-up of nine years. Cancer 1987;60:145-148.
  • Pekkanen J, Marti B, Nissinen A, Tuomilehto J, Punsar S, Karvonen MJ. Reduction of premature mortality by high physical activity: a 20-year follow-up of middle-aged Finnish men. Lancet 1987;1473-1477.
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  • Kivelä S-L, Nissinen A, Punsar S, Puska P. Age and regional differences in reliability and factor structure of the Zung self-rating scale in elderly Finnish men. J Clin Psychology 1987;43(3):318-327.
  • Kivelä S-L, Nissinen A. Nutrition education and changes in nutrition behavior among 65-74 year-old population of eastern Finland. J Nutr Educ 1987;19(2):77-82.
  • Tuomilehto J, Nissinen A, Kivelä S-L, Pekkanen J, Kaarsalo W, Wolf E, Aro A, Punsar S, Karvonen MJ. Prevalence of diabetes mellitus in elderly men aged 65 to 84 years in eastern and western Finland. Diabetologia 1986;29:611-615.
  • Nissinen A, Kivelä S-L, Tuimilehto J, Pekkanen J, Kostianen E, Piippo H, Lammi U-K, Punsar S, Puska O. Levels of some biological risk indicators among elderly men in Finland. Age Ageing 1986;15:203-211.
  • Nissinen A, Kivelä S-L, Pekkanen J, Pitkänen L, Punsar S, Kaarsalo E, Puska P. Thyroid function tests in the elderly Finnish men. Acta Med Scand 1986;220:63-69.
  • Kivelä S-L, Nissinen A, Tuomilehto J, Pekkanen J, Punsar S, Lammi U-K, Puska P. Prevalence of depressive and other symptoms in elderly Finnish men. Acta Psychiatr Scand 1986;73:93-100.
  • Virtamo J, Valkeila E, Alfthan G, Punsar S, Huttunen JK, Karvonen MJ. Serum selenium and the risk of coronary heart disease and stroke. Am J Epidemiol 1985;122:276-282.
  • Tuomilehto J, Nissinen A, Kivelä S-L, Wolf E, Kaarsalo E, Aro A, Pekkanen J, Punsar S. High prevalence of diabetes mellitus in elderly men in Finland. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 1985;(Suppl 1):570.
  • Notkola V, Punsar S, Karvonen MJ, Haapakoski J. Socio-economic conditions in childhood and mortality and morbidity caused by coronary heart disease in adulthood in rural Finland. J Soc Science Med 1985;21:517-523.
  • Nissinen A, Kivelä S-L, Pekkanen J, Tuomilehto J, Kostiainen E, Piippo H, Lammi UK, Kaarsalo E, Romo M, Punsar S. Levels of some biological risk indicators among elderly men in Finland. Age and Ageing 1985;15:203-211.
  • Keys A, Karvonen MJ, Punsar S, Menotti A, Fidanza F, Farchi G. HDL serum cholesterol and 24-year mortality of men in Finland. Int J Epidemiol 1984;13(4):427-435.
  • Aho K, Gordin A, Palosuo T, Punsar S, Valkeila E, Karvonen MJ, Inkovaara J, Pasternack A. Thyroid autoimmunity and cardiovascular diseases. Eur Heart J 1984;5:43-46.
  • Palosuo T, Aho K, Punsar S. IgG-rheumatoid factor in a population of elderly males: relationship to IgM-rheumatoid factor and rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Exp Rheumatol 1983;1:311-315.
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  • Seccareccia F, Alberti-Fidanza A, Fidanza F, Farchi G, Freeman K, Mariotti S, Menotti A. Vegetable intake and long-term survival among middle-aged men in Italy. Ann Epidemiol 2003;13:424-430.
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  • Farchi G, Fidanza F, Giampaoli S, Mariotti S, Menotti A. Alcohol and survival in the Italian rural cohorts of the Seven Countries Study. Int J Epidemiol 2000;29:667-671.
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  • Menotti A, Giampaoli S, Seccareccia F. The relationship of cardiovascular risk factors measured at different ages to prediction of all-cause mortality and longevity. Arch Geront Geriat 1998;26:99-112.
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  • Menotti A. Epidemiology of cardiovascular diseases in elderly men and women in Italy. Am J Geriat Cardiol 1993;2:9-12.
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  • Menotti A, Lanti P, Seccareccia F, Giampaoli S, Dima F. Multivariate prediction of the first major cerebrovascular event in an Italian sample of middle aged men followed-up for 25 years. Stroke 1993;24:42-48.
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  • Menotti A, Spagnolo A, Dima F, Meli P, Scanga M. The prediction of coronary heart disease in different population samples. Eur J Epidemiol 1992;8:521‑526.
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  • Menotti A. The relationship of total serum cholesterol to coronary heart disease in older men. The Italian rural areas of the Seven Countries Study. Ann Epidemiol 1992;2:107‑111.
  • Fidanza F. The Mediterranean Italian diet: Keys to contemporary thinking. Proc Nutr Soc 1991;50:519‑526.
  • Menotti A, Lanti M, Seccareccia F, Giampaoli S, Morisi G. Serum cholesterol and cancer: the Italian epidemiological experience. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 1991;1:189‑194.
  • Lanti M, Puddu PE, Menotti A. Voltage criteria of left ventricular hypertrophy in sudden and non-sudden coronary artery disease mortality: the Italian section of the Seven Countries Study. Am J Cardiol 1990;15:1181-1185.
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  • Menotti A, Seccareccia F and the Italian Research Group of the Seven Countries Study. Spontaneous changes of systolic blood pressure as predictors of future fatal events. Am J Hypertension 1990;3:549‑554.
  • Menotti A, Verdecchia A, Dima F. The estimate of coronary incidence following different case finding procedures. Eur Heart J 1989;10:562‑572.
  • Menotti A, Seccareccia F, Giampaoli S, Giuli B. The predictive role of systolic, diastolic and mean blood pressure on cardiovascular and all causes of death. J Hypertension 1989;7:595‑599.
  • Farchi G, Mariotti S, Menotti A, Seccareccia F, Torsello S, Fidanza F. Diet and 20‑year mortality in two rural population groups of middle‑aged men in Italy. Am J Clin Nutr 1989;50:1095‑1103.
  • Spagnolo A, Menotti A. High density lipoprotein cholesterol distribution and its predictive power in some Italian population studies. Eur J Epidemiol 1989;5:328-335.
  • Spagnolo A, Torsello S, Morisi G, Petrozzi E, Antonini R, Ricci G, Urbinati GC, Menotti A. Serum thiocyanate levels as an objective measure of smoking habits in epidemiological studies. Eur J Epidemiol 1988;4 :206-211.
  • Menotti A, Seccareccia F. Cardiovascular risk factors predicting all causes of death in an occupational population sample. Int J Epidemiol 1988;17:773-778.
  • Seccareccia F, Lanti MP, Puddu PE, Menotti A. Normotensive middle‑aged men after 5‑10 years: normal blood pressure or hypertension? J Hypertension 1988;6(Suppl.4):S602‑S604.
  • Fidanza F. The Mediterranean diet in the prevention of coronary heart disease. Diab Nutr Metabol 1988;3:169‑173.
  • Menotti A, Giampaoli S, Pasquali M, Seccareccia F, Stuart K. Prognosis of lean and fat hypertensives. Cardiology 1988;75:448‑457.
  • Fidanza-Alberti A, Seccareccia F, Torsello S, Fidanza F. Diet of two rural population groups of middle‑aged men in Italy. Int J Vit Nutr Res 1988;58:442‑451.
  • Puddu PE, Jouve R, Mariotti S, Giampaoli S, Lanti MP, Reale A, Menotti A. Evaluation of 10 QT prediction formulas in 881 middle aged men from the Seven Countries Study: emphasis of the cubic root Fridericias equation. J Electrocardiol 1988;21:219-229.
  • Menotti A, Mariotti S, Seccareccia F, Giampaoli S. The 25-year estimated probability of death from some specific causes as a function of twelve risk factors in middle‑aged men. Eur J Epidemiol 1988;4:60‑67.
  • Menotti A, Seccareccia F, Pasquali M. Blood pressure, serum cholesterol and smoking habits predicting different manifestations of arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Acta Cardiol 1987;42:91‑102.
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  • Feskens EJM, Boer JM, van Dam RM, Ritsema MJ, Kromhout D. Diabetes prevalence in offspring of elderly men with known and newly diagnosed diabetes. Diabetes Care 1999;22:1919.
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  • Tijhuis MA, Jong-Gierveld J de, Feskens EJ, Kromhout D. Changes in and factors related to loneliness in older men. The Zutphen Elderly Study. Age Ageing 1999;28:491-495.
  • Bijnen FCH, Feskens EJM, Caspersen CJ, Nagelkere N, Mosterd WL, Kromhout D. Baseline and previous physical activity in relation to mortality in elderly men: The Zutphen Elderly Study. Am J Epidemiol 1999;150:1289-1296.
  • Hoeymans N, Feskens EJM, Kromhout D, van den Bos GA. The contribution of chronic conditions and disabilities to poor self-rated health in elderly men. J Gerontol Biol Sci Med Sci 1999;54:M501-M506.
  • Stehouwer CDA, Weijenberg MP, van den Berg M, Jakobs C, Feskens EJM, Kromhout D. Serum homocysteine and risk of coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular disease in elderly men: a ten year follow-up. Arterioscl Thromb Vasc Biol 1998;18:1895-1901.
  • Ossewaarde JM, Feskens EJM, de Vries A, Vallinga CE, Kromhout D. Chlamydia pneumoniae is a risk factor for coronary heart disease in symptom-free elderly men, but Helicobacter pylori and cytomegalovirus are not. Epidemiol Infect 1998;120:93-99.
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  • Weijenberg MP, Feskens EJM, Kromhout D. Serum albumin, coronary heart disease risk and mortality in an elderly men cohort. The Zutphen Elderly Study. Epidemiology 1997;8:87-92.
  • Hoeymans N, Wouters ERCM, Feskens EJM, van den Bos GAM, Kromhout D. Reproducibility of performance-based and self-reported measures of functional status. J Gerontol 1997;52:M363-M368.
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  • Kalmijn S, Feskens EJM, Launer LJ, Kromhout D. Longitudinal study of the effect of apolipoprotein e4 allele on the association between education and cognitive decline in elderly men. BMJ 1997;314:34-35.
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  • Hertog MGL, Feskens EJM, Kromhout D. Antioxidant flavonols and coronary heart disease risk. Lancet 1997;349:699 (Research letter).
  • Baynes KCR, Boucher BJ, Feskens EJM, Kromhout D. Vitamin D, glucose tolerance and insulinaemia in elderly men. Diabetologia 1997;40:344-347.
  • Hoeymans N, Feskens EJM, Kromhout D, Bos GAM van den. Ageing and the relationship between functional status and self-rated health in elderly men. The Zutphen Study. Soc Sci Med 1997;45:1527-1536.
  • Dekker JM, Schouten EG, Klootwijk P, Pool J, Swenne CA, Kromhout D. Heart rate variability from short electrocardiographic recordings predict mortality from all causes in middle-aged and elderly men. The Zutphen Study. Am J Epidemiol 1997;145:899-908.
  • Ocke MC, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Feskens EJ, van Staveren WA, Kromhout D. Repeated measurements of vegetables, fruits, beta-carotene, and vitamin E in relation to lung cancer. The Zutphen Study. Am J Epidemiol 1997;145:358-365.
  • Voskuil DW, Feskens EJM, Katan MB, Kromhout D. Intake and sources of alpha-linolenic acid in Dutch elderly men. Eur J Clin Nutr 1996;50:784-788.
  • Kalmijn S, Feskens EJM, Launer LJ, Kromhout D. Cerebrovascular disease, the apolipoprotein e4 allele and cognitive decline in a community based study of elderly men. Stroke 1996;27:2230-2235.
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  • Weijenberg MP, Feskens EJ, Kromhout D. Blood pressure and isolated systolic hypertension and the risk of coronary heart disease and mortality in elderly men. The Zutphen Elderly Study. J Hypertension 1996;14:1159-1166.
  • Weijenberg MP, Feskens EJM, Kromhout D. White blood cell count and risk of coronary heart disease in elderly men (The Zutphen Elderly Study). Arterioscl Thromb Vasc Biol 1996;16:499-503.
  • Weijenberg MP, Feskens EJM, Kromhout D. Age-related changes in total and HDL cholesterol in elderly men: The Zutphen Study 1977/78-1993. Am J Publ Hlth 1996;86:798-803.
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  • Post WK, Steyerberg E, Burdorf A, Heederik D, Kromhout D. Choosing optimal values of FEV1 and FEV1/FVC for surveillance for respiratory disorders in occupational populations. J Occ Environm Med 1996;38:673-680.
  • Launer LJ, Feskens EJM, Kalmijn S, Kromhout D. Smoking, drinking and thinking: the Zutphen Elderly Study. Am J Epidemiol 1996;143:219-227.
  • Kromhout D, Katan MB, Havekes L, Groener A, Hornstra G, De Lezenne Coulander C. The effects of 26 years of habitual fish consumption on serum lipid and lipoprotein levels (The Zutphen Study). Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 1996;6(2):65-73.
  • Keli SO, Hertog MGL, Feskens EJM, Kromhout D. Dietary flavonoids, antioxidant vitamins and stroke risk. Arch Intern Med 1996;154:637-642.
  • Dekker JM, Feskens EJM, Schouten EG, Klootwijk P, Pool J, Kromhout D. QTc duration is associated with levels of insulin and glucose tolerance. The Zutphen Elderly Study. Diabetes 1996;45:376-380.
  • Boer JMA, Feskens EJM, Kromhout D. Characteristics of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in elderly men: effect modification by family history (the Zutphen Elderly Study). Int J Epidemiol 1996;25(2):394-401.
  • Kalmijn S, Feskens EJM, Launer LJ, Kromhout D. Glucose intolerance, hyperinsulinaemia and cognitive function in a general population of elderly men. Diabetologia 1995;38:1096-1102.
  • Huijbregts PPCW, Feskens EJM, Kromhout D. Dietary patterns and cardiovascular risk factors in elderly men: The Zutphen Elderly Study. Int J Epidemiol 1995;24:313-320.
  • Dekker JM, Schouten EG, Kromhout D, Pool J. The cardiac infarction injury score as a predictor of coronary heart disease in middle-aged and elderly men. The Zutphen Study. J Clin Epidemiol 1995;48:833-840.
  • Dekker JM, Schouten EG, Klootwijk P, Pool J, Kromhout D. ST segment and T-wave characteristics as indicators of coronary heart disease risk: The Zutphen Study. J Am Coll Cardiol 1995;25:1321-1326.
  • Feskens EJM, Loeber JG, Kromhout D. Dietary factors and physical activity as determinants of hyperinsulinemia (the Zutphen Elderly Study). Am J Epidemiol 1994;140:350-360.
  • ‘t Hart LM, Lemkes HHPJ, Heine RJ, Stolk RP, Feskens EJM, Jansen JJ, van der Does FEE, Grobbee DE, Kromhout D, Van den Ouweland JMW, Maassen JA. Prevalence of maternally inhertited diabetes and deafness in diabetic populations in the Netherlands. Diabetologia 1994;37:169-170 (Letter to the editor).
  • De Knijff P, Boomsma DI, Feskens EJM, Jespersen J, Johansen LG, Kluft C, Kromhout D, Havekes LM. Apolipoprotein E phenotype and blood pressure. Lancet 1994;343:1234-1235 (Letter to the editor).
  • Post WK, Heederik D, Kromhout H, Kromhout D. Occupational exposure estimated by a population specific job exposure matrix and twenty-five years incidence rate of chronic non-specific lung disease (CNSLD): The Zutphen Study. Eur Resp J 1994;7:1048-1055.
  • Hertog MGL, Feskens EJM, Hollman PCH, Katan MB, Kromhout D. Dietary flavonoids and cancer risk in the Zutphen Elderly Study. Nutr Cancer 1994;22(2):175-184.
  • Feskens EJM, Kromhout D. Dietary factors and physical activity as determinants of hyperinsulinemia. (The Zutphen Elderly Study). Am J Epidemiol 1994;140:350-60.
  • Feskens EJM, Havekes LM, Kalmijn S, de Knijff P, Launer LJ, Kromhout D. Apolipoprotein E*4 allele predisposes to cognitive decline in elderly men. Br Med J 1994;309:1202-1206.
  • Moerman CJ, Berns MPH, Smeets FWM, Kromhout D. Regional fat distribution as a risk factor for clinically diagnosed gallstones in middle-aged men: a 25-year follow-up study (The Zuphen Study). Int J Obesity 1994;18:435-439.
  • Moerman CJ, Smeets FWM, Kromhout D. Dietary risk factors for clinically diagnosed gallstones in middle-aged men: a 25-year follow-up study (The Zutphen Study). Ann Epidemiol 1994;4(3):248-265.
  • Feskens EJM, Kromhout D. Hyperinsulinemia, risk factors and coronary heart disease (the Zutphen Elderly Study). Arterioscler Thromb 1994;141:1­641-1647.
  • Keli SO, Feskens EJM, Kromhout D. Fish consumption and risk of stroke. The Zutphen Study. Stroke 1994;25:328-332.
  • Dekker JM, Schouten EG, Klootwijk P, Pool J, Kromhout D. The association between QT interval and coronary heart disease in middle-aged and elderly men: The Zutphen Study. Circulation 1994;90:779-785.
  • Pijls LTJ, Feskens EJM, Kromhout D. Self-rated health and mortality in elderly men. The Zutphen Study. Am J Epidemiol 1993;138:840-848.
  • Miedema I, Feskens EJM, Heederik D, Kromhout D. Diet and the risk of chronic non-specific lung disease in middle-aged men. The Zutphen Study. Am J Epidemiol 1993;138:37-45.
  • Hertog MGL, Feskens EJM, Hollman PCH, Katan MB, Kromhout D. Dietary flavonoids and the risk of coronary heart disease. (The Zutphen Elderly Study). Lancet 1993;342;1007-1011.
  • Hertog MGL, Hollman PCH, Katan MB, Kromhout D. Estimation of daily intake of potentially anticarcinogenic flavonoids and their determinants in adults in The Netherlands. Nutr Cancer 1993;20:21-29.
  • Feskens EJM, Weijenberg MP, Kromhout D. A longitudinal study on diet, risk factors and cardiovascular disease in an aging cohort: the Zutphen Study. Neth J Cardiol 1993;4:200-204.
  • De Vries C, Feskens EJM, Kromhout D. Repeated measurements of serum cholesterol and blood pressure in relation to long-term incidence of myocardial infarction. The Zutphen Study. Cardiology 1993;82:89-99.
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  • Keli SO, Bloemberg BPM, Kromhout D. Predicitive value of repeated systolic blood pressure measurements for stroke risk. The Zutphen Study. Stroke 1992;23:347‑351.
  • Heederik D, Kromhout H, Kromhout D, Burema J, Biersteker K. Relations between occupation, smoking, lung function, and incidence and mortality of chronic non-specific lung disease. The Zutphen Study. Brit J Ind Med 1992;49:299-308.
  • Feskens EJM, Kromhout D. Glucose tolerance and the risk of cardiovascular diseases: the Zutphen Study. J Clin Epidemiol 1992;45:1327‑1334.
  • Van Reek J, Adriaanse H, Ramstrom L, Kromhout D. Smoking recidivism among a cohort of men in Zutphen (The Netherlands): 1960‑1985. Rev Epidém Santé Publ 1991;39:297‑300.
  • Caspersen CJ, Bloemberg BPM, Saris WHM, Merritt RK, Kromhout D. The prevalence of selected physical activities and their relationship with coronary heart disease risk factors in elderly men: The Zutphen Study, 1985. Am J Epidemiol 1991;133:1078‑1092.
  • Heederik D, Kromhout H, Burema J, Biersteker K, Kromhout D. Occupational exposure and 25-year incidence rate of non-specific lung disease. The Zutphen Study. Int J Epidemiol 1990;19:945‑952.
  • Feskens EJM, Kromhout D. Habitual dietary intake and glucose tolerance in euglycemic men: the Zutphen Study. Int J Epidemiol 1990;19:953-959.
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