Data alert The INTERHEART Study: New data on global risk Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is estimated to be the leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Community - coronary heart disease - Indians - INTERHEART study - policy - prevention. Increased susceptibility to CHD in comparison to the native population studied. 2004 Sep 11-17;364(9438):937-52. Effect of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with myocardial infarction in 52 countries (the INTERHEART study. Download PDF Download. A global study of risk factors for acute myocardial infarction. INTER-HEART will study approximately 14,000 incident cases of AMI and.

This study might also be of interest to you and your other readers: As always, your comments and insights would be most welcome. Patmcneill / Originally posted on Answer: Thank you Pat! The Lancet is one of my favorite journals. Sponsored by the World Health Organization, the INTERHEART you point out was indeed a monumental undertaking, trying to tease out modifiable risk factors for heart attacks across populations in more than 50 countries on every inhabited continent. They concluded that more than 90% of the risk of our #1 killer is attributed to things we can do something about, like eating fruits and vegetables every day. The most important risk factor by far was cholesterol–twice as important as exercise–followed by smoking.

The designated discussant at the European Society of Cardiology Congress, where the results were first reported, “mankind is doing a good job of killing himself.” Their follow-up study, called INTERSTROKE, in 2010 concluded that 90% of strokes were preventable as well. I talk about preventing strokes in my 2012 summary presentation. For more on more on preventing heart attacks see, for example: • • • • Image credit: / Flickr. On NutritionFacts.org, you'll find a vibrant community of nutrition enthusiasts, health professionals, and many knowledgeable users seeking to discover the healthiest diet to eat for themselves and their families. Kochupusthakam Pdf File. As always, our goal is to foster conversations that are insightful, engaging, and most of all, helpful – from the nutrition beginners to the experts in our community.