MEDICAL PROGRESS - THE PRIMARY PREVENTION OF CORONARY HEART-DISEASE IN WOMEN

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作者
RICHEDWARDS, JW
MANSON, JE
HENNEKENS, CH
BURING, JE
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[1] BRIGHAM & WOMENS HOSP, DEPT MED, DIV PREVENT MED, BOSTON, MA 02115 USA
[2] BRIGHAM & WOMENS HOSP, DEPT MED, CHANNING LAB, BOSTON, MA 02115 USA
[3] HARVARD UNIV, SCH MED, BOSTON, MA USA
[4] HARVARD UNIV, SCH PUBL HLTH, DEPT EPIDEMIOL, BOSTON, MA 02115 USA
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10.1056/NEJM199506293322607
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Coronary heart disease has long been recognized as the leading cause of death among middle-aged men, but it is an equally important cause of death and disability among older women. By the age of 60 years, only 1 in 17 women in the United States has had a coronary event, as compared with 1 in 5 men. After the age of 60, however, coronary heart disease is the primary cause of death among women. In this age group, one in four women, as well as one in four men, die of coronary heart disease.1 The annual numbers of American women. © 1995, Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved.
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