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© 1990 Oxford University Press

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Vasectomy and Cardiovascular Deaths in Korean Men: A Community-Based Case-Control Study

I-CHENG CHI*, SAE KWON KONG**, LYNNE R WILKENS{dagger}, AE JEO CHO**, ALBERT J SIEMENS{ddagger}, KWANG HOMENG§ and JAMES E HIGGINS{ddagger}

* Family Health International PO Box 13950, Research Triangle Park NC 27709, USA
** Korea Institute for Population and Health Seoul, Republic of Korea
{dagger}Formerly Family Health International. Currently Cancer Research Center of Hawaii. University of Hawaii Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
{ddagger}Formerly Family Health International. Currently Clinical Research International, Research Triangle Park NC 27709, USA
§Catholic Medical College Seoul, Republic of Korea

This community-based case-control study was carried out in four cities in South Korea to examine whether vasectomy is associated with a long-term increased risk of cardiovascular death in Korean men. Our results coincide with those from epidemiological studies conducted in Western countries as well as the one study conducted in China and do not support the vasectomy—atherosclerosis hypothesis originating from animal research.

Received 1 May 1990


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