Skip Navigation


IJE Advance Access originally published online on March 11, 2005
International Journal of Epidemiology 2005 34(2):242-244; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh308
This Article
Right arrow Full Text Freely available
Right arrow FREE Full Text (PDF) Freely available
Right arrow All Versions of this Article:
34/2/242    most recent
dyh308v1
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in ISI Web of Science
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Search for citing articles in:
ISI Web of Science (1)
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Rose, G.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Rose, G.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

Published by Oxford University Press 2005.

Reprints and Reflections

Incubation period of coronary heart disease

Geoffrey Rose

Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT

Serum cholesterol concentrations and blood pressure were measured during 1958–64 among men aged 40–59 who took part in the Seven Countries Study. In the present study these measurements were related to the national mortality from coronary heart disease in the periods 1959–61, 1964–6, 1969–71, and 1974–6. The correlations increased with time (r = +0.86, 0.90, 0.93, and 0.96 respectively for serum cholesterol concentration and r = +0.48, 0.56, 0.57, and 0.64 for systolic blood pressure), suggesting that the ‘incubation period’ between exposure to major coronary risk factors and the maximum effects on mortality may be 10 years or more.

Accepted 2 April 1982


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Arch. Dis. Child.Home page
J. C K Wells and M. S Fewtrell
Is body composition important for paediatricians?
Arch. Dis. Child., February 1, 2008; 93(2): 168 - 172.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Int J EpidemiolHome page
A. T Merchant, S. S Anand, and S. Yusuf
Commentary: Insights from cross-population studies: Rose revisited
Int. J. Epidemiol., April 1, 2005; 34(2): 244 - 246.
[Full Text] [PDF]


Disclaimer:
Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.