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Influence of selected lifestyle factors on risk of acute myocardial infarction in subjects with familial predisposition for the disease.
Preventive medicine - 1 Apr 2004
Tavani Alessandra, Augustin Livia, Bosetti Cristina, Giordano Laura, Gallus Silvano, Jenkins David J A, La Vecchia Carlo
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The joint effect of family history of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and selected adult life risk factors on the risk of the disease is not clear. METHODS: We used the combined data set from three Italian case-control studies including 1737 cases of incident, nonfatal AMI and 2317 hospital controls, aged less than 75 years. An adult lifestyle risk score (ALRS) was computed, including tobacco, body...
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