Ecological Analysis of the Association between Mortality and Major Risk Factors of Cardiovascular Disease

Applied cardiovascular mortality risk factors measured cross-sectionally at the population level do not reflect well the variation in mortality between populations, and each mortality measure shows strong associations with high blood pressure but the associations with smoking and high cholesterol are generally weaker and much less consistent.

Abstract

This analysis has shown that accepted cardiovascular mortality risk factors measured cross-sectionally at the population level do not reflect well the variation in mortality between populations.