Population Studies of Atherosclerosis
Authors: DALE GROOM
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1961)

Article1 July 1961Population Studies of AtherosclerosisDALE GROOM, M.D., F.A.C.P.DALE GROOM, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-55-1-51 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe populations of nations having widely different civilizations, or of contrasting groups or races within nations, afford great natural laboratories for studies of arteriosclerosis and of the net effects produced by differences in diet, living habits, climate, stress, and other variables. This unique opportunity to study the disease in the human has brought forth from many parts of the world one of the largest accumulations of data in medical history. From it has come a new awareness of the scope and gravity of the problem. Vital statistics and the statistical approach in general have attained a new eminence in medicine...References1. MYERS GS: Personal communication. 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C.The studies of Haitian and American Negroes reported herein were supported by grants from the National Heart Institute (H4085) and the South Carolina Heart Association.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Dale Groom, M.D., Department of Medicine, Medical College of South Carolina, 55 Doughty St., Charleston 16, S. C. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByThe controversial role of dietary cholesterol and hypercholesterolemia in coronary heart disease and atherogenesisStudies Reporting "Low Rates" of Ischemic Heart Disease: A Critical ReviewMorphogenesis of aortic and coronary atherosclerosis in North India—a composite studyReliability and validity of personality and behavioral measures in a study of coronary heart diseaseDevelopmental Patterns of Coronary and Aortic Atherosclerosis in Young Negroes of Haiti and the United StatesDALE GROOM, M.D., F.A.C.P., E. E. 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