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© 1986 Oxford University Press

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LEVELS OF SOME BIOLOGICAL RISK INDICATORS AMONG ELDERLY MEN IN FINLAND

AULIKKI NISSINEN*,, SIRKKA-LIISA KIVELA, JUHA PEKKANEN, JAAKKO TUOMILEHTO, ELLA KOSTIAINEN, HELI PIIPPO, ULLA-KAIJA LAMM, ESKO KAARSALO, MATTI ROMO, SVEN PUNSAR and PEKKA PUSKA

National Public Health Institute, Department of Epidemiology Helsinki

* Address correspondence to Dr Aulikki Nissinen, National Public Health Institute, Department of Epidemiology, Mannerheimintie 166, 00280 Helsinki, SF-Finland. The addresses of the co-authors are given on p. 211.

A 25-year follow-up survey of the Finnish men examined in the Seven Countries Study and now 65–84 years old was carried out in the East and the South-West of Finland in 1984. The follow-up examinations were carried out as in the previous surveys. Systolic and diastolic blood pressures were now significantly lower in the East than in the South-West of Finland. Serum total cholesterol and HDL-cholesterol were on the same level in both areas. The East/South-West difference in serum cholesterol, observed in previous studies, had levelled off and that in the blood pressure level had even reversed among the study cohorts. The mean fasting serum glucose was higher in the East than in the South-West of Finland. The mean serum calcium level was the same in both areas.

accepted in revised form February 12, 1986.


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