 |
|
Dietary Modification and CVD Prevention
A Matter of Fat
Cheryl A. M. Anderson, PhD, MPH;
Lawrence J. Appel, MD, MPH
JAMA. 2006;295:693-695.
|
|
| Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text and any section headings. |
|
|
|
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality in women in the United States and throughout most of the world.1-2 The contemporary approach to prevention of CVD includes lifestyle modification for all adults and medical therapy for those with CVD risk factors (hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, or diabetes).3 The report in this issue of JAMA by Howard et al from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI)4 is timely, given recent major initiatives that focus on CVD prevention in women.3
In 1991, the National Institutes of Health launched the WHI research program, a series of major clinical trials and large observational studies that addressed the most common causes of death and disability in postmenopausal women—CVD, cancer, and osteoporosis.5 The WHI research program involved extraordinary commitment and effort on the part of numerous investigators and staff members and more than 100 000 participants. Their . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Author Affiliations: Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health (Drs Anderson and Appel) and School of Medicine (Dr Appel), Baltimore, Md.
RELATED ARTICLE
|
Low-Fat Dietary Pattern and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: The Women's Health Initiative Randomized Controlled Dietary Modification Trial
Barbara V. Howard, Linda Van Horn, Judith Hsia, JoAnn E. Manson, Marcia L. Stefanick, Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller, Lewis H. Kuller, Andrea Z. LaCroix, Robert D. Langer, Norman L. Lasser, Cora E. Lewis, Marian C. Limacher, Karen L. Margolis, W. Jerry Mysiw, Judith K. Ockene, Linda M. Parker, Michael G. Perri, Lawrence Phillips, Ross L. Prentice, John Robbins, Jacques E. Rossouw, Gloria E. Sarto, Irwin J. Schatz, Linda G. Snetselaar, Victor J. Stevens, Lesley F. Tinker, Maurizio Trevisan, Mara Z. Vitolins, Garnet L. Anderson, Annlouise R. Assaf, Tamsen Bassford, Shirley A. A. Beresford, Henry R. Black, Robert L. Brunner, Robert G. Brzyski, Bette Caan, Rowan T. Chlebowski, Margery Gass, Iris Granek, Philip Greenland, Jennifer Hays, David Heber, Gerardo Heiss, Susan L. Hendrix, F. Allan Hubbell, Karen C. Johnson, and Jane Morley Kotchen
JAMA. 2006;295(6):655-666.
ABSTRACT
| FULL TEXT
THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES
|
State of the Heart: Building Science to Improve Women's Cardiovascular Health
Rosenfeld
Am J Crit Care 2006;15:556-566.
ABSTRACT
| FULL TEXT
Cutting Fat No Cure-All
Goldfarb
DOC News 2006;3:1-21.
FULL TEXT
Dietary Modification and CVD Outcomes in the WHI
Journal Watch Cardiology 2006;2006:1-1.
FULL TEXT
|
