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Niels A. Lassen, MD, PhD

JAMA. 1996;276(15):1279-1280.

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IN 1970 William B. Kannel and his coworkers, Philip Wolf, Joel Verter, and Patricia McNamara, published in THE JOURNAL their important report from Framingham, Mass, on risk factors for stroke in a population followed prospectively for 14 years.¹ At that time, hypertension, diabetes, and cigarette smoking had already been recognized as being the main risk factors, but the Framingham Study was among the first large-scale epidemiologic studies that followed a healthy adult population year after year, observed the diseases as they arose, and correlated them to a variety of possible risk factors.

The study was initiated in 1949 by Thomas R. Dawber from the National Heart Institute. It involved about 50% of adult residents aged 30 to 62 years, a total of 5209 subjects in the small township of Framingham. Its primary goal was to elucidate risks for heart disease, but soon stroke was given equal importance. The results . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Footnotes
Corresponding author: Niels A. Lassen, MD, PhD, Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Bispebjerg Hospital, Bispebjerg, Bakke 23, DK-2400 Cophenhagen NV, Denmark.

A commentary on Kannel WB, Wolf PA, Verter J, McNamara PM. Epidemiologic assessment of the role of blood presure in stroke: the Framingham Study. JAMA. 1970;214:301-310.

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