OBJECTIVE Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) is a marker of subclinical organ damage
and predicts cardiovascular disease (CVD) events in the general population. It has also …

Background Low-risk limits recommended for alcohol consumption vary substantially across
different national guidelines. To define thresholds associated with lowest risk for all-cause …

Objective: To examine the association between beer binging (regular sessions of heavy
beer drinking) and mortality. Design: Prospective population based study with the baseline …

Importance The prevalence of cardiometabolic multimorbidity is increasing. Objective To
estimate reductions in life expectancy associated with cardiometabolic multimorbidity …

Background To help adapt cardiovascular disease risk prediction approaches to low-income
and middle-income countries, WHO has convened an effort to develop, evaluate, and …

The prevalence of alexithymia and its association with sociodemographic variables were
studied in a sample of 1285 subjects representing the general population of Finland …

Background Even though previous studies have suggested an association between high
fish intake and reduced coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality, men in Eastern Finland …

This study aims to demonstrate the prevalence of pain as a reason for seeing a physician in
primary care. We also performed an analysis of the localization, duration and frequency of …

Background The relationship between resting heart rate (RHR) and incident heart failure
(HF) has been questioned. Methods and Results RHR was assessed at baseline in 7073 …

Cynical hostility has been associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality;
yet few studies have investigated this relation in population-based samples, and little is …