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Friday 11 September, Parallel session D
CVD and metabolic syndrome
High burden of cardiovascular disease and risk profile in an elderly eastern German general population—potential explanation for an east–west gradient of cardiovascular mortality: The CARLA Study 2002–2006
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  1. K. H. Greiser1,
  2. A. Kluttig1,
  3. B. Schumann1,
  4. O. Kuss1,
  5. J. A. Kors2,
  6. K. Werdan3,
  7. C. A. Swenne4,
  8. J. Haerting1
  1. 1
    Institute of Medical Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Informatics, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
  2. 2
    Department of Medical Informatics, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  3. 3
    Department of Internal Medicine III, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
  4. 4
    Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

    https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2009.096735i

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      Background

      For cardiovascular diseases (CVD), an east-west mortality gradient across Europe has been described, which could not fully be explained by established risk factors. Likewise, the cause of the higher CVD mortality in eastern as compared to western Germany has not yet been elucidated due to the scarcity of population-based data on CVD morbidity and risk factors.

      Objective

      To provide data on the distribution of CVD and its risk factors in an elderly general population in eastern Germany as compared to a western German population. …

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