CHD: Estimating the impact of changes in risk factors

Author/Editor: McPherson Klim, Britton Annie, Causer Louise
Produced by: National Heart Forum, 2002
ISBN: 0 11 702864 9
Cost: £17.50

This report examines the epidemiological evidence for the main risk factors that affect coronary heart disease rates: cholesterol, physical activity, blood pressure, smoking and obesity and, for the first time, estimates the relative impact that changes to these risk factors may have on the number of cases and deaths from the disease in England.

Each risk factor is looked at individually and the percentage reduction in coronary heart disease that could be achieved in the population as a whole, and where possible, among individual groups is assessed.

A working title for the report was 'Monitoring the progress of the 2010 target for coronary heart disease mortality: Estimated consequences on CHD incidence and mortality from changing prevalence of risk factors'. This earlier title circulated prior to publication, but is not a different document.

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