High Blood Cholesterol in Elderly Men and the Excess Risk for Coronary Heart Disease

High density lipoprotein as a protective factor against coronary heart disease

1977 • 5,019 citations

Helsinki Heart Study: Primary-Prevention Trial with Gemfibrozil in Middle-Aged Men with Dyslipidemia

1987 • 3,889 citations

Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults

1988 • 2,276 citations

Fifteen year mortality in Coronary Drug Project patients: Long-term benefit with niacin

1986 • 1,857 citations

Beneficial Effects of Combined Colestipol-Niacin Therapy on Coronary Atherosclerosis and Coronary Venous Bypass Grafts

1987 • 1,651 citations

Cholesterol in the Prediction of Atherosclerotic Disease

1979 • 1,333 citations

SERUM CHOLESTEROL, BLOOD PRESSURE, AND MORTALITY: IMPLICATIONS FROM A COHORT OF 361 662 MEN

1986 • 1,142 citations

ISCHÆMIC HEART-DISEASE IN RELATION TO FASTING VALUES OF PLASMA TRIGLYCERIDES AND CHOLESTEROL

1972 • 770 citations

Coronary Heart Disease Incidence and Cardiovascular Mortality in Busselton with Reference to Glucose and Insulin Concentrations

1979 • 746 citations

Ischemic Heart Disease, Atherosclerosis, and Longevity

1966 • 599 citations

Overall and coronary heart disease mortality rates in relation to major risk factors in 325,348 men screened for the MRFIT

1986 • 514 citations

Evaluation of cardiovascular risk in the elderly: the Framingham study.

1978 • 350 citations

The interrelationship of serum cholesterol, hypertension, body weight, and risk of coronary disease

1964 • 219 citations

Is Elevated Serum Cholesterol Level a Risk Factor for Coronary Heart Disease in the Elderly?

1990 • 217 citations

Proportional Hazards Analysis of Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease in Individuals Aged 65 or Older

1988 • 181 citations

The California Automated Mortality Linkage System (CAMLIS).

1984 • 164 citations

Ischemic heart disease risk factors after age 50

1984 • 145 citations

PREDICTORS OF CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS AND MORTALITY IN THE SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION IN THE ELDERLY PROGRAM PILOT PROJECT

1987 • 88 citations

Thinness and mortality.

1987 • 87 citations

Trends in CHD in the United States

1989 • 76 citations

Treating high blood cholesterol in the older patient

1989 • 68 citations

Screening Asymptomatic Adults for Cardiac Risk Factors: The Serum Cholesterol Level

1989 • 66 citations

Risk Factor Modification after Myocardial Infarction

1988 • 63 citations

Fasting Serum Cholesterol and Triglycerides in a Ten‐Year Prospective Study in Old Age

1983 • 52 citations

Cholesterol and Coronary Heart Disease

1988 • 52 citations

Effect of long-term prophylactic treatment on survival after myocardial infarction

1984 • 24 citations

Some cardiovascular risk markers are also important in old age.

1985 • 17 citations

Cholesterol and Coronary Heart Disease

1989 • 9 citations

The Management of Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly

1982 • 6 citations