Friday, September 18, 2009
"Trifecta" of Risk Factors Take 10 Years of Life from Middle-Age Men
Posted by Partnership for Prevention at 9:52 AMMiddle-aged male smokers with high blood pressure and raised cholesterol levels face dying about 10 years before healthier counterparts, a study warns. The UK study, published in in the British Medical Journal, looked at more than 19,000 civil servants aged 40-69 and traced what happened to them 38 years later.
Labels: blood pressure, bmj, cholesterol, risk factors, tobacco
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