Vihert A M
Bull World Health Organ. 1976;53(5-6):519-26.
Aortic and coronary atherosclerosis were studied in two groups, the "high atherosclerosis group" and the "low atherosclerosis group". The latter may be considered as showing basic levels of atherosclerosis in the different communities. The development of lesions in the two groups occurred in parallel, but earlier in the high group. Sex differences in the two groups were similar to those in the whole material. Generally speaking, inter-town comparisons were similar in each group and similar to those for deaths from all causes, a notable exception being the prevalence of coronary stenosis. The findings indicate that the groups can be used as reference groups, but only for material drawn from the same source.
在两组中研究了主动脉和冠状动脉粥样硬化，即“高动脉粥样硬化组”和“低动脉粥样硬化组”。后者可被视为不同社区中动脉粥样硬化的基础水平表现。两组病变的发展是平行的，但在高动脉粥样硬化组中出现得更早。两组中的性别差异与整个样本中的性别差异相似。一般来说，每组城镇间的比较相似，且与所有原因导致的死亡情况相似，一个显著的例外是冠状动脉狭窄的患病率。研究结果表明，这些组可以用作参考组，但仅适用于来自同一来源的样本。
