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FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY

Specialty Definition: FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY

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Health

Study begun in 1948 to identify constitutional, environmental, and behavioral influences on the development of cardiovascular disease. Framingham data show that increased relative weight and central obesity are associated with elevated levels of risk factors (e.g., cholesterol, blood pressure, blood glucose, uric acid), increased incidence of cardiovascular disease, and increased death rates for all causes combined. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY

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Health

In the Framingham Heart Study, the Lipid Research Clinics (LRC) Mortality Followup Study, the LRC Coronary Primary Prevention Trial, and the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial quantitative analysis of the data was consistent with a 2 to 3 percent decrease in CHD risk for each 1 mg/dL increase in HDL-C level, after adjustment to control for other risk factors. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

46 52 41 4D 49 4E 47 48 41 4D      48 45 41 52 54      53 54 55 44 59

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 0052 0041 004D 0049 004E 0047 0048 0041 004D      0048 0045 0041 0052 0054      0053 0054 0055 0044 0059

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

405235474348414235472423935525425354553859

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2. Orthography
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