This study was published in the American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 114, No. 1: 21-28
Study title and authors:
SERUM CHOLESTEROL AND MORTALITY THE YUGOSLAVIA CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE STUDY
Dj. KOZAREVIC1,, D. MCGEE2, N. VOJVODIC1, T. GORDON 3, Z. RACIC1, W. ZUKEL4 and T. DAWBER 3
1 Institute of Chronic Diseases and Gerontology Slobodana Penezica 35, 11000 Belgrade, Yugoslavia
2 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Honolulu Heart Program 347 N. Kuakini Street, Honolulu, HI 96817
4 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Division of Heart and Vascular Disease, Program Coordination and Planning Bethesda, MD 20205
This paper can be accessed at: http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/114/1/21?ijkey=dda324dc4007544149052ccf647b4807ec7b21c3&keytype2=tf_ipsecsha
This study investigated the relationship of cholesterol levels to the 7 year incidence of death from all causes and from specific causes in 11,121 Yugoslav males aged 35--62.
The study found:
(a) The men with the lowest cholesterol, below 150 mg/dl (3.9 mmol/l), had a 21% higher death rate than the men with the highest cholesterol, above 270 mg/dL (7.0 mmol/l).
(b) Men with low cholesterol were susceptible to deaths from cancer and particularly to deaths from respiratory diseases such as tuberculosis.
