Document number : 3747
Created by: Annika Rosengren, 2008-04-10
Last revised by: Annika Rosengren, 2011-12-22
Document created in: FoU i Sverige
1. Översiktlig projektbeskrivning
Engelsk titel
Patterns in cardiovascular disease in Sweden and globallySammanfattning av projektet
På individnivå är orsakerna till kardiovaskulära sjukdomar väl kända. Kardiovaskulära sjukdomar (CVD) är dock i hög utsträckning även ett sociodemografiskt fenomen. De snabba förändringar man ser i förekomst, nyinsjuknande och mortalitet vittnar om detta. I de västliga marknadsekonomierna, dit Sverige räknas, ser vi idag en stark nedgång i incidensen i t ex hjärtinfarkt och en ännu starkare nedgång i dödligheten. I många låginkomstländer ökar hjärt-kärlsjukdomar snabbt. Vi avser att studera såväl individuella som samhälleliga determinanter för hjärt-kärlsjukdom genom följande ansatser:
1 beskriva och analysera trender i olika manifestationer av CVD genom att bearbeta data från nationella register.
2.kvantifiera hur mycket av nedgången i död i kranskärlssjukdom i Sverige från 2002 till 2010 som kan förklaras av a) förändringar i riskfaktorer b) förändringar i behandling genom att tillämpa den validerade IMPACT-modellen (EU-projekt) med projektioner för framtiden.
3.undersöka förändringar i kardiovaskulära riskfaktorer över tiden, och effekten av riskfaktorer på olika manifestationer av CVD i våra populationsstudier som omfattar flera tusentals män och kvinnor i Göteborg. (pågår)
4. undersöka hur såväl samhälleliga som individuella faktorer påverkar risken för CVD genom att delta i datainsamlingen för den internationella studien PURE (Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiologic study). (6-årsuppföljning pågår)
At the individual level, the causes of cardiovascular disease are well known. However, CVD is to a large extent a sociodemographic phenomenon, as demonstrated by the very marked diffferences in prevalence, incidence and mortality over time and location. In the Western established market economies we see today a reduction in incidence and mortality from coronary disease, whereas there is a rapid increase in many low income countries. We propose to study individual and societal determinants of CVD through
1 describing and analysing trends in different manifestations of CVD through oficial Swedish registers.
2.quantifying how much of the decrease in mortality from coronary disease in Sweden from 2002-2010 can be explained by a) changes in risk factors b) changes in treatment through utilizing the validated international IMPACT model in collaboration with the universities of Liverpool and Dublin, with projections for the future. (EU project)
3.analyse changes in risk factor levels in the Göteborg population over time and the effect of risk factors on various manifestations of CVD in our population surveys, totalling several thousand men and women.
4.Investigate societal and individual determinants for CVD through data collection for the international PURE (Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiologic) study, as the only European centre.
Typ av projekt
ForskningsprojektMeSH-termer för att beskriva ämnesområdet
Inlagda MeSH-termer- Cardiovascular System
- The HEART and the BLOOD VESSELS by which BLOOD is pumped and circulated through the body.
- Cerebral Infarction
- The formation of an area of NECROSIS in the CEREBRUM caused by an insufficiency of arterial or venous blood flow. Infarcts of the cerebrum are generally classified by hemisphere (i.e., left vs. right), lobe (e.g., frontal lobe infarction), arterial distribution (e.g., INFARCTION, ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY), and etiology (e.g., embolic infarction).
- Death, Sudden, Cardiac
- Unexpected rapid natural death due to cardiovascular collapse within one hour of initial symptoms. It is usually caused by the worsening of existing heart diseases. The sudden onset of symptoms, such as CHEST PAIN and CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS, particularly VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA, can lead to the loss of consciousness and cardiac arrest followed by biological death. (from Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, 7th ed., 2005)
- Myocardial Infarction
- NECROSIS of the MYOCARDIUM caused by an obstruction of the blood supply to the heart (CORONARY CIRCULATION).
- Angina Pectoris
- The symptom of paroxysmal pain consequent to MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA usually of distinctive character, location and radiation. It is thought to be provoked by a transient stressful situation during which the oxygen requirements of the MYOCARDIUM exceed that supplied by the CORONARY CIRCULATION.
- Acute Coronary Syndrome
- An episode of MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA that generally lasts longer than a transient anginal episode but that does not usually result in MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION.

