Plasma cholesterol concentration and mortality: the Whitehall Study

Article Abstract:

A survey of 17,718 men followed in the Whitehall Study between 1967 and 1987 found that mortality from heart disease increased as serum cholesterol levels increased, but mortality from cancer was not related to serum cholesterol levels. Men who had the lowest cholesterol levels had the highest mortality rates from cancer, but this association vanished when men who died during the first 10 years of the study were excluded. Mortality from various respiratory diseases showed an inverse relationship with cholesterol level; that is, increased mortality was associated with decreased serum cholesterol. Men in low-paying jobs, those with existing disease or recent weight loss, or those recently widowed also had low cholesterol levels. It is possible that the men who had low serum cholesterol had other risk factors that increased their chances of dying.

Blood cholesterol

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Trends in the black-white life expectancy gap in the United States, from 1983 to 2003

Article Abstract:

The causes of death contributing to the changes in the African American-white life expectancy gap from 1983 till 2003 were investigated. The study indicated that the gap declined after widening during the 1980s, because of relative mortality improvements in homicide, HIV, and, among females, heart disease.

Science & research, Research, African Americans, Whites, Life expectancy, Clinical report

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Status syndrome: A challenge to medicine

Article Abstract:

The phenomenon of the social gradient in health is analyzed. The importance of addressing the sheer magnitude of the difference in life expectancy between the top and bottom of the social hierarchy is emphasized.

Life style, Lifestyles, Social classes, Social class

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