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Intervention on Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Finnmark County: Changes after a Period of Three Years: The Cardiovascular Disease Study in Finnmark County, Norway

Steinar Tretli

National Mass Radiography Service, P.O. Box 8155, Oslo

Kjell Bjartveit

National Mass Radiography Service, P.O. Box 8155, Oslo

Olav Per Foss

Ullevaal Hospital, Central Laboratory, Oslo, Health Services of Finnmark, Vadsø and University of Tromsø, Faculty of Medicine, Tromsø.

Trond Haider

National Mass Radiography Service, P.O. Box 8155, Oslo

Per G. Lund-Larsen

National Mass Radiography Service, P.O. Box 8155, Oslo

In Finnmark county in Norway, 12329 males and females aged 20–49 years participated in two screening examinations with an interval of 3 years. The primary health service attempted, without receiving any extra resources, to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease by means of a personal intervention programme among high-risk individuals and a health education programme directed at all residents in the county. During these 3 years the serum total-cholesterol (cross-sectionally) level decreased on average by about 0.3 mmol/l due to: firstly, a decrease among persons recommended a follow-up examination and secondly a decrease among household members of persons followed-up. The effect of a recommendation to attend a follow-up examination because of high blood pressure was doubtful. Cigarette consumption (cross-sectionally) decreased 12% for males and 4% for females. The joint decrease (improvement) in risk factors indicates a possible health benefit of about 20%, calculated in terms of myocardial infarction over 10 years.

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 13, No. 1, 1-13 (1985)
DOI: 10.1177/140349488501300101
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