According to a study published in the medical journal British Medical Journal (BMJ), rates of mortality caused by coronary heart disease have declined significantly in the UK since the early ’70s, resulting in substantial improvements the average life.
Experts attribute these improvements to conditions such as the fight against smoking, changes in dietary patterns and lifestyles, and improved treatments for those affected by cardiovascular disease.
To date, previous studies had not taken into account the extent to which affected the life expectancy of different risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
But a group of researchers at the University of Oxford (United Kingdom), led by Robert Clarke, focused on studying the association between these factors and life expectancy in the so-called “middle-aged men (between 40 and 69 years) .
