| Contents | Files |
|---|---|
| Title page and contents | 10001 |
| Preface | 10002 |
| 1. Introduction | 10002 |
| 2. Objective | 10003 |
| 3. Hypotheses | 10003-10005 |
| 4. Methods | 10006 |
| 5. The standardized core study | 10006 |
| 6. Local variations and additions | 10007 |
| 7. Event recording for the core study | 10008 |
| 8. Definition and choice of target populations | 10008-10012 |
| 9. Mortality | 10012-10014 |
| 10. Coronary heart disease | 10015-10018 |
| 11. Cerebrovascular disease | 10019-10021 |
| 12. Population surveys | 10022-10025 |
| 13. Health services | 10026-10028 |
| 14. Socioeconomic and behavioural factors | 10029 |
| 15. Pathology | 10029 |
| 16. Standardization, quality control and avoidance of bias | 10030-10032 |
| Appendix I (a): Sample size for trends in event rates | 10033-10036 |
| Appendix I (b): Sample size for risk factor determinations | 10037-10038 |
| Appendix II (a): Explanatory notes for coronary and stroke events | 10039-10040 |
| Appendix II (b): Diagnostic criteria for coronary and stroke events | 10041-10046 |
| Appendix III: Event registration for the core study versus registration and record linkage | 10047-10048 |
| Appendix IV: Advisers | 10049 |
| References | 10050-10053 |