Cardiovascular Disease Risks in the Nurses’ Health Studies
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has
remained the leading cause of death in
the United States for more than 8 decades.1
Since their inceptions in 1976 and 1989,
the Nurses’ Health Studies (NHS) I and II,
respectively, have contributed much new
knowledge with the goal of reducing CVD
incidence and mortality. A search on PubMed
for the “Nurses’ Health Study,”“cardiovascular
disease,” “myocardial infarction,” “heart disease,”
and “stroke” yields more than 300
primary articles. Many more have been
published related to the risk factors of CVD,
such as hypertension.
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