Forty-year trends in cardiovascular risk factors in Finland

Background: Finland has experienced remarkable changes in population levels of coronary heart disease risk factors and mortality over the past decades. The National FINRISK studies have monitored risk factors in major non-communicable diseases from 1972 to 2012. The 40-year changes in those risk factors are presented. Methods: Study population included participants aged 30–59 years in the series on independent random population samples. Data...