Reduced blood pressure and cholesterol are main factors in fall in deaths from coronary heart disease

Reductions in blood pressure and cholesterol concentrations accounted for almost two thirds of the 34% fall in numbers of deaths from coronary heart disease in England from 2000 to 2007, a modelling study indicates.1

The researchers used data from controlled trials, meta-analyses, national surveys, and official statistics for all adults in England aged over 25 years to assess how much preventive treatments and population-wide changes in blood pressure and cholesterol contributed to the prevention or delay of deaths from coronary heart disease …