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The major limitation is the declining participation rate, from 81% to 69% over the study period, most markedly among younger men and women. This could introduce a selection bias, and telephone interviews with the majority of nonparticipants in the first three surveys found that they were less likely to be obese or hypertensive, but more http://www.selleckchem.com/products/z-vad-fmk.html likely to smoke despite similar levels of educational, compared to participants [31]. In 2009, nonparticipants were younger with lower education and more often smokers and diabetics. We believe that our estimates reflect the true levels in the population for most of the period, but data from 2009 may be overoptimistic with regard to prevalence of smoking, diabetes and hypertension. Blood pressure.? A difference of 20?mmHg systolic or 10?mmHg diastolic blood pressure is associated with a 50% decrease in risk of death from stroke or myocardial infarction [32]. The significantly lower blood pressure over time in northern Sweden would translate into a reduction in CVD mortality by approximately 12% in women http://www.selleck.cn/products/BIBW2992.html high blood pressure summarizes risk-factor burden of hypertension in society. Data from the MONICA project showed decreasing prevalence of hypertension, more in women than http://www.selleckchem.com/products/ly2157299.html in men, in most populations between the mid-1980s and mid-1990s [33]. In the USA, the prevalence of hypertension (��140/90?mmHg or antihypertensive treatment) increased from 25% in 1988 to 29% in 2000 [34], but thereafter no further increase was noted in a recent update to 2008 [35]. It has been predicted that the increasing prevalence of obesity in western societies would increase blood pressure levels and the prevalence of hypertension. By contrast, studies originating in the early 1960s and continuing to around 2000 have found a remarkable decrease in the prevalence of hypertension among obese subjects, both in Sweden [15] and in the USA �C the so-called healthy obese paradox [19] �C and our data corroborate these findings. Smoking.? Smoking is a strong risk factor for CVD [6]. Diverging time trends in the prevalence of smoking between the mid-1980s and mid-1990s were found in the international MONICA project [16]. The prevalence of smoking in Finnish men declined between 1972 and 1982 but thereafter only marginally, and 30% were regular smokers in 2007 [13]. Among Finnish women, smoking increased until 2002 and 21% were regular smokers in 2007 [13]. US data resemble the results for Finland [19]. In Gothenburg, Sweden, the rate of smoking decreased by 62% in 50-year-old men from 1963; 22% were smokers in 2003[15].