Honolulu Heart Program

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Honolulu Heart Program is written by Abraham Kagan and published by CRC Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0203092007 (ISBN 10) and 9780203092002 (ISBN 13).

The Director of this study, Abraham Kagan, has comprehensively summarized the design and main finndings of the study in this book. The Honolulu Heart Program compared and contrasted ethnic Japanese men living in different cultural environments--Honolulu and mainland Japan--assessed their relative risk factors. The study supported many of the existing views on risk factors but also showed suprising trends. One of the trends shows moderate alcohol consumption is a preventative factor. In recent years the risk factors for cardiovascular diseases have become common knowledge. The recently completed Honolulu Heart Program is the largest targeted study to evaluate scientifically such risk factors.