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502 Am J Cardiol 2002; 89: 952-58

503 Clark A
The role of statins in patients at high risk of vascular disease.
Guidelines in Practice October 2002, vol 5 p29. http://www.eguidelines.co.uk.

504 Pocock S, et alia
BMJ 2001; 323: 75-81.www.riskscore.org.uk

505 N Engl J Med 2002; 347: 1557

506 Thorax 2002; 57: 967

507 Marteau MM, Kinmonth AL
Screening for cardiovascular risk: public health imperative or matter for individual informed choice?
BMJ 2002; 325: 78-80

508 Brindle P, Fahey T
Primary prevention of heart disease.
BMJ 2002; 325: 56-57

509 Le Fanu J
The case of the missing data.
BMJ 2002; 325: 1490-1493

510 Bethel H
Statins for all: should everyone be on lipid-lowering drugs?
The New Generalist 2003; 1: 11-13

511 Heart Protection Study Collaborative Group.
MRC/BHF heart protection study of cholesterol lowering with simvastatin in 20,536 high risk individuals: a randomised placebo-controlled trial.
Lancet 2002; 360: 7-22

512 Cappucio FP, Oakshott P, Strazzullo P, Kerry SM.
Application of Framingham risk estimates to etnic minorities in UK and implications for primary prevention of heart disease in general practice: cross sectional population-based study.
BMJ 2002; 325:1-6

513 Wald D
Homocysteine and CVD: what are the practical implications?
The New Generalist 2003; 1; 13-15

514 Wald NJ, Law MR
A strategy to reduce cardiovascular disease by more than 80%
BMJ 2003; 326: 1419-23

515 Kessels RPC
Patients' memory for medical information.
J R Soc Med 2003; 96: 219-222
Full paper

516 Richard Doll, A Bradford Hill
The Mortality of Doctors in Relation to Their Smoking Habits: a Preliminary Report
BMJ 2004; 328: 1529-1533

517 Doll R, Peto R, Boreham J, Sutherland I
Mortality in relation to Smoking: 50 Years' Observation on Male British Doctors
BMJ 2004; 328: 1519-1528
(Full paper)

518 Drummond S
Tackling Obesity: where to start?
The New Generalist 2004; No 3: 49-52

519 Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)
Obesity in Scotland: integrating prevention with weight management
Edinburgh, SIGN; 1996

520 Astrup A, Astrup A, Bauman B, Flint A, Raben A.
Low-fat diets and energy balance
: how does the evidence stand in 2002?
Proc Nutr Soc 2002; 61: 299-309

521 Foster GD, Wyatt HR, McGuckin BG, Brill C, Mohammed BS, et al
A randomised trial of a low carbohydrate diet for obesity.
N Engl J Med 2003; 348: 2082-90

522World Health Organisation
Joint Food and Agriculture Organisation/WHO report on Diet, Nutrition and the prevention of Chronic Diseases.
WHO Technical Report Series 916, Geneva: WHO; 2003

523 Mayor S.
The Polypill will not change prevention of heart disease.
BMJ 2004; 329: 589 (full)

524 Lancet 2005; 365: 217.

525 British Heart Foundation. Coronary Heart Disease Statistics: Factsheet, 2004

526 Archives of Internal Medicine 2005; 165: 1298

527 The British Thoracic Society and Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network.
British Guidelines on the Management of Asthma
Thorax 2003; 58(Suppl 1)

528 Pollock AM
NHS plc. The Privatisation of Our Health Care.
Verso 2004.

529 Unal B, Critchley JA, Capewell S
Modelling the Decline in Coronary Heart Disease Deaths in England and Wales, 1981-2000: Comparing Contributions from Primary Prevention and Secondary Prevention.
BMJ 2005; 331: 614

530 Report by James Meikle in The Guardian 4/11/2005 page 4, quoting Zheng-Ming Chen from the Clinical Trials Service Institute at Oxford University and Marcus Flatcher at the Royal Brompton Hospital London.

531 Primatesta P, Brookes M, Poulter NR
Improved hypertension management and control: results from the health survey for England 1998.
Hypertension 2001; 38(4): 827-32

532 Kearney PM, Whelton M, Reynolds K, Muntner P, Whelton PK, He J.
Global burden of hypertension; analysis of worldwide data.
Lancet 2005; 365(9455): 217-23.

533 BMJ 2005; 330: 1339-40

534 Sundstrom J, Riserus U, Byberg L, Zethelius B, Lithell H, Lind L.
Clinical value of the metabolic syndrome for long term prediction of total and cardiovascular mortality: prospective, population based cohort study.
BMJ 2006;332:878-82 (full)

535 Farmer A
Commentary: Metabolic syndrome and mortality.
BMJ 2006;332:882

536 World Health Organization
Preventing chronic disease: a vital investment
WHO Global Report, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 2005

537 Department of Health
The NHS Plan
London: The Stationary Office, 2000

538 Webber LS, Cresanta JL, Voors AW, Berenson AW
Tracking of cardiovascular disease risk factor variables in school-age children
J Chron Dis 1983; 36(9): 647-600

539 Webber LS, Scrinivasan SR, Wattingney WA, Berenson GS
Tracking of serum lipids and lipoproteins from childhood to adulthood.
The Bogalusa Heart Study
Am J Epidemiol 1991; 133: 884-899

540 Raitakari OT, Porkka KV, Rasanen L, et alia
Clustering and six year cluster-tracking of serum total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol and diastolic blood pressure in children and young adults
The cardiovascular Risk in Younf Finns Study, J Clin Epidemiol 1994; 47: 1085-1093

541 Viikari JS, Niinikoski H, Juanola M et alia
Risk factors for coronary heart disease in children and young adults
Acta Paediatr 2004; 93: (Suppl 446): 34-42

542 The United Kingdom Parliament
Tackling Obesity in England
Select Committee on Public Accounts Ninth Report. (Read it)

543 Winterton R
Speech by Rosie Winterton MP, Minister of State 25/2/2004
Speech to Tackling Obesity in Young People Conference

544 Arch Int Med 2006; 166: 1961.

545 Brindle et al
Accuracy and Impact of Risk Assessment in the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: a Systematic Review
Heart 2006; 92: 1752-9

546 Marks IM, Kenwright M, McDonough M, Whittaker M, Mataix-Cols D
Saving Clinicians' Time by Delegating Routine Aspects of Therapy to a Computer: a Randomised Controlled Trial in Phobia/Panic Disorder.
Psychol Med 2004; 34: 9-18

547 Editorial
Salt and Cardiovascular Disease. Legislation to cut levels of salt in processed food is necessary and justified.
BMJ 2007; 334: 859

548 Khan J, Thuriby D, Shahid H et al.
Smoking and age related macular degeneration.
Ophthalmol 2006; 90(1): 75-80

549 Bjerregaard B, Raaschou-Nielsen O, Sorensen M et al
Tobacco smoke and bladder cancer
Int J Cancer 2006; 119 (10): 2412-1416

550 Lean M, Gruer L, Alberti G, Sattar N
ABC 0f obesity. Obesity - can we turn the tide?
BMJ 2006; 333(7581): 1261-1264