Across
- 4. Type of study carried out over long periods on large populations
- 6. Type of disease not caused by pathogens e.g. CHD
- 9. Comes from saturated fats, increases risk of CHD
- 12. Proven to reduce risk of CHD by lowering blood pressure & cholesterol
- 13. factors that may pre-dispose a person to a disease
Down
- 1. Myocardial ? - Damage/death of cardiac tissue
- 2. Fatty plaque formed in atherosclerosis
- 3. This can be increased by a high salt diet & damage blood vessels
- 5. Index of relationship between height & weight
- 7. Most famous study of its kind
- 8. Relationship between 2 or more variables e.g. risk factors & disease
- 10. Inner lining of blood vessels that is damaged in atherosclerosis
- 11. Newest cohorts added to FHS to represent increased diversity