Favorable US Trend in MI Rates Continues, But Obesity Could Cause Reversal

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The incidence of MI in the US has markedly decreased in the nine-year period between 1999 and 2008, new figures suggest...

Asked what he thought might happen in the future, Go said he hoped the favorable trends would continue. "Although we have hit pretty high targets now for hypertension and cholesterol, there are still some improvements that can be made, particularly in certain subgroups, but the worry is that the obesity epidemic may worsen and cause some reversal of the recent gains made," he added.

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