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A Necropsy Study

SIGMUND L. WILENS, PhB, MD; CASSIUS M. PLAIR, BS, MS, MD

Arch Intern Med. 1965;116(3):373-380.

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THERE IS a widely held view that blood cholesterol and nutrition play a role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. In recent monographs^1,2 on the subject, however, many dissenting opinions are expressed. This may be due to the fact that the evidence linking these factors with atherosclerosis is indirect or inconclusive. It is largely based on observations that mortality rates from heart attacks are higher in obese than in thin men and that in populations where famine conditions are prevalent blood cholesterol levels tend to be low and atherosclerosis mild.

Conflicting results have been obtained concerning the relation of nutrition to atherosclerosis from analyses of necropsy findings. In one investigation³ significantly less sclerotic changes of the aorta were found more often in severely malnourished persons than in markedly obese ones. Faber and Lund⁴ were unable to confirm this finding and others ⁵ have found little or no relationship between nutrition and . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
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From the Department of Pathology, New York University College of Medicine and the Laboratory Service, New York Veterans Administration Hospital. Chief, Laboratory Service, New York Veterans Administration Hospital and Professor of Pathology, New York University (Dr. Wilens) and Senior Pathologist, Laboratory Service, New York Veterans Administration Hospital and Assistant Clinical Professor of Pathology, New York University (Dr. Plair).

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Received for publication Dec 30, 1964; accepted Feb 18, 1965.

Reprint requests to Veterans Administration Hospital, First Ave & 24th St, New York, NY 10010 (Dr. Wilens).

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