With 100% Correct Answers
HeartiDiseaseihasibeenitheileadingicauseiofideathiamongiAmericansisinc
ei1900i(excepti1918).iWhatiwasitheileadingicauseiofideathiini1918?i-
iCorrectiAnswer-Influenza
TrueioriFalse?
CVDideathiratesiareiapparentlyigoingidownievenithoughiincidenceiandip
revalenceiratesiareirelativelyiunchanged.i-iCorrectiAnswer-True
Whichiriskifactorihasitheigreatestipotentialiforireducingiriskiofiheartidise
ase?i-iCorrectiAnswer-QuittingiSmoking
IfialliformsiofimajoriCVDiwereieliminated,itotalilifeiexpectancyiwouldiinc
reaseinearlyi___iyears.iIfialliformsioficanceriwereieliminated,itheiincreas
eiisijusti___iyears.i-iCorrectiAnswer-CVDi=i7iyearsiincrease
Canceri=i3iyearsiincrease
Whatipercentidecreaseiiniriskiforiheartidiseaseicouldibeiexpectediifiaiper
sonidecreaseditheiritotalicholesteroli10%?i(beispecificiiniyourianswer)i-
iCorrectiAnswer-Forieveryi1%idecreaseiinitotalicholesterol,ithereiisiai2-
3%idecreaseiiniriskiforiheartidisease.iSoiforiaipersoniwhoidecreaseditheir
itotalicholesteroli10%,itheyicouldiexpectiai20-
30%idecreaseiiniriskiforiheartidisease.
,TrueioriFalse?
CVDiandiCHDiareitheisameithing.i-iCorrectiAnswer-False
Aidieticharacterizedibyihigheriintakeiofivegetables,ifruit,ilegumes,iwhol
eigrains,ifish,iandipoultryiisicommonlyitermediai______________.i-
iCorrectiAnswer-PrudentiDiet
TrueioriFalse?
Accordingitoisomeiresearch,itheimoreifoodiaipersoniisiserveditheimoreit
heyitenditoieat.i-iCorrectiAnswer-True
Accordingitoitheiresultsiofitheistudyi"ExerciseiCapacityiandiMortalityiA
mongiMeniReferrediforiExerciseiTesting,"iforieveryi1iMETiincreaseiiniex
erciseicapacityithereiwasiai_____i%iincreaseiinisurvival.i-
iCorrectiAnswer-12%
Accordingitoitheiresultsiofitheistudyi"ExerciseiCapacityiandiMortalityiA
mongiMeniReferrediforiExerciseiTesting,"inormalisubjectsiwhoihaditheil
owestiexerciseicapacityihadiairelativeiriskiforiallicauseimortalityiofi4.5.i
Whatipercentiincreaseiiniriskiwouldithisibe?i-iCorrectiAnswer-
350%ihigheririsk
InitheiNurses'iHealthiStudyi(NHS)iwhatiwereiatileasti3iofithei5icomponen
tsiofiailow-riskiprofile?i-iCorrectiAnswer-1.iBMIiunderi25
, 2.iModerateitoivigorousiactivityiwithiaiminimumiofi30iminiperiday
3.iNotiaicurrentismoker
InitheiNurses'iHealthiStudyi(NHS),ipopulationiattributableiriskiforicoron
aryidiseaseiwentifromi64%iforiwomeniwhoihadi4ilow-
riskifactorsitoi82%iforiwomeniwhoihadi5ilow-
riskifactors.iWhatiadditionaliriskifactoriwasithoughtitoicontributeitoithei
increaseiinipopulationiattributableirisk?i-iCorrectiAnswer-
Moderateialcoholiconsumption
Whenistudied,iwhichidrinkiwasimostieffectiveiiniinhibitingiatherosclero
sisiandiimprovingilipidsiwhenipolyphenolidoseiwasinormalized?i-
iCorrectiAnswer-Grapeijuice
TheiFrenchihaveilowicoronaryiheartidiseaseimortalityiwithihighifaticons
umption;ithisiepidemiologicalianomalyiisiknowniasithei______________
____i____________.i-iCorrectiAnswer-FrenchiParadox
Whatiisitheitumoriclassificationiforicancerithatibeginsiinitheiskinioritissu
esithatilineioricoveriinternaliorgans?i-iCorrectiAnswer-Carcinoma
TrueioriFalse?
Theilifetimeiriskiforidevelopingicanceriisigreateriforiwomenithanimen.i-
iCorrectiAnswer-False