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Evaluation of geographic differences are very interest. For CHD, there is over a 20 fold difference in mortality. This is exciting as each know risk factor is associated with CHD with a RR of 3-4. Thus geographic difference are the most powerful risk factor for develop a disease. This also implies that risk factors cluster in populations. |