1. 1. WHO. Death by cause, sex and mortality stratum in WHO regions, estimates for 2002. In: The World Health Report 2004 Geneva, WHO, 2004; 120-5.
2. Trends in the incidence of coronary heart disease and stroke and the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among Japanese men from 1963 to 1994
3. 3. Kitamura A, Sato S, Naito Y, Nakagawa Y, Imano H, Ohira T, et al. Trends in the incidence of cardiovascular diseases and risk factors among urban and rural Japanese males. Jpn J Public Health 2001; 48: 378-94. (in Japanese)
4. 4. Agatston AS, Janowitz WR, Hildner FJ, Zusmer NR, Viamonte M Jr, Detrano R. Quantification of coronary artery calcium using ultrafast computed tomography. J Am Coll Cardiol 1990; 15: 827-32.
5. 5. Bormann JL, Stanford W, Stenberg RG, Winniford MD, Berbaum KS, Talman CL, et al. Ultrafast tomographic detection of coronary artery calcification as as indicator of stenosis. Am J Card Imaging 1992; 6: 191-6.