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The British Regional Heart Study was funded by the British Heart Foundation. We thank the BRHS team for collecting the data and acknowledge the valuable contributions from the cohort participants and their GPs. Linked data have been provided by patients and collected by the National Health Service as part of their care and support.

In 1978-80, 7735 male participants were recruited into the BRHS study.  The Study has benefited from three further repeated assessments of the men at ages 60-79 (n=4752), 72-91 (n= 1722) and 79-98 years (n=667 ) and multiple postal questionnaires on lifestyle

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Established in 1978-80, with 7735 male participants, the BRHS study have repeated assessments of the men at ages. 40-59, 60-79, 72-91 and 79-98.  Health outcomes all-cause mortality and CVD morbidity, physical disability and frailty from questionnaires