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(Circulation. 1960;22:239.)
© 1960 American Heart Association, Inc.

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Occupational Physical Activity and the Degree of Coronary Atherosclerosis in "Normal" Men

A Postmortem Study

DAVID M. SPAIN M.D.¹ VICTORIA A. BRADESS M.D.¹

¹ From the Department of Pathology, Beth-El Hospital, Brooklyn, and the Medical Examiner's Office of Westchester County, N.Y.

In autopsies on "normal" white men between the ages of 30 and 60, who died suddenly from accident, homicide, or suicide, there were no significant differences in the degree of coronary atherosclerosis in those engaged in sedentary occupations and those engaged in physically active occupations.