近日,PURE研究团队(The Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology)在The Lancet上发表题为“Modifiable risk factors, cardiovascular disease, and mortality in 155722 individuals from 21 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study”的文章,文章介绍了该团队前瞻性的对全球五大洲21个国家近900个城乡社区的居民开展队列研究的情况,并探讨了引起心脑血管疾病及其导致的死亡的危险因素。