... Women born in 1930, representative of women of the same age in the general population in 1968, were selected. Initially, 372 participants were included in the cohort. In 2000-2001, 231 of these ... this population, in which reduced PEF increased the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and death twelve years later, independent of the presence of risk factors for CVD [2]. In this paper, ... perspective. In our study, smoking in 1968-1969 was related to reports of chronic bronchitis >30 years later. These results are in accordance with the results of the Copenhagen City Heart...