Abstract: | In 1981, a World Health Organization (WHO)
working group on cardiovascular disease (CVD) pro-
posed an international long-term prospective study
of trends and determinants of CVD (MONICA pro-
ject). Chinese government designated the Beijing
Heart, Lung and Blood Vessel Medical Center
(BHLBC) to be a collaborating unit to this study in
1982. Our study has been carried out in Beijing and
named as Sino-MONICA-Beijing. After a pilot study
for 2 years, the project formally started on January
1, 1984. This paper presents the organization and
methodology of the study, with results of CVD
monitoring for 1983-1985. Sources of case-finding
used in community surveillance for CVD are dis.
cussed in detail. Preliminary experience has shown
that the Sino-MONICA-Beijing study is a well
standardized project of Iong-term surveillance of CVD
in the communities of Beijing. |