<International Circulation>:  You mentioned that 80% of diseases are diseases associated with civilization.  Did you mean present day diseases?

  《国际循环》：您提到80%的疾病都是和文明相关的疾病，您说的是当今的这些疾病吗？
 
    Prof. Ganten:  It depends on the societies， of course.  I was referring to developed societies of Europe and North America.  I was referring to disease associated with mental health， metabolic syndrome， cardiovascular diseases， diseases of the musculoskeletal system， and the spine among others.  Infectious disease in Europe and North America don’t play a big role other that via acute infections.  I was referring to chronic diseases such as the few I mentioned.

    Ganten教授：当然这取决于不同的社会。我提到的是欧洲和北美的发达社会。我提到的是和精神健康、代谢综合征、心血管疾病、骨骼肌系统的疾病以及脊椎相关的疾病。在欧洲和北美感染性疾病已经不再占有很大的地位，除非通过急性的感染途径发生这些疾病。我之前提到的疾病是我刚列出的那些慢性疾病。