Lifetime Risks of Cardiovascular Disease

Lifetime risks of cardiovascular disease.

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Lifetime risks of cardiovascular disease.

BACKGROUND The lifetime risks of cardiovascular disease have not been reported across the age spectrum in black adults and white adults. METHODS We conducted a meta-analysis at the individual level using data from 18 cohort studies involving a total of 257,384 black men and women and white men and women whose risk factors for cardiovascular disease were measured at the ages of 45, 55, 65, and...

Distribution of 10-Year and Lifetime Predicted Risks for Cardiovascular Disease in US Adults

Background—National guidelines for primary prevention suggest consideration of lifetime risk for cardiovascular disease in addition to 10-year risk, but it is currently unknown how many US adults would be identified as having low short-term but high lifetime predicted risk if stepwise stratification were used. Methods and Results—We included 6329 cardiovascular disease–free and nonpregnant indi...

The role of microRNAs in cardiovascular disease

Cardiovascular disease has become the main factor of death and birth defects in the world. There are some therapeutic structures and drugs for curative and palliative therapy of the disease, but to the aim of accessing reliable therapy or to postpone onset of disease, especially for individuals with heritable coronary artery disease in their pedigree Genetic engineering technologies are making...

Affluence and the Worldwide Distribution of Cardiovascular Disease Risks