Environmental risk factors and cardiovascular diseases: a comprehensive expert review
Cardiovascular Research, 2021 Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are fatal for more than 38 million people each year and are thus the main contributors to the global burden of disease accounting for 70% of mortality.
T. Münzel +6 more
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Risk Factors for Long-Term Coronary Artery Calcium Progression in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. [PDF]
, 2015 BackgroundCoronary artery calcium (CAC) detected by noncontrast cardiac computed tomography scanning is a measure of coronary atherosclerosis burden. Increasing CAC levels have been strongly associated with increased coronary events.
Blaha, Michael J +7 more
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Childhood Psychosocial Determinants of Cardiovascular Health [PDF]
, 2016 Understanding risk and protective factors that impact cardiovascular health is of utmost importance. There is ample evidence that cardiovascular health begins in childhood, tracks over time, and is subject to adverse social influences. This paper reviews
Gidding, Samuel S., Sood, Erica D.
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Cultural challenges to secondary prevention: Implications for Saudi women [PDF]
, 2012 Like other highly developed countries, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and coronary heart disease (CHD) are major health problems in Saudi Arabia. The aetiology of cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden within the Saudi population is similar to Western ...
Clark, Robyn +3 more
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Risk factors of cardiovascular diseases in paramedics
Studia Medyczne, 2017 Introduction : Cardiovascular diseases are the most life-threatening in Poland and constitute the most frequent cause of death. Aim of the research : The evaluation of the frequency of the occurrence of cardiovascular disease risk factors among ...
Dorota Rębak +3 more
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Risk Factors and Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly
Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022 Age is associated with increased cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular disease, which constitutes the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in elderly population.
Pablo Díez-Villanueva +11 more
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Ranking of cardiovascular risk factors in Romania- regional epidemiological approach [PDF]
Balneo and PRM Research Journal, 2023 An extensive epidemiological investigation was applied regarding the risk factors, to a cohort of patients with pre-existing heart disease, hospitalized for tertiary prophylaxis in a rehabilitation hospital.
Cristina-Monica Puṣcaṣu +2 more
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C-peptide: a predictor of cardiovascular mortality in subjects with established atherosclerotic disease [PDF]
, 2017 Aim: Insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes are independent risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. Levels of C-peptide are increased in these patients and its role in the atherosclerosis progression was studied in vitro and in vivo over the past ...
Ballanti, Marta +13 more
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Genetics of common polygenic ischaemic stroke: current understanding and future challenges. [PDF]
, 2011 Stroke is the third commonest cause of death and the major cause of adult neurological disability worldwide. While much is known about conventional risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes and incidence of smoking, these environmental factors only ...
Bevan, S, Markus, HS
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Walks4work: Rationale and study design to investigate walking at lunchtime in the workplace setting [PDF]
, 2012 Background: Following recruitment of a private sector company, an 8week lunchtime walking intervention was implemented to examine the effect of the intervention on modifiable cardiovascular disease risk factors, and further to see if walking environment ...
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