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CVD risk factors

Risk factors are measurable personal characteristics that are associated with a disease or health condition. In the Seven Countries Study, they are mostly physiological measurements, and their values were related to the risk of coronary or cardiovascular disease.

Read about the various associations between risk factors and CVD by exploring the articles below:

Genotypical risk factors, stroke and cognitive decline

The Zutphen Elderly Study showed that the risk of cognitive decline over three years was 187% higher among the carriers of certain variety of gene called the APO e4 isoform.

Genotypical risk factors, stroke and cognitive decline

Calculate Your Body Mass Index

Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to adult men and women. To measure your BMI, [...]

Calculate Your Body Mass Index

Serum cholesterol and coronary heart disease

Cholesterol found in the blood serum is, in higher quantities, associated with a higher incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD). This is the conclusion after observing serum cholesterol levels and CHD risk mortality for forty years.

Serum cholesterol and coronary heart disease

Alcohol and cardiovascular disease

Moderate alcohol intake was, compared to no alcohol, associated with a 30% lower mortality from cardiovascular mortality.

Alcohol and cardiovascular disease

ECG findings and CHD

Silent ECG findings related to CHD mortality Silent ECG findings meeting specified criteria of the Minnesota Code were found at entry in half of the elderly men [...]

ECG findings and CHD

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