Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease events among adults with high predicted risk without established risk factors

Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease events among adults with high predicted risk without established risk factors

Objective: Age is the strongest contributor to 10-year predicted atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk. Some older adults have a predicted ASCVD risk ≥7.5 %, without established risk factors. We sought to compare ASCVD incidence among adults with predicted ASCVD risk ≥7.5 %, with and w...

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Main Authors: Nathan Kong, Swati Sakhuja, Lisandro D. Colantonio, Emily B. Levitan, Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, Mary Cushman, Paul Muntner, Tamar S. Polonsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-03-01
Series:American Journal of Preventive Cardiology
Subjects:
Cohort study
Preventative cardiology
ASCVD risk
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666667723001538

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