Lifetime Risk and Years Lived Free of Total Cardiovascular Disease

Abstract

Lifetime risk estimates for total CVD were high (>30%) for all individuals, even those with optimal risk factors in middle age. However, maintenance of optimal risk factor levels in middle age was associated with substantially longer morbidity-free survival.

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MedicineDiseaseGerontologyInternal medicine

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Northwestern University US

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Year: 2012
Type: review
Volume: 308
Issue: 17
Pages: 1795-1795
Citations: 281
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                                    John T. Wilkins, 
                                
                                    Hongyan Ning, 
                                
                                    Jarett D. Berry
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2012). 
                            Lifetime Risk and Years Lived Free of Total Cardiovascular Disease. 
                            JAMA
                            , 308
                            (17)
                            , 1795-1795.
                            https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.14312
                        

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DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.14312