Lifetime Risks of Cardiovascular Disease

Abstract

Differences in risk-factor burden translate into marked differences in the lifetime risk of cardiovascular disease, and these differences are consistent across race and birth cohorts. (Funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.).

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MedicineBlood pressureMyocardial infarctionRisk factorDiseaseDiabetes mellitusStroke (engine)Internal medicineCohortCohort studyCardiologyEndocrinology

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Year: 2012
Type: article
Volume: 366
Issue: 4
Pages: 321-329
Citations: 909
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                                    Jarett D. Berry, 
                                
                                    Alan R. Dyer, 
                                
                                    Xuan Cai
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2012). 
                            Lifetime Risks of Cardiovascular Disease. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 366
                            (4)
                            , 321-329.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa1012848
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1012848