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Review
. 2012 Jan;96(1):87-91.
doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2011.11.003. Epub 2011 Dec 12.

Age as a risk factor

Ravi Dhingra  1 , Ramachandran S Vasan
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Review

Age as a risk factor

Ravi Dhingra et al. Med Clin North Am. 2012 Jan.

Abstract

The risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) is generally dependent on the presence or absence of traditional risk factors. Age is a well-known traditional risk factor, generally considered nonmodifiable. This review discusses the common use of individual age in prediction of CVD incidence using different risk scores, whether or not age as a risk factor can be modified, the methods used to evaluate long-term and short-term CVD risk, appropriate communication of individual risk based on age group and CVD risk, and the influence of age on cardiac and vascular risk factors.

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