CVD risk factors that are present in childhood can be strong predictors of cardiac events later in life, new data suggest. The study of children from three countries who were followed for nearly 24 ...

Combining genetic risk with cardiovascular disease risk factors—such as high LDL cholesterol, obesity, and hypertension—may ...

Female reproductive factors minimally impacted cardiovascular disease risk prediction models. Only female-specific factors as a group, not individually, were linked with marginal improvements in risk ...

A UCSF-led study reveals combining genetic risk factors like APOE4 with cardiovascular risks such as high LDL, obesity, and ...

New research shows that dementia risk is best predicted by combining genetic vulnerability with cardiovascular disease ...

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Higher percentage of men than women had 2 or more CVD risk factors; more older adults had risk factors. HealthDay News — During August 2021 to August 2023, only 36.4% of US adults had no ...

Cardiovascular risk factors have been on the rise for the past two decades among middle-aged US adults, with roughly one in two now considered obese, but there’s a noticeably different risk profile ...

Heart disease risk factors prevalent among U.S. teens Cardiovascular risk factors are becoming more prevalent in U.S. adolescents due to increases in diabetes and prediabetes associated with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Diabetes is not a CVD risk equivalent, making an accurate CV risk assessment critical. Newer risk scores like ...

Factors linked to heart problems, such as high blood pressure, diabetes and bad cholesterol levels, can start years, ...