enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Seven Countries Study - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Countries_Study

   The study contributed much to survey methods and confirmed larger studies that reported earlier on the predictive value for heart attack of several characteristics, the now-traditional risk factors of blood pressure and blood cholesterol level and cigarette smoking. Keys traveled widely with his wife Margaret who tested people's serum cholesterol.

3. Cardiovascular disease - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiovascular_disease

   Some of these risk factors, such as age, sex or family history/genetic predisposition, are immutable; however, many important cardiovascular risk factors are modifiable by lifestyle change, social change, drug treatment (for example prevention of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes). [24]

4. Simple blood test could predict a person’s heart disease risk ...

   www.aol.com/news/simple-blood-test-could-predict...

   Traditional risk factors for heart disease include obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels. Testing for Lp(a) and CRP can reveal less obvious risk factors.

5. QRISK - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QRISK

   QRISK3 (the most recent version of QRISK) is a prediction algorithm for cardiovascular disease (CVD) that uses traditional risk factors (age, systolic blood pressure, smoking status and ratio of total serum cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol) together with body mass index, ethnicity, measures of deprivation, family history, chronic kidney disease, rheumatoid arthritis, atrial ...

6. This type of supplement may increase heart disease risk, new ...

   www.aol.com/news/type-supplement-may-increase...

   To search for unknown risk factors for cardiovascular disease, Hazen and his colleagues designed a multipart study that included an analysis of fasting blood samples from 1,162 patients who had ...

7. Cardiovascular risk screening - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiovascular_risk_screening

   Key risk factors that are evaluated during cardiovascular risk screening include: [4] Hypertension; Hyperlipidemia; Diabetes; Obesity; Smoking; Physical inactivity; Unhealthy diet; Family history of cardiovascular diseases; Age (Men over 45 and women over 55 are at higher risk) Gender (Men are generally at higher risk, though postmenopausal ...

8. This Everyday Habit May Increase Your Risk of Heart Disease - AOL

   www.aol.com/lifestyle/everyday-habit-may...

   The researchers also noted that certain plastic chemicals are directly linked with a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease, including bisphenol A (BPA), phthalates (PAEs), and plasticizers.

9. Framingham Heart Study - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framingham_Heart_Study

   The Strong Heart Study is an ongoing cohort study of cardiovascular disease and its risk factors among American Indian men and women. The original cohort began in 1984 with 4,549 participants ages 35–74 from 13 tribal nations and communities in Arizona , Oklahoma , North Dakota , and South Dakota .