Prevalence of Conventional Risk Factors in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease
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- 20 August 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 290 (7) , 898-904
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.290.7.898
Abstract
Appreciation of the crucial role of risk factors in the development of coronary heart disease (CHD) is one of the most significant advances in the understanding of this important disease. Extensive epidemiological research has established cigarette smoking,1 diabetes,2 hyperlipidemia,3 and hypertension4 as independent risk factors for CHD. In addition, treatment of these risk factors has been convincingly shown to reduce the risk of future cardiac events.1,5 Because of the strength of evidence supporting their role in the pathogenesis of CHD, these 4 risk factors have often been labeled as "conventional" risk factors.Keywords
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