Long-term Exercise and Atherogenic Activity of Blood Mononuclear Cells in Persons at Risk of Developing Ischemic Heart Disease

Abstract
Although the age-adjusted death rate due to cardiovascular disease (CVD) has declined in the past 25 years, heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, accounting for 733,834 deaths, or 31.6% of total mortality, in 1996.1