TY - JOUR
T1 - Age As a Risk Factor
AU - Dhingra, Ravi
AU - Vasan, Ramachandran S.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by contract NO1 25195 from the National Institutes of Health .
PY - 2012/1
Y1 - 2012/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Age
KW - Cardiovascular disease
KW - Risk
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U2 - 10.1016/j.mcna.2011.11.003
DO - 10.1016/j.mcna.2011.11.003
M3 - Review article
C2 - 22391253
AN - SCOPUS:84857697388
SN - 0025-7125
VL - 96
SP - 87
EP - 91
JO - Medical Clinics of North America
JF - Medical Clinics of North America
IS - 1
ER -