The article offers information on coronary heart disease (CHD). CHD is characterized by plaque or the buildup of fatty material that damages the coronary arteries, causing a blocking of blood. Risk factors for the disease include age, male sex, smoking, hypertension, family history of CHD, ...
Make changes for a heart-healthy lifestyle Small changes each day can add up to a much healthier life and decreased risk of developing coronary heart disease. Even losing 10% of excess body weight can dramatically lower heart disease risk. Taking walk breaks at work, scheduling appointments for...
Heart Disease Questionnaire :To estimate your risk of Heart Disease, take about 2 to 3 minutes to answer some questions about your health, lifestyle and personal background. Please fill in these questions to access your risk of Heart Disease. ...
The second study, which was carried out in Brazil, reported associations of AMI and the following risk factors: smoking; high blood sugar levels; history of diabetes; waist/hip ratio; family history of heart disease; low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; and hypertension. Alcohol consumption had a...
: a condition and especially one caused by atherosclerosis that reduces the blood flow through the coronary arteries to the heart muscle and typically results in chest pain or heart damage High blood cholesterol … is an important risk factor for coronary heart disease—the leading cause of death...
It seems that there are association among Obesity and future heart disease mortality. Percentage of Body Fat (PBF), BMI and WHR can be an appropriate index to determine obesity. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between obesity and coronary heart disease risk factors (...
Estimating modifiable coronary heart disease risk in multiple regions of the world: the INTERHEART Modifiable Risk Score SummaryBackground Although more than 80% of the global burden of cardiovascular disease occurs in low-income and middle-income countries, knowledge of the ... McGorrian,C.,Yusuf...
The heritability of coronary heart disease (CHD) is estimated to be between 40% and 60%, so particular interest has been paid to the development of risk models that integrate inherited or genetic risk for CHD via polygenic risk scores (PRSs) in pursuit of the promise of precision medicine....
Among patients with incident acute myocardial infarction without prior cardiovascular disease, in-hospital mortality was inversely related to the number of coronary heart disease risk factors. From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. This record was last upda...
: a condition and especially one caused by atherosclerosis that reduces the blood flow through the coronary arteries to the heart muscle and typically results in chest pain or heart damage High blood cholesterol … is an important risk factor for coronary heart disease—the leading cause of death...