NIH-supported project analyzed data from 18 population-based studies, involving over 250,000 people
Bethesda, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2012. In one of the largest-ever analyses of lifetime risks for cardiovascular disease (CVD), researchers have found that middle-aged adults who have one or more elevated traditional risk factors for CVD, such as high blood pressure, have a substantially greater chance of having a major CVD event, such as heart attack or stroke, during their remaining lifetime than people with…
