Age as a risk factor. Med Clin North Am 2012 Jan;96(1):87-91
Date
03/07/2012Pubmed ID
22391253Pubmed Central ID
PMC3297980DOI
10.1016/j.mcna.2011.11.003Scopus ID
2-s2.0-84857697388 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 274 CitationsAbstract
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.
Author List
Dhingra R, Vasan RSAuthor
Ravi Dhingra MBBS Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Age FactorsCardiovascular Diseases
Cost of Illness
Humans
Life Style
Primary Prevention
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Risk Reduction Behavior
Time
