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“High Risk” Factors and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Diseases in the Aged
Author(s) -
VAVRIK M.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1974.tb01939.x
Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , diabetes mellitus , risk factor , cardiology , gerontology , endocrinology
The association between the so‐called “high risk” factors — hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, diabetes — and atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases (ACVD) was studied in 509 subjects over 60 years of age. The correlation between these factors (especially their cumulation) and the prevalence of clinically evident ACVD was statistically significant. Nevertheless, in comparison to the high prevalence of atherosclerosis in these groups of elderly subjects, the prevalence of cumulation of two or even three of these atherogenic factors was relatively so low that their atherogenic importance appeared questionable. This fact may be of great importance in the strategy for prevention of myocardial infarction and cerebrovascular accidents in these age groups.