CARDIOVASCULAR AND MORTALITY RISK WITH COEXISTING HYPERTENSION, DYSLIPIDEMIA AND SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION
Thomas Karadimas, Helen Meier · 2023
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High blood pressure and abnormal blood fats each raise heart risk, and inflammation may multiply the danger when all three meet. Thomas Karadimas and Helen Meier tested that idea in 2023 with data from a national study of Americans over fifty, covering 1,527 people. They grouped participants by how many of the three factors they carried and tracked heart disease and death over four years.
People with all three factors had clearly higher odds of already having heart disease than those with at most one. Death risk over four years roughly doubled in both the middle and high groups. New heart disease also trended upward, though not conclusively. The authors back screening for all three factors together.
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| CREATOR | Thomas Karadimas, Helen Meier |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |