Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease events among adults with high predicted risk without established risk factors

• Main Authors: Nathan Kong (Author), Swati Sakhuja (Author), Lisandro D. Colantonio (Author), Emily B. Levitan (Author), Donald M. Lloyd-Jones (Author), Mary Cushman (Author), Paul Muntner (Author), Tamar S. Polonsky (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Age is the strongest contributor to 10-year predicted atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk. Some older adults have a predicted ASCVD risk ≥7.5 %, without established risk factors. We sought to compare ASCVD incidence among adults with predicted ASCVD risk ≥7.5 %, with and w...