Individuals with high triglyceride levels should undergo further assessment of other cardiovascular risk factors, such as obesity, hypertension, abnormal glucose metabolism, and liver dysfunction.
Patients with primary hypertriglyceridemia be screened for other cardiovascular risk factors.
Scientists observed that people who adhered to a Mediterranean diet had a lower risk of heart disease, even in the face of having other cardiovascular risk factors.
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Subjects in the LibiGel safety study are a minimum of 50 years old and up to 80 years of age, and they must have at least two cardiovascular risk factors at enrollment.
Although the heart disease-inflammation link is promising, there is still controversy over whether heart inflammation is truly independent of other, more established cardiovascular risk factors, such as cholesterol or smoking, O'Donnell says.
"Pediatricians and other healthcare providers who work with adolescents need to be aware of, and follow through with, screening guidelines and recommendations for obesity and also other cardiovascular risk factors, and suggest appropriate behavioral interventions, " May says.
Patients with cardiovascular disease or risk factors for cardiovascular disease may be at greater risk.
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First, the AHA guidelines were designed based on knowledge of risk factors for cardiovascular disease and thus did not take into account certain risk factors for specific cancers.
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In addition to smoking, AMD is postulated to share other risk factors with cardiovascular disease, such as elevated cholesterol levels and hypertension.
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Not surprisingly, the researchers found a clear relationship between the adolescents' body mass index and their likelihood of having risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
The risk was further increased if the woman's baby had restricted growth or died in the womb, or if the woman had pre-existing risk factors for cardiovascular disease, such as tobacco smoking.
The North American Menopause Society website stresses the same cardiovascular risks and advises that a woman's personal risk factors should play a role in deciding whether to take hormone therapy.
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