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Cardiovascular endocrinology : preface
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Abstract
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| Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality all over the world. Despite growing knowledge about the origins of CVD, only a modest decrease in cardiovascular mortality, as a percentage of total mortality, has been found in recent decades. Several factors have been proposed to explain this trend in the epidemiology of CVD, such as adaptation of a Western lifestyle and the abundant availability of dietary calories. Cardiovascular prevention programs that should decrease the occurrence of cardiovascular disease have less than expected results: Initial decrease in smoking behavior is again growing among young individuals, with weight gain and, subsequently, an alarming growth in obesity. Moreover, patients who have classic risk factors, such as hypertension and dyslipidemia, are still insufficiently treated, leading the intervention programs to consequently have a smaller effect. |
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English
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Seminars in Vascular Medicine
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2004
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DOI
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10.1055/S-2004-835366
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4
:2
(2004)
, p. 105-106
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