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Researchers from Northwestern Medicine and Yonsei University pooled the health data of 9,341,100 South Korean adults, as well as 6,803 US adults, looking at fou
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Researchers from Northwestern Medicine and Yonsei University pooled the health data of 9,341,100 South Korean adults, as well as 6,803 US adults, looking at four key risk factors: high blood pressure, cholesterol, blood-sugar levels and smoking. They found that – in both cohorts – more than 99% of people who suffered coronary heart disease (CHD) had problematic levels of at least one of the four risk factors.
- westurner 1y ago> Those specific risk factors, the data revealed, were: > - Blood pressure ≥120/80 mm Hg or on treatment > - Total cholesterol ≥200 mg/dL or on treatment > - Fasting glucose ≥100 mg/dL, diagnosis of diabetes or on treatment > - Past or current tobacco use ScholarlyArticle: "Very High Prevalence of Nonoptimally Controlled Traditional Risk Factors at the Onset of Cardiovascular Disease" (2025) https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2025.07.014 https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2025.07.014
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