Significant interactions between traditional risk factors affect cardiovascular risk prediction in healthy general population.
CONCLUSIONS: There are significant effect modifications between major risk factors, and accounting for them leads to significantly more accurate estimation of cardiovascular risk.
PMID: 25405541 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: Annals of Medicine - Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Ann Med Source Type: research
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