Temporal Trends in the Remaining Lifetime Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Among Middle-Aged Adults Across 6 Decades: The Framingham Study

Conclusions: Over the past 6 decades, mean life expectancy increased and the RLR of ASCVD decreased in the community based, predominantly White Framingham study. The residual burden of ASCVD underscores the importance of continued and effective primary prevention efforts with better screening for risk factors and their effective treatment.PMID:35430874 | DOI:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.057889

Source: Circulation - April 18, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Ramachandran S Vasan Danielle M Enserro Vanessa Xanthakis Alexa S Beiser Sudha Seshadri Source Type: research