Pro- and antioxidants and risk of atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease in the elderly
Year: 1999
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Coronary heart disease (CHD) is an increasing global problem carrying heavy social\nand economic costs. Coronary heart disease is responsible for about 50% of\ncardiovascular mortality, which itselfs accounts for 30-50% of all deaths in developed\nnations t. It is the major cause of premature death, in women as in men - women\nlagging behind men by some ten years in this age-related disease. Knowledge on risk\nfactors for CHD has accumulated in recent years. Research evidence now lends strong\nsupport to the view that CHD is in part preventable by reduction of modifiable risk\nfactors. The greater the number of risk factors known to be causally related to the\ndisease, the greater the power to reduce the disease burden in the community by\nreducing the levels of such pathogenic risk factors, though depending on the\nmodifiability of the risk factors and their strength related to disease. Diet is among the\nmodifiable risk factors and provides a simple and non-pharmacologic method for\nprevention of atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease.
Author: Kerstin Klipstein‐Grobusch
Language: English
Subfield: Biochemistry (medical)
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
OpenAlex ID: W1545504641