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Cardiovascular health could be biggest risk factor for future dementia rates

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Dementia risk factors associated with cardiovascular health may have increased over time compared to factors such as smoking and having less education, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.

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Unfavorable social factors may raise heart disease risk factors in Asian American adults

American Heart News - Heart News

Research Highlights: Asian American adults with more unfavorable factors related to income level, education, housing, access to health care and other social variables had a greater likelihood of having risk factors for cardiovascular disease in this.

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Including educational status may improve cardiovascular risk calculations such as SCORE2

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

BackgroundThe association between education and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) has been well described for decades. Nevertheless, most cardiovascular risk models, including SCORE2, still do not take educational status into account even if this factor is easily assessed and costs nothing to acquire.

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3 Powerful Strategies: Combatting Cardiometabolic Risk Factors for Black Americans 

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

When we explore the three traditional cardiometabolic risk factors (obesity, type 2 diabetes, and dyslipidemia) and the emerging cardiometabolic risk factor of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, we unearth a complex interplay of societal, biological, genetic, and environmental factors. . #1

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SAHELI: Do Culturally Adapted Lifestyle Intervention Improve CVD Risk Factors?

American College of Cardiology

A culturally adapted group-based lifestyle intervention targeted towards South Asian participants did not lead to a substantial difference in improving risk factors at one year compared with written health education materials.

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Culturally Adapted Lifestyle Intervention for South Asian Adults With Cardiovascular Risk Factors

JAMA Cardiology

The SAHELI randomized clinical trial among South Asian adults compares the effectiveness of a culturally adapted, group-based counseling intervention with written health education materials for reducing cardiovascular disease risk factors.

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Many US Adults Unaware of Critical Cardiovascular Risk Factors

HCPLive

A recent survey indicates many US adults are unaware of their vital health metrics, highlighting the need for increased education on heart disease prevention.