SIGN 149 • Risk estimation and the prevention of ...

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Cardiovascular disease has a multifactorial aetiology with a number of potentially modifiable risk factors. The established Framingham risk factors of age, sex, cigarette smoking, blood pressure, total cholesterol and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol have proved consistent risk factors in every population studied.

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