Classical and Emerging Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease

Abstract

In this and the next issue of Seminars in Vascular Medicine, invited experts summarize the current status of risk factors for vascular disease. These include descriptions of the risk factors and their measurement; their reported associations with CHD, stroke, and POAD in cross-sectional, case-control, and prospective observational studies (with pooled analyses and meta-analyses where available); and where possible, quantitative appraisal of the evidence from randomized interventional studies of the potential for disease prevention.