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Family history is a well-known risk factor for diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) and modification of lifestyle risk factors can significantly lessen such risk.Our aim was to assess the association between family history of diabetes and/or CVD and lifestyle behaviors and risk factors (smoking, low physical activity, excessive dietary sodium and cholesterol intake and obesity) in a nationally...
We evaluated whether subjects with long-lived parents show lower levels of cardiovascular risk factors, including the metabolic syndrome.We analyzed data from a Swiss population-based sample (1163 men and 1398 women) aged 55–75 years from Lausanne. Participants were stratified by number of parents (0, 1, 2) who survived to 85 years or more. The associations of parental longevity with cardiovascular...
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