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Nearly three decades of intensive epidemiological investigation have identified a group of characteristics that predict an individual’s probability of developing clinically manifest disease due to atherosclerosis -- myocardial infarction, sudden death, angina pectoris, stroke, or peripheral vascular disease. These characteristics are known as “risk factors,” a descriptive but noncommittal term which avoids the question of whether these characteristics are causative agents, intervening variables, early manifestations of disease, or secondary indicators of an underlying disturbance.
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McGill, H.C. (1978). Risk Factors for Atherosclerosis. In: Chandler, A.B., Eurenius, K., McMillan, G.C., Nelson, C.B., Schwartz, C.J., Wessler, S. (eds) The Thrombotic Process in Atherogenesis. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 104. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7787-0_15
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