Review Article
The Role of Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Preventive Medicine: A Perspective from Portugal Primary Health-Care Cardiovascular Risk Assessment
Table 1
Risk factors for cardiovascular disease (adapted from Mendis et al. [
6]).
| Nonmodifiable | (i) Sex | (ii) Familial history | (iii) Genetic disposition | (iv) Race | (v) Age |
| Other modifiable risk factors | (i) Poverty | (ii) Psychological factors | (iii) Psychosocial stress | (iv) Alcohol abuse | (v) Some medications | (vi) Lipoprotein (a) | (vii) Left ventricular hypertrophy | Modifiable | (i) Arterial hypertension | (ii) Lipid disorders (LDL-cholesterol) | (iii) Tobacco | (iv) Overweight and Obesity | (v) Unhealthy diet | (vi) Sedentary | (vii) Diabetes mellitus | New risk factors | (i) Excess homocysteine | (ii) Inflammation | (iii) Disorders of blood coagulation |
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