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Physical inactivity, unhealthy diet, and current smoking significantly contribute to the risk of major cardiovascular events with population-attributable fractions of 13.34%, 8.70%, and 3.38%, respectively.
Promoting a healthy lifestyle can lower the risk of cardiovascular events in older adults.
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Physical inactivity (13.34%), unhealthy diet (8.70%), and current smoking (3.38%) significantly contributed to the risk of major cardiovascular events.
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Based on a large prospective cohort study.
Source
Individual and Combined Associations of Modifiable Lifestyle and Metabolic Health Status With New-Onset Diabetes and Major Cardiovascular Events: The China Cardiometabolic Disease and Cancer Cohort (4C) Study
Mian Li et al. · Diabetes Care · 2020
DOI 10.2337/dc20-0256
cohort · n=170240Cited 63×
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