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This page lists the latest information on peer reviewed chronic disease prevention research. Please note that if you are looking for an item which pre-dates mid-March 2011 you will need to search our archive news and research directory.

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Article title
Lifetime Risks of Cardiovascular Disease
Source
The New England Journal of Medicine; 366; pg. 321-329;
Date 26 January 2012
Abstract
Aim: The lifetime risks of cardiovascular disease have not been reported across the age spectrum in black adults and white adults.
Conclusion: ferences in risk-factor burden translate into marked differences in the lifetime risk of cardiovascular disease, and these differences are consistent across race and birth cohorts.
URLArticle abstract