Cardiovascular risk factors in the elderly

摘要: Although a number of risk factors for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality have been identified in young middle-aged adults, their prevalence importance are less known the elderly. Elderly people profile different from that younger subjects, but representative data on disease elderly difficult to find literature. Some typical 'major' factors, like blood pressure (BP), total cholesterol or left ventricular hypertrophy, do not clear predictive role elderly, especially extreme ages, while indicators usually labelled as 'minor' (serum uric acid, ventilatory function proteinuria), strong value these individuals. This must be taken into account when evaluating cumulative order avoid overtreatment subjects with mildly elevated BP cholesterol.