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Despite significant progress, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), which is composed of coronary heart disease (CHD), cardiovascular (CV) death, myocardial infarction (MI), and stroke, remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the Western world. In 2010, it was estimated that 1 in every 6 deaths was from CHD. 1 In 2012, CHD was estimated to result in> 17.3 million deaths annually worldwide. 2 With attempts to prevent or reduce the onset of modifiable risk factors, the burden of ASCVD can be reduced, making it an attractive target for preventive measures. In the INTERHEART (A Study Of Risk Factors For First Myocardial Infarction In 52 Countries And Over 27 000 Subjects) study, for example, 9 modifiable risk factors—smoking, dyslipidemia, diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension, abdominal obesity, stress, poor diet, physical inactivity, and excess alcohol consumption—were responsible …