… risk factor for cardiovascular disease. In contrast, elevated HDL-C does not fully protect
from cardiovascular events. The existence of a considerable cardiovascular risk at supra-normal …

… Although no generalization can be made, it is of interest that cancer, cardiovascular
diseases, and other chronic conditions often share common risk factors and common protective …

… results that provide bases for possible mechanisms by which potassium may protect against
… that the cardiovascular diseases against which potassium appears to provide protection are …

… to prevent cardiovascular disease. This review will summarize the mechanisms by which diet
… An intermediate analysis showed a striking protective effect of the Mediterranean diet: a 73…

… could have protective effects in cardiovascular diseases. Although experimentally well
proven, so far inhibition of immune responses in cardiovascular nonimmune diseases has failed …

… the former perspective of cardiovascular disease as a lipid storage … of cardiovascular disease
risk must evolve in step with a deepened understanding of pathophysiologic mechanisms. …

… cardiovascular disease (CVD). We pay attention to the prevalence and risk factors of CVD
and mechanisms … So future studies may be applied to the mechanisms of protective effects of …

… as a major mechanism by which cytokines mediate cardiac contractile dysfunction and
development of heart disease Sawyer & Colucci, 1998, Schulz et al., 1995, Wildhirt et al., 1995. …

… HN has protective effects against a variety of cardiovascular diseases, including atherosclerosis
(99, … The mechanisms of these protective effects all involve oxidative stress (Figure 6). …

… This review discussed the two major mechanisms involved in initiating CVD (production
of ROS and lipoprotein oxidation), and two protective factors that may lower the risk of …