Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is now the leading cause of death globally and is a growing
health concern. Dietary factors are important in the pathogenesis of CVD and may to a large …

Although LDL cholesterol (LDL‐C) is associated with an increased risk of coronary heart
disease, other lipoproteins and their constituents, apolipoproteins, may play an important …

Objectives: We investigated whether human age-related endothelial dysfunction is
accompanied by quantitative and qualitative alterations of the endothelial progenitor cell …

Importance For primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), the
2021 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines on statin use (hereafter European …

The literature on the relationship between work-related psychosocial factors and the
development of ischemic heart disease (IHD) was systematically reviewed: 33 articles …

There is abundant evidence that the risk of atherosclerotic vascular disease is directly
related to plasma cholesterol levels. Accordingly, all of the national and transnational …

Background and objectives: Cardiovascular disease is highly prevalent in chronic kidney
disease. Traditional risk factors are insufficient to explain the high cardiovascular disease …

Studies performed in the past two decades have unequivocally shown that several of the
components of the metabolic syndrome are associated with indirect and direct markers of …

Background Data regarding the relationship between physical activity and cognitive
impairment are limited and controversial. We examined whether physical activity is …

Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is an autosomal disorder characterized by increased
levels of total cholesterol and low density lipoprotein cholesterol. The FH clinical phenotype …