How do lifestyle habits such as exercise, smoking, diet, and alcohol consumption affect blood coagulation, fibrinolysis, and platelet reactivity?
This review summarizes the impact of lifestyle modifications on hemostatic and thrombotic pathways in the context of cardiovascular disease.
The pathophysiology of atherothrombosis in cardiovascular disease is complex and multifactorial. No doubt, lifestyle habits such as exercise, smoking, diet, and alcohol consumption may have significant influence on cardiovascular disease. As the hemostatic system is assuming an increasingly prominent role in the pathogenesis and progression of atherovascular diseases, this review evaluates the effects of lifestyle habits (or lifestyle modifications) on blood coagulation, fibrinolysis, and platelet reactivity.
Lee et al. (Mon,) studied this question.