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Intraindividual variability of cardiovascular risk factors over time potentially contributes to residual cardiovascular risk beyond traditional magnitude and duration targets.
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Intraindividual variability of cardiovascular risk factors over time may contribute to residual atherosclerotic risk and should be considered alongside magnitude and duration.
Atherosclerotic heart disease remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. While extensive research supports cardiovascular risk factor reduction in the form of achieving evidence-based blood pressure, lipid, glucose, and body weight targets as a means to improve cardiovascular outcomes, residual risk remains. Emerging data have demonstrated that the intraindividual variability of these risk factor targets potentially contribute to this residual risk. It may therefore be time to define risk factor by not only its magnitude and duration as done traditionally, but perhaps also by the variability of that particular risk factor over time.
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Barnett et al. (2020) conducted an editorial in Atherosclerotic heart disease. Intraindividual variability of cardiovascular risk factors was evaluated. Intraindividual variability of cardiovascular risk factors over time potentially contributes to residual cardiovascular risk beyond traditional magnitude and duration targets.
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