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Between countries, and even among regions, there is great variability in the prevalence of cardiovascular risk-factors, and the rate of complications This has been attributed to different lifestyle, and genetic background For example, stroke incidence in Asian populations is by far higher compared with Europeans [12]; CVD incidence is higher in Northern-Europe compared with the Mediterranean-Sea [13]; and finally, higher longevity is observed in well-confined areas of one country, as was demonstrated in Ikaria-Island, Greece
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