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Age, diabetes, and CHD are linked to increased aortic valve calcification in the elderly.
Age, diabetes mellitus, and coronary heart disease are significant risk factors for aortic valve calcification in the elderly population.
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May warrant awareness in elderly Chinese patients with diabetes or CHD; leaves open causality and generalizability beyond this cohort.
The prevalence of aortic valve calcification in the elderly (≥65 years old) residents in Wuxi city of Jiangsu province increases with aging. Age, diabetes mellitus and coronary heart disease are the risk factors of aortic valve calcification in this population cohort.
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Ye et al. (2019) studied this question. Age, diabetes mellitus, and coronary heart disease are risk factors for aortic valve calcification, the prevalence of which increases with age among elderly residents in Wuxi city.
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