Regional and temporal differences in the associations between cardiovascular disease and its classic risk factors: An analysis of 49 cohorts from 11 European countries.
Jaakko ReinikainenKari KuulasmaaViktor OskarssonPhillippe AmouyelKatia BiaschHermann BrennerRoberto De PontiChiara DonfrancescoWojciech DrygasJean FerrièresGuido GrassiSameline GrimsgaardLicia IacovielloPekka JousilahtiLine L KårhusFrank KeeAllan LinnebergDalia LukšienėJoany MariñoMarie MoitryLuigi PalmieriAnnette PetersAleksandra PiwonskaFosca Quarti-TrevanoVeikko V SalomaaSusana Sans MenéndezCarsten Oliver SchmidtBen SchöttkerStefan SöderbergAbdonas TamosiunasBarbara ThorandHugh Tunstall-PedoeDiego VanuzzoGiovanni VeronesiMark WoodwardKarim LekadirTeemu J NiiranenPublished in: European journal of preventive cardiology (2023)
The results demonstrate that all classic CVD risk factors are still relevant in Europe, irrespective of regional area. Preventive strategies should focus on risk factors with the greatest population attributable risk.