Health Secretary Vaughan Gething said: "The steady decline we've seen in the rate of people dying from all
cardiovascular disease, alongside the fact that fewer people are suffering from heart disease, is something we're proud of.
In analyses adjusted for traditional cardiovascular risk factors and measures of vitamin K intake, a doubling of des-[gamma]-carboxy prothrombin concentration was associated with a 1.53 (95% confidence interval, 1.09-2.13; P=0.008) higher risk of incident ischemic
cardiovascular disease. The association was consistent across strata of participants with diabetes mellitus, hypertension, renal impairment, and low vitamin K nutritional intake.
"The most important part of managing
cardiovascular disease is preventing them in the first place.
The research team explored data from more than 100,000 participants in a long-term study called the Nurses' Health Study, looking at rates of
cardiovascular disease, specifically incidence of coronary heart disease and stroke.
"We now know more about
cardiovascular diseases than ever before and we know there are pockets of certain areas where
cardiovascular diseases are more common than others.
From an absolute risk perspective, CHD as the first manifestation of
cardiovascular disease clearly stood out as the major difference between men and women.
Atherotech's VLDL dataset contains over eight million individual samples of various
cardiovascular disease biomarkers.
People with known
cardiovascular disease, or diabetes with endorgan effects, are at a lower risk of cardiovascular death, heart attack, heart failure, or stroke if they consume a healthful diet.
Mortality rates for
cardiovascular disease in England have decreased, but this varies from more than 55% in Sunderland, Mid Essex and Hartlepool, to around 40% in parts of London and the East of England.
While the statement serves as something of a primer on the types of sleep apnea and its relevance to individuals who are at risk for, or who already have,
cardiovascular disease, the authors acknowledge that there is much that is not known about the interactions between sleep apnea and
cardiovascular disease.
Women living in areas with higher levels of air pollution have a greater risk of developing
cardiovascular disease and subsequently dying from cardiovascular causes, according to a University of Washington (UW) study that was reported in the February 1 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.