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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume 19, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19010207
Keywords
cardiovascular disease; risk factors; elderly; prevention; physical activity
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Cardiovascular diseases have a significant impact on the health of the elderly, who often suffer from multiple comorbidities. Accumulated cardiovascular risk factors during one's lifetime can negatively affect the health status of older adults. Obesity and Diabetes Mellitus, as metabolic comorbidities, are closely linked to cardiovascular diseases in the elderly.
Cardiovascular diseases create an important burden on the public health systems, especially in the elderly, mostly because this group of patients frequently suffer from multiple comorbidities. Accumulating cardiovascular risk factors during their lifetime has a detrimental effect on an older adult's health status. The modifiable and non-modifiable cardiovascular risk factors are very diverse, and are frequently in a close relationship with the metabolic comorbidities of the elderly, mainly obesity and Diabetes Mellitus. In this review, we aim to present the most important cardiovascular risk factors which link aging and cardiovascular diseases, starting from the pathophysiological links between these factors and the aging process. Next, we will further review the main interconnections between obesity and Diabetes Mellitus and cardiovascular diseases of the elderly. Lastly, we consider the most important aspects related to prevention through lifestyle changes and physical activity on the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases in the elderly.
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