Contribution of Major Lifestyle Risk Factors for Incident Heart Failure in Older Adults

2015186 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

Authors

Liana C. Del Gobbo

Shadi Kalantarian · Harvard University

Fumiaki Imamura · Medical Research Council

Rozenn N. Lemaître · University of Washington

David S. Siscovick · University of Washington

Bruce M. Psaty · Group Health Cooperative

Dariush Mozaffarian · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Abstract

Among older U.S. adults, physical activity, modest alcohol intake, avoiding obesity, and not smoking, but not dietary patterns, were associated with a lower risk of HF.

Topics & Keywords

Nutritional Studies and Diet Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiovascular and exercise physiology

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: JACC Heart Failure

Volume 3, Issue 7, pp. 520-528

DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2015.02.009

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