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Having high cholesterol and high blood pressure before the age of 55 has a lasting impact on your risk of heart disease in later life - even if you subsequently lower your levels

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Association between systolic blood pressure and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol with coronary heart disease according to age

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Having high cholesterol and high blood pressure before the age of 55 has a lasting impact on your risk of heart disease in later life.

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Having high cholesterol and high blood pressure before the age of 55 has a lasting impact on your risk of heart disease in later life - even if you subsequently lower your levels

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Article URL:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0295004

Article Title: Association between systolic blood pressure and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol with coronary heart disease according to age

Author Countries: Australia, UK

Funding: The authors received no specific funding for this work.


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