Patients with premature heart disease were more likely to have relevant risk factors than their healthy counterparts. (sciencedaily.com)
We've known for years that not all cases of heart disease, the # 1 killer in the Western world, are explained by the traditional risk factors such as smoking, elevated blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, high cholesterol, and a family history of premature heart disease. (mindbodygreen.com)
Barker found that rather than smoking, dietary fat or some other lifestyle cause, the factor that was most predictive of whether an individual would develop premature heart disease (before the age of 65) was their weight at birth (PDF). (marksdailyapple.com)