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Most people who have their first heart problem already had several risk factors like high blood pressure or cholesterol for years before — not just one.

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Is Isolated Low High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol a Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor?: New Insights From the Framingham Offspring Study

Cohort Study

Human

2016 May

The study found that people with more than one unhealthy blood fat level had higher heart disease risk than those with just one, which supports the idea that most heart problems happen when several risks are present, not just one.

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Very High Prevalence of Nonoptimally Controlled Traditional Risk Factors at the Onset of Cardiovascular Disease.

Cohort Study

Human

2025 Oct 7

Almost everyone who had a first heart problem already had multiple risk factors like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or smoking history—just one risk factor was very rare.

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