Cardio-metabolic risk prediction should be superior to cardiovascular risk assessment in primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases

Abstract

Unhealthy lifestyle conduces to an increasing prevalence of overweight, obesity, metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes. That is why new cardio-metabolic risk factors are necessary to screen, especially in subjects with intermediate or low CV risk.

Keywords

• Cardio-metabolic
• prediction
• should
• superior
• risk
• assessment
• primary
• prevention
• cardiovascular
• diseases