Most cardiovascular disease cases and deaths can be attributed to a small number of
common, modifiable risk factors. While some factors have extensive global effects
(eg, hypertension and education), others (eg, household air pollution and poor diet)
vary by a country’s economic level. Health policies should focus on risk factors that
have the greatest effects on averting cardiovascular disease and death globally, with
additional emphasis on risk factors of greatest importance in specific groups of countries.
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