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Who most commonly gets atherosclerosis (sex, ethnicity, age, etc)?
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Old males older.fema: Atherosclerosis increases with age >in males .> 60 in females. It can run un families it is made worse.by.smoking and is.more commonin diabetics .it occurs in all ethnicities but in different areas of.the body.by race women develop the disease on average a decade later than.men but overall atba similar rate
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