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What are the causes of arteriosclerosis?
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Several: It is partly inherited. Also there are risk factors for it developing such as diet, your cholesterol level, how much you exercise, and whether you smoke.
Answered 3/10/2019
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LDL/HDL Gluc BP etc: Artery ds: dominant human behavior, typically starts in later childhood, though asymptomatic for decades; artery plaque in wall & wall enlarges, not shrink. Artery narrowing results from plaque rupture & clots. Primary drivers are lipoproteins (not cholesterol, made by every cell/part of membrane), e.g. Nl to ↑ldl + nl to ↓hdl, nl to ↑ed sugar (optimal hba1c 5.0%), nl to ↑ed systolic BP smoke etc.
Answered 6/10/2014
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