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Physical Inactivity is a Risk Factor for Lower Extremity Arterial Disease and Coronary Heart Disease

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Lower Extremity Arterial Disease

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Coronary arterial disease, carotid artery disease, and Lower Extremity Arterial Disease (LEAD) have many causes. Risk factors associated with these disease entities, which can be modified are: cigaret smoking, arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, various dislipidemias, i.e., hypertriglyceridemia in particular for LEAD, high low-density lipopro-tein (LDL) cholesterol particularly for coronary artery disease, high lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)], low high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, obesity, homocysteinemia, elevated high sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP), and physical inactivity (1–3). Significant progress has been made to lower the trend for cigaret smoking in the United States and other industrialized countries through educational programs for the public, reviews by the press, legislative action at all three levels of government (local, state, and federal), as well as landmark decisions by the judiciary. The pioneering work of the American Heart Association in initiating smoking cessation programs was closely followed by the American Lung Association, the American Cancer Society, the World Health Organization (4), and more recently by the European Union.

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Caralis, D.G., Dimitropoulos, S. (2005). Physical Inactivity is a Risk Factor for Lower Extremity Arterial Disease and Coronary Heart Disease. In: Caralis, D.G., Bakris, G.L. (eds) Lower Extremity Arterial Disease. Clinical Hypertension and Vascular Diseases. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-881-1:085

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