Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3015391 | Revista Española de Cardiología | 2007 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
Observations in our country suggest that increasing exposure to changes in lifestyle brought about by the consumer society (e.g., a lack of exercise, and a high-fat, high-calorie diet) results in a natural biological response (e.g., obesity, metabolic syndrome, and diabetes) that increases the risk of cardiovascular disease. We propose that the term socioeconomic pathology should be used to describe these changes associated with modern society so that they can be differentiated and considered in isolation from socioeconomic factors and other risk factors. We regard the interaction between these various factors as the most important cause of the rapidly increasing incidence of cardiovascular disease observed in developing countries in recent years.
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Authors
Patricio López-Jaramillo, Lina P. Pradilla, VÃctor R. Castillo, Vicente Lahera,