Elderly adults are at greatest risk of stroke and myocardial infarction and have the most to gain from prophylaxis. Patients ages 60 to 80 years with blood pressures above 160/90 mm Hg should benefit from antihypertensive treatment.
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The people with the highest levels of LDL are Mexican American males and non-Hispanic black females.
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Your heart beats over 36 million times a year.
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Thyroid conditions may make getting pregnant impossible.
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Egg cells are about the size of a grain of sand. They are formed inside of a female's ovaries before she is even born.
Reverse Cholesterol Transport Pathway
Disulfide Bridge Reaction
Redox Reaction
Mechanism of the biotin-dependent pyruvate carboxylase reaction Phase I
Reaction 4: Cleavage to Two Triose Phosphates
First reaction requires thiamine pyrophosphate as a coenzyme