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Multiple-risk-factor intervention (treatment of dyslipidemia and hypertension, smoking cessation, antiplatelet therapy) reduces macrovascular events. 

Women with controlled dyslipidemias can use low-dose CHCs, with periodic monitoring of fasting lipid profiles. Women with uncontrolled dysiipidemia (LDL greater than 160 mg/dL, HDL less than 35 mg/dL, triglycerides greater than 250 mg/dL) and additional risk factors (e.g., coronary artery disease, diabetes, hypertension, smoking, or a positive family history) should use an alternative method of contraception. 

There is a higher incidence of impaired sexual function in men who take finasteride compared with placebo (58,59). The incidence of erectile dysfunction has been estimated at 5% (60), but it is difficult to estimate, since in many users of the drug other causes are present, including advanced age, heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, smoking, and hypercholesterolemia. Benign prostatic hyperplasia itself can also aggravate or even induce erectile dysfunction. A questionnaire study in New Jersey... 

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Apart from surgical and interventional therapy of occlusive carotid artery disease, the major approach to preventing vascular disease and subsequent stroke is to pay close attention to the control of modifiable risk factors such as hypertension, smoking, diabetes, and hypercholesterolemia. Coumadin, an anticoagulant, is effective for the primary and secondary prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation. Aspirin, clopidogrel, and the combination of aspirin and cUpyridamole have been proven to be effective for secondary stroke prevention along with the antihypertensive combination of indap-amide and perindopril. 

Coronary artery disease is a leading cause of death in dialysis patients, but it has not been proved that its prevalence exceeds that in age- and risk-matched controls. It is clear, however, that white men have greater triglyceridemia and lower HDL cholesterol levels and greater coronary mortality than do black men, despite the fact that the latter exhibit a higher prevalence of hypertension, smoking, and left ventricular hypertrophy (C26). 

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In conclusion, lower vitamin C status appears to be related to several cardiovascular risk factors, including high serum cholesterol and low HDL levels, hypertension, smoking, male gender, and age. It is unclear, however, whether these are causal relationships in the development of atherosclerotic disease or merely secondary markers for these risk factors. 

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