CARDIOVASCULAR disease risk increased significantly among adults aged 75 years and older who reported unhealthy lifestyle behaviours, according to a large nationwide cohort study of individuals without previous cardiovascular events. Researchers found a clear association between the accumulation of unhealthy behaviours and the risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke, and myocardial infarction. Cardiovascular Disease Risk Increased with Lifestyle ScoreThe study analysed data from 869,781 adults aged 75 years and older. Researchers further observed that combinations of unhealthy behaviours produced a compounded increase in cardiovascular risk, with risk rising as the number of unhealthy behaviours accumulated. Unhealthy lifestyle and cardiovascular disease risk in older adults aged 75+ without prior cardiovascular events: a nationwide cohort study.