How to Use coronary heart disease in a Sentence

coronary heart disease

noun
  • By the 1940s, coronary heart disease was the leading cause of death in the United States.
    Jamie Lauren Keiles, Vox, 20 Dec. 2018
  • Cases of coronary heart disease — the leading cause of death in the U.S. —would fall 13%.
    John Schmid, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2019
  • What does your result say about the blood flow in people with coronary heart disease?
    Svenja Lohner, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2019
  • One in 25 of all women will die of breast cancer; one in three will die of coronary heart disease; and one in six will die of a stroke.
    The Economist, 12 Dec. 2019
  • What are your chances of getting coronary heart disease?
    Byrodrigo Pérez Ortega, science.org, 10 May 2023
  • The risks sedentary lifestyles bring One in eight men and one in 15 women die from coronary heart disease.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 26 May 2022
  • The top cause of death was coronary heart disease, which accounted for nearly a quarter of those deaths during the six-year span.
    Cheri Mossburg, CNN, 29 Oct. 2019
  • Well, one of the major risk factors for coronary heart disease is a sedentary lifestyle.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 26 May 2022
  • Pescetarians had a 13% lower risk of coronary heart disease than meat-eaters, shows the study.
    Nina Avramova, CNN, 4 Sep. 2019
  • However, this was only true for people with no history of coronary heart disease at the start of the study.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 1 July 2021
  • The research did find that omega-3 fatty acids -- commonly found in fish oil -- reduced the risk of heart attacks and coronary heart disease.
    Arman Azad, CNN, 8 July 2019
  • The presence of this fatty ring has been shown to be associated with some of the risk factors for coronary heart disease.
    Adam Taylor, CNN, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Hg increase in diastolic blood pressure, the risk of coronary heart disease and stroke doubles.
    Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Before the pandemic, coronary heart disease was the county’s leading cause of death.
    Thuc Nhi Nguyen Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Those who ate more cheese had a 10% lower risk of having a stroke and were 14% less likely to developing coronary heart disease.
    Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 6 Dec. 2017
  • The leading cause of death at home, lung cancer, was 13% higher than in previous years, and the second, coronary heart disease, was 20% higher.
    USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2021
  • Paul died in 2018 in Las Vegas due to cardiomyopathy, an enlarged heart and coronary heart disease.
    Dallas News, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Like Krieger’s mice, people with this mutation had high HDL but were also more likely to have coronary heart disease.
    Lori Miller Kase, Discover Magazine, 9 Nov. 2017
  • Nell’s mom was diagnosed with coronary heart disease and is relocating to the Bay Area for treatment.
    Megan Stein, Country Living, 14 Apr. 2019
  • Trans fat raises bad cholesterol levels, which increases the risk of coronary heart disease.
    Lauren Le Vine, Redbook, 7 Nov. 2013
  • One such substance is called retinol-binding protein 4 (RBP4) that was found in a 16-year study of nurses to increase the risk of developing coronary heart disease.
    New York Times, 11 June 2018
  • In addition to the risk for high blood pressure, the research also found a higher risk for coronary heart disease for people between the ages of 39 and 57 with allergies.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Close: In 2017, the most recent year that the data set was published, coronary heart disease was the second leading cause of the global burden of disease, not depression.
    Grace Hauck, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2019
  • That could be because the areas east of I-205 have a higher prevalence of adults with coronary heart disease, diabetes and poor physical health.
    Gwozniac, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
  • High levels of triglyceride production can lead to coronary heart disease, stroke, or heart attack.
    Ana Sanchez, chicagotribune.com, 12 Dec. 2020
  • One study in Wuhan, China, found that more than half the deaths occurred among those who had conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and coronary heart disease.
    Popular Science, 26 Mar. 2020
  • Other research shows a potential link between low levels of serum zinc and a heightened risk of coronary heart disease.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Indeed, loneliness and social isolation has been linked to a higher risk of coronary heart disease and stroke.
    NBC News, 14 May 2018
  • One of the most well-known is the French paradox, an 1980s term which references a scientific study that explored France’s low incidence of coronary heart disease.
    Serena Coady, Glamour, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Next Up: Now the researchers want to study how fasting affects patients who've already been diagnosed with coronary heart disease.
    Patrick Morgan, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2011

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