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High blood pressure, obesity, high LDL cholesterol levels, diabetes and smoking are the main risk factors for cardiovascular disease. These in turn are among the most common causes of illness and death worldwide. Around 17.3 million people die from cardiovascular diseases every year. According to projections by the World Health Organization, the number will rise to 23.6 million by 2030. This prognosis is related to increasing risk factors such as morbidity