Table 1.

Risk factors for cardiovascular disease.

Classic factors (reference)	Novel factors (reference)
(i) Age [26]	(i) C-reactive protein [27]
(ii) Family history [28]	(ii) Lipoprotein[a] [29]
(iii) Race [30]	(iii) Pentraxin 3 [31]
(iv) Arterial hypertension [32]	(iv) Leukocytes CD31+ [33]
(v) Diabetes mellitus [34]	(v) Homocysteine [35]
(vi) Smoking [36]	(vi) Fibrinogen [37]
(vii) Dyslipidemia [38]	(vii) Adiponectin [39]
(viii) Obesity [40]	(viii) Alcohol [41]
(ix) Sedentary lifestyle [42]