title: Should we reconsider the role of age in treatment allocation for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease?
authors.affiliation: Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Divisions of Preventive Medicine and Cardiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.|Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.|Department of Cardiology, Erasmus MC - University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.|Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC - University Medical Center Rotterdam, PO Box 2040, Rotterdam 3000 CA, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Maarten J G
authors.initials: MJG
authors.lastname: Leening
authors.affiliation: Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Divisions of Preventive Medicine and Cardiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.|Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Nancy R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.affiliation: Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Divisions of Preventive Medicine and Cardiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.|Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Paul M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Ridker
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011322:Primary Prevention; D040841:Resource Allocation; D018570:Risk Assessment