Association of Diet Quality With Prevalence of Clonal Hematopoiesis and Adverse Cardiovascular Events

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Abstract
Despite scientific advances in our understanding of coronary artery disease (CAD), lipid metabolism, sex-specific risk factors, germline genetic risk, and behavioral risk, age continues to be the dominant risk factor associated with CAD.1-3 The aging hematopoietic system has substantial implications for vascular homeostasis and age-associated dysfunction.4,5 However, the specific mechanisms through which the aging immune system is associated with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD) are incompletely understood.