• Strengths of associations and discrimination statistics suggested that WHR was the best predictor of cardiovascular events and mortality in patients with type-2 diabetes and BMI the worst. (nih.gov)
  • Risk factors for metabolic diseases and mortality are raised in these subjects. (wikipedia.org)
  • Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio as predictor of mortality and morbidity in cardiovascular surgery: a systematic review. (uni-bielefeld.de)
  • Peripheral arterial disease has become a global health problem [4] , with high mortality and cardiovascular morbidity [4] . (researchsquare.com)
  • Various large cohort studies have shown that microalbuminuria is a strong risk predictor for cardiovascular morbidity and all-cause mortality. (cdc.gov)
  • They say waist-to-hip ratio may be a more accurate indicator of risk of mortality from all causes. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Compared with BMI, [waist-to-hip ratio] had the strongest, most robust, and consistent association with all-cause mortality and was the only measurement unaffected by BMI. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Waist-to-hip ratio does do a better job of capturing visceral fat , mid-body fat, waist fat, the fat that is most harmful in terms of all-cause and cause-specific mortality," Hunnes told Medical News Today . (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Among key findings are the effects of excess weight, even in normal BMI ranges, on the risk of chronic disease morbidity and mortality, the importance of limiting weight gain, and dietary, lifestyle, and genetic determinants of obesity, as well as gene-environment interactions. (aphapublications.org)
  • The endpoints were major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), including all-cause mortality, myocardial reinfarction, and target vessel revascularization (TVR). (hindawi.com)
  • Does a diagnosis of the metabolic syndrome provide additional prediction of cardiovascular disease and total mortality in the elderly? (mja.com.au)
  • To assess whether a diagnosis of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) improves the prediction of cardiovascular disease or total mortality beyond that already provided by conventional risk factors. (mja.com.au)
  • In proportional hazards models that included conventional risk factors, but excluded variables used to define the presence of MetS, MetS was a significant predictor of CHD, stroke and total mortality. (mja.com.au)
  • A diagnosis of MetS provides additional prediction of CHD events, stroke events, and total mortality beyond that provided by other conventional risk factors. (mja.com.au)
  • Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality associated with the metabolic syndrome. (mja.com.au)
  • The metabolic syndrome and total and cardiovascular disease mortality in middle-aged men. (mja.com.au)
  • The metabolic syndrome and mortality from cardiovascular disease and all-causes: findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey II Mortality Study. (mja.com.au)
  • Clinical value of the metabolic syndrome for long term prediction of total and cardiovascular mortality: prospective, population based cohort study. (mja.com.au)
  • Waist to Height Ratio - The waist to height ratio is the best predictor of cardiovascular risk and mortality. (kickboxingdiva.com)
  • Cardiovascular Diseases (CVDs) are the major cause of mortality in the world. (ijpediatrics.com)
  • Global and regional patterns in cardiovascular mortality from 1990 to 2013. (ijpediatrics.com)
  • Periprocedural [pericardial effusion] after transcatheter LAAO is infrequent but associated with substantially increased risk of adverse events, including stroke and both in-hospital and early post-discharge mortality," write the study authors. (acc.org)
  • The aim of the present study was to assess whether patients with hypopituitarism experience increased cardiovascular, in particular cerebrovascular, mortality. (lu.se)
  • The observations that an early onset of pituitary insufficiency and female sex are predictors for a high risk for cerebrovascular mortality merit particular attention when treating this group of patients. (lu.se)
  • Premature cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality and of graft loss in renal transplant recipients. (ncl.ac.uk)
  • Peripheral artery disease (PAD), a kind of arteriosclerosis diseases, has become the third leading cause of arteriosclerosis cardiovascular morbidity next to stroke and coronary artery disease [1] . (researchsquare.com)
  • Current findings emphasize that higher AST / ALT level can be biomarkers for cardiovascular diseases. (researchsquare.com)
  • consisting of 29, 316 patients concluded that an increased AST / ALT ratio was more easily progressed to cardiovascular diseases in men [16] . (researchsquare.com)
  • According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), people who are overweight or have obesity are at an increased risk for a number of diseases and health conditions. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • While BMI is a successful indicator of risk for some diseases, we found waist-to-hip ratio may be a better indicator of risk for other diseases, especially stroke. (medicalxpress.com)
  • This means that we measured the variation in genes known to be linked to BMI and waist-to-hip ratio to examine the causal effects on different diseases. (medicalxpress.com)
  • Previously there have been many observational studies which have identified associations between obesity and the risk of developing coronary heart diseases , stroke and type 2 diabetes. (medicalxpress.com)
  • This indicates that physicians should pay attention to measures of obesity beyond BMI, as the measurement of such traits may offer additional information to help identify patients at risk of cardiovascular diseases. (medicalxpress.com)
  • Using Framingham risk scores, 61% of the subjects had elevated 10-year risk of developing cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), with no significant difference in gender prevalence. (hindawi.com)
  • Long-term NHS research has shown that weight gain and being overweight or obese are important risk factors for type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, certain types of cancers, and premature death. (aphapublications.org)
  • World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases , 9 , 394-403. (scirp.org)
  • We are interested in understanding what are the risk factors for cardio-metabolic diseases and how best to assess them. (healthline.com)
  • It calculates the ratio which is an indicator of your health and risk of developing diseases like heart disease or diabetes. (acko.com)
  • Abdominal fat and the proportion of lean body mass have both been independently considered as risk factors leading to insulin resistance and to an increased risk of developing chronic diseases later in life. (imed.pub)
  • However, an increase in the waist circumference is accompanied by a disproportionately greater increase in fat mass compared to lean mass, which could indicate an additional risk factor for future chronic diseases. (imed.pub)
  • All participants were without previous history of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Definition of human apolipoprotein A-I epitopes recognized by autoantibodies present in patients with cardiovascular diseases. (medscape.com)
  • COVID-19 is the third coronavirus infection and fatalities due to COVID-19, underlying comorbidities that has spread widely, after SARS and Middle East such as cardiovascular diseases and immune deficiency, respiratory syndrome (MERS). (who.int)
  • Prevalence ratios (PR) were estimated with 95% confidence intervals (CI). (nih.gov)
  • The prevalence of actual CVD risk among blue collar workers was 32 cases per 100 workers. (cdc.gov)
  • Prevalence of overweight, obesity and life style associated with cardiovascular risk among middle school students. (ijpediatrics.com)
  • We examined the prevalence and predictors of water pipe and cigarette smoking among students attending secondary schools in a deprived, ethnically diverse part of inner London. (who.int)
  • These data demonstrate a high prevalence of ECG abnormalities and CV risk factors in renal transplant recipients. (ncl.ac.uk)
  • Prevalence ratios for hypertension with noise induced hearing loss as exposure indicator, and tabulated from 12 studies showed little or no association. (cdc.gov)
  • Although the receiver operating characteristic curve could not differentiate between anthropometric variables (P values 0.24), the relative integrated discrimination improvement statistic showed an enhancement in the discrimination capabilities of models using WHR for cardiovascular outcomes, except for cerebrovascular events. (nih.gov)
  • In recent years, the mechanism(s) by which excess body weight produces adverse cardiovascular outcomes has attracted interest, with one potential pathway being the dysfunction of adipose tissue. (nature.com)
  • Secondary outcomes were the proportion of clients with elevated risk that had follow-up actions recorded. (frontiersin.org)
  • Our aim was to reliably quantify the association of ADMA and its isomer symmetric dimethylarginine ( SDMA ) with the risk of CVD outcomes in long‐term cohort studies. (ahajournals.org)
  • 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 Additionally, a growing number of studies suggest that high values of circulating ADMA concentration are associated with the incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes. (ahajournals.org)
  • Salt replacement may not be sexy but reducing sodium and increasing potassium in the diet has a dramatic impact on cardiovascular outcomes and represents the single most effective public health policy anywhere. (clinicaleducation.org)
  • The better outcomes associated with revascularization were relatively surprising, because cardiac therapies seldom lead to such reductions in MI risk, commented Stephen Ellis, MD, of the Cleveland Clinic, in an accompanying editorial . (medpagetoday.com)
  • ACC's NCDR suite of registries is a robust source of data for researchers, and a critical component in continuing to help hospitals, practices and clinicians advance the quality of cardiovascular care and improve patient outcomes for all. (acc.org)
  • They also compared outcomes in the CTO PCI patients and the 53,662 non-CTO patients considered at high risk. (acc.org)
  • If finally corroborated, we believed that in the future lowering Lp-PLA2 level with its specific antagonist would definitely reduce the risk of re-stenosis and doubtless improve the outcomes of patient with CAD. (biomedcentral.com)
  • These findings indicated that a reduction in UACR in a 1-year period predicts a reduced risk for major cardiovascular and renal outcomes. (endocrinologyadvisor.com)
  • 30%) than placebo, a reduction in UACR without liraglutide was still associated with a decreased risk for MACE and renal outcomes. (endocrinologyadvisor.com)
  • These risk factors have been reported previously for severe COVID-19 cases, and highlight the role that ageing and underlying comorbidities play in severe outcomes to respiratory disease. (who.int)
  • It is used as a predictor of obesity-related cardiovascular disease. (wikipedia.org)
  • There is growing evidence that early development of obesity increases cardiovascular risk later in life, but less is known about whether there are effects of long-term excess body weight on the biological drivers associated with the atherosclerotic pathway, particularly adipokines, inflammatory and endothelial markers. (nature.com)
  • Cardiovascular disease (CVD), largely driven by the combined effect of several modifiable risk factors such as smoking and obesity, is the leading contributor accounting for one-fifth of the health gap ( 1 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Researchers looked at multiple genetic variants linked to BMI and waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for BMI, as a measure of obesity and central body fat in up to 229,000 people. (medicalxpress.com)
  • Other studies have also shown consistent links between different measures of obesity - both BMI and waist-to-hip ratio - for both chronic heart disease and ischaemic stroke. (medicalxpress.com)
  • The results provide a more contemporary view of the risks associated with childhood obesity , Schmidt said. (livescience.com)
  • In sub-Saharan Africa, hypertension followed by obesity was the commonly known cardiometabolic risk factors associated with the general adult population [ 8 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors such as obesity, hypertension, and dyslipidaemia are common in patients with DM, placing them at increased risk for cardiac events [ 10 , 11 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • This has led to an increasing evidence for abdominal obesity indices such as waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) as predictors of CVD [ 16 , 17 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • The application of WHtR provides an alternative anthropometric index of central obesity that avoids the limitations of WC because the inclusion of height into the index enhances the avoidance of any potential confounding of cardiometabolic risk by height [ 19 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • To review the contribution of the Nurses' Health Studies (NHS and NHS II) in addressing hypotheses regarding risk factors for and consequences of obesity. (aphapublications.org)
  • The NHS cohorts have contributed to our understanding of the risk factors for and consequences of obesity and made a lasting impact on clinical and public health guidelines on obesity prevention. (aphapublications.org)
  • Obesity rates have climbed across the decades despite increasing knowledge about obesity's health risks and strategies for prevention. (aphapublications.org)
  • For classifying children with excess weight (risk of overweight, overweight or obesity), or with overweight or obesity the cut-off points of the Z-scores of Body Mass Index (zBMI), proposed by the Ministry of Health (2009), were used, from the point of view of the World Health Organization. (bvsalud.org)
  • Obesity and even overweight are generally not difficult to recognise, but a more accurate diagnosis requires that the levels of risk are identified. (bvsalud.org)
  • Estimates of excess weight which detect possible health risks are often reported based on Body Mass Index (BMI), which is the most commonly used method for anthropometric assessment of nutritional status, being a simple and low-cost measurement that shows good agreement between the indicators of adiposity in the diagnosis of overweight and obesity, without the need to determine body composition 6,7 . (bvsalud.org)
  • Among the indicators of central obesity, waist circumference together with the waist-to-height ratio (WHR) have been shown to be more sensitive in predicting health risks than waist circumference in isolation. (bvsalud.org)
  • Waist to Hip Ratio - Carrying extra weight around your middle, indicated by a high waist to hip ratio, increases health risks associated with obesity. (kickboxingdiva.com)
  • In the presence of any risk factor of CVDs, 33.9% of the adolescents were overweight/obese, 45.8% had abdominal obesity, 26.3% had elevated systolic BP and 35.6% had elevated diastolic BP. (ijpediatrics.com)
  • Six reasons why the waist-to-height ratio is a rapid and effective global indicator for health risks of obesity and how its use could simplify the international public health message on obesity. (imed.pub)
  • Lee CMY, Huxley RR, Wildman RP, Woodward M. Indices of abdominal obesity are better discriminators of cardiovascular risk factors than BMI: a meta-analysis. (imed.pub)
  • Background Recent studies have associated several microRNAs (miRNAs) with childhood obesity and energy homeostasis, suggesting that an individual miRNA profile could be used as an early predictor to estimate the response to weight loss interventions in the design of precision nutrition. (unav.edu)
  • Obesity has been identified as one of The present study was part of a large to assume any significant difference in the risk factors for the development cross-sectional survey performed in Cy- the characteristics of participants and and maintenance of eating disorder prus at 2 time periods, 2003 and 2010, non-participants since both in 2003 symptoms [5] and pathological body using 2 different cohorts. (who.int)
  • Obesity is associated with hypertension and diabetes, which are risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) (1). (cdc.gov)
  • Abdominal adiposity is a risk factor for obesity-related complications, and there is increasing evidence that abdominal adiposity may be a contributing factor to complications not related to adiposity at the waist (4,5). (cdc.gov)
  • A new study provides further evidence that higher waist size and waist-to-hip ratio signal a greater risk for myocardial infarction (MI) than general obesity , especially in women. (medscape.com)
  • Peters noted that previous studies have indeed shown that central adiposity might be a stronger risk factor than overall obesity, but there have been studies that have shown the opposite - that it actually does not matter where adiposity is measured. (medscape.com)
  • The significant predictors of actual CVD risk included knowledge of CVD risk, risk perception, job stress, and waist-to-hip ratio. (cdc.gov)
  • It is important for clinicians to consider all of these significant predictors of actual CVD risk when designing an intervention program to reduce CVD among Korean blue collar workers. (cdc.gov)
  • In a multivariate model of the GCA cohort, male gender (2.10 (1.38 to 3.19)), ex-smoker (2.20 (1.22 to 3.98)), current smoker (3.79 (2.20 to 6.53)), previous antihypertensive drugs (1.62 (1.00 to 2.61)) and diabetes (0.19 (0.05 to 0.77)) were significant predictors of aortic aneurysm. (ox.ac.uk)
  • The most significant predictors for having had a dental visit in the previous 12 months were sex, education, income, and having health insurance. (cdc.gov)
  • The common determinants of health care use, such as sex, income, level of education, and health insurance status, were the most significant predictors of use of oral health services among adult Hispanics. (cdc.gov)
  • The health risks associated with higher levels of central adiposity include type 2 diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease. (wikipedia.org)
  • A higher AST/ALT ratio (≥1.65) was associated with PAD risk in Chinese adults with hypertension. (researchsquare.com)
  • The Role of Plasma Triglyceride/High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Ratio to Predict New Cardiovascular Events in Essential Hypertensive Patients.Journal of Clinical Hypertension. (geresdengle.com)
  • Objective To compare waist circumference, BMI, and skinfold thickness as potential risk factors for hypertension in adolescents. (paediatricaindonesiana.org)
  • Waist circumference as a predictor of pediatric hypertension among normal-weight Taiwanese children. (paediatricaindonesiana.org)
  • We used logistic regression models to test predictors of hypertension and diabetes. (cdc.gov)
  • After controlling for all variables, waist circumference was independently associated with a 5-fold risk in hypertension and diabetes in African American women. (cdc.gov)
  • We hypothesize that the risk of hypertension and diabetes would be higher for women with larger waist circumference, independent of sociodemographic and health-related variables. (cdc.gov)
  • Although statistically not-significant, the trend for cardio- metabolic and behavioral risk factors (hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, smoking, alcohol and khat use) was higher in the group diagnosed with HAND. (who.int)
  • Multivariate regression showed that cases that required intubation/ mechanical ventilation had significantly higher odds of being older (aged 60 years) [adjusted odds ratio (aOR) = 3.9] and having hypertension (aOR = 5.7), fever (aOR = 9.8), dyspnoea (aOR = 9.6) or lethargy (aOR = 7.9) than cases that did not require intubation/mechanical ventilation. (who.int)
  • The final model included sex, age, hypertension, ies in China and Italy suggest that the risk factors for diabetes, heart disease, fever, cough, dyspnoea and severe COVID-19 include underlying comorbidities. (who.int)
  • Individuals living with HIV who also have non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) or liver fibrosis may be at an increased risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), according to the results of a recent study. (consultant360.com)
  • Global overview of the epidemiology of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. (ijpediatrics.com)
  • The pathogenetic link between hypertriglyceridemia and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease is thought to be triglyceride-rich lipoproteins, which are converted to remnant particles and contribute to the development of atherosclerotic plaques ( 2,5 ). (lww.com)
  • 2 Consequently, contributing factors associated with inflammation and chronic infections, including oral infections such as periodontal disease, have been investigated to explain the relation between dental disease and cardiovascular disease. (bmj.com)
  • Actual cardiovascular disease risk and related factors: a cross-sectional study of Korean blue collar workers employed by small businesses. (cdc.gov)
  • Actual cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk and related factors among blue collar workers employed by small businesses were investigated. (cdc.gov)
  • A multiple regression model showed that a combination of individual, psychosocial , and work-related factors explained 34% of the variance in actual CVD risk. (cdc.gov)
  • Despite controlling these risk factors, the incidence rate of PAD is still high, whereas the awareness rate, treatment rate and control rate are low. (researchsquare.com)
  • Hence, in addition to traditional risk factors, it is critical to find new markers that could predict PAD more easily and prevent cardiovascular death earlier [4] . (researchsquare.com)
  • A study among urban and rural settlers in a Ghanaian population found an increased cardiometabolic risk factors among urban settlers due to their increased sedentary and unhealthy dietary habits [ 7 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • However, the argument about the most effective anthropometric index associated with cardiometabolic risk factors among diabetics remains unresolved. (hindawi.com)
  • Body mass index (BMI) being the most studied anthropometric index has been reported to be significantly related to CVD risk factors as demonstrated by several prospective and cross-sectional studies [ 13 - 15 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • However, there are cumulative doubts about its role in predicting CVD risk factors. (hindawi.com)
  • 95% CI 1.24-3.69) were the independent risk factors for technique failure. (bvsalud.org)
  • Furthermore, adding FAR to the model of established risk factors, the C-statistic increased from 0.706 to 0.720, 0.650 to 0.668, and 0.611 to 0.632, respectively. (hindawi.com)
  • Simultaneously, blood stasis, endothelial damage, and hypercoagulability were also considered risk factors for acute coronary thrombotic events [ 7 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Metabolic syndrome is defined as clustering of several cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors. (cdc.gov)
  • The larger the clustering of risk factors is during childhood or adulthood, the greater the extent of atherogenic damage and disease severity ( 7 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Early screening for metabolic syndrome can be expensive and time-consuming because it involves testing for multiple risk factors. (cdc.gov)
  • Waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio are better predictors of cardiovascular disease risk factors in children than body mass index. (paediatricaindonesiana.org)
  • Because of the increasing popularity of the ketogenic diet, the US National Lipid Association Nutrition and Lifestyle Task Force recently reviewed the evidence and published a scientific statementi on the effect of these types of diets on body weight and cardiometabolic risk factors, including lipids. (healthycholesterolclub.com)
  • Hospitalized patients with influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 also had a higher risk for intensive care unit admission, death, or both than patients with influenza A(H3N2) or B, independent of other factors. (cdc.gov)
  • These findings suggest that a selective revascularization strategy based on factors (such as high risk anatomic distributions ) most likely to confer prognostic benefit is safe, and combined with optimal medical therapy, may offer the best clinical outcome," the authors said. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Oliveira GB, Avezum A, Roever L. Cardiovascular disease burden: evolving knowledge of risk factors in myocardial infarction and stroke through population-based research and perspectives in global prevention. (ijpediatrics.com)
  • Risk factors in early life as predictors of adult heart disease: the Bogalusa Heart Study. (ijpediatrics.com)
  • Strategies to minimize [pericardial effusion], potentially guided by an understanding of the associated patient and procedural risk factors, will be critical to improve the risk-benefit ratio for this therapy. (acc.org)
  • Relation of body mass index and waist-to-height ratio to cardiovascular disease risk factors in children and adolescents: the Bogalusa Heart Study. (imed.pub)
  • A competing risk model using aortic aneurysm as the primary outcome and non-aortic-aneurysm-related death as the competing risk was used to determine the relative risk (subhazard ratio) between non-GCA and GCA subjects, after adjustment for cardiovascular risk factors. (ox.ac.uk)
  • CONCLUSIONS: Patients with GCA have a twofold increased risk of aortic aneurysm, and this should be considered within the range of other risk factors including male gender, age and smoking. (ox.ac.uk)
  • The relationships between Lp-PLA2 and other risk factors with re-stenosis were evaluated. (biomedcentral.com)
  • With multivariate analysis, after adjustment for other risk factors, Lp-PLA2 remained an independent predictor for re-stenosis with a hazard ratio of 1.140. (biomedcentral.com)
  • No synergistic effect between Lp-PLA2 and other risk factors for re-stenosis was found. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics including traditional risk factors and laboratory results were collected. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Introduction and objectives: Telomeres are noncoding regions located at the end of chromosomes and their shortening has been associated with risk factors and cardiovascular disease. (unav.edu)
  • Cardiovascular health score was defined by the American Heart Association as a composite score of 7 key risk factors (smoking status, physical activity, diet, body mass index, blood pressure, total cholesterol, and fasting blood glucose) with 0 to 2 points for each factor. (unav.edu)
  • However, the pattern of cardiovascular risk factors (specifically modifiable risk factors) is not well established and may be different from the general population. (ncl.ac.uk)
  • In this study we investigated the importance of electrocardiographic abnormalities and conventional cardiovascular risk factors present at the time of first renal transplantation in a longitudinal follow-up study of 515 patients. (ncl.ac.uk)
  • A Cox multivariate analysis of patient survival (patients whose graft failed were censored in the analysis) identified: age (hazard ratio 1.03/year), diabetes (2.72), smoking (1.81) and family history of premature CVD (2.17) as independent risk factors for patient survival. (ncl.ac.uk)
  • Moreover, ECG abnormalities and "conventional" cardiovascular risk factors are associated with poor graft and patient outcome and represent potentially remediable risk factors for renal transplant recipients. (ncl.ac.uk)
  • Traditional risk factors, such as oxidized low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and smoking, contribute to this injury. (medscape.com)
  • Recent evidence suggests that the risk of clinical events is related not only to local factors within the atherosclerotic plaque (such as the state of the necrotic core or the fibrous cap), but also to blood-borne or systemic factors. (medscape.com)
  • The surveys in both years Data collection common risk factors including diet- took place in elementary and secondary Informed consent was received from ing, body dissatisfaction, teasing and schools. (who.int)
  • however, few studies have examined the association between waist circumference and risk factors in African Americans (9,12,13). (cdc.gov)
  • Cardiovascular and behavioral risk factors were observed more among patients with HAND compared to no-HAND. (who.int)
  • Later studies while adjusting for these factors did not control for variables which had the greatest impact as risk factors such as alcohol consumption and family history. (cdc.gov)
  • The waist-to-hip ratio is important, it is a marker for increased heart disease - and it may be that if we can't help the woman lose weight in the belly, we need to pay a little more attention to the blood pressure that's not ideal or to the cholesterol that's not ideal, and make sure we're aggressively following all of her risk factors. (medscape.com)
  • Wald 2 statistics in univariate analysis, 13 as well as those variables considered to be biological y plausible, Early identification of the risk factors of severe were selected for the multivariate analysis. (who.int)
  • The aim of this study was to compare the strength of associations and discrimination capability of body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) with cardiovascular disease risk in individuals with type-2 diabetes. (nih.gov)
  • They found a clear causal relationship between increased BMI and central body fat with higher risks of coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes. (medicalxpress.com)
  • The syndrome has been implicated in an increased risk of stroke, coronary artery disease and Type 2 diabetes. (livescience.com)
  • The metabolic syndrome classification is of interest in epidemiologic studies because of its ability to predict the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes in adults ( 2 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Your WHR can significantly impact your risk of developing type 2 diabetes. (acko.com)
  • At a mean follow-up of 32 months, 5% of the intermediate-risk participants and none of the high-risk group developed type 2 diabetes . (medscape.com)
  • That means that the adjusted hazard ratio for progression to type 2 diabetes was 0.29 in people treated with metformin and pioglitazone and 0.12 in those treated with triple therapy. (medscape.com)
  • And the strongest predictor associated with preventing the progression to type 2 diabetes is an improvement in beta-cell function. (medscape.com)
  • Studies have shown that glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) have both cardiovascular and renal benefits in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and elevated cardiovascular risk. (endocrinologyadvisor.com)
  • The primary outcome was the time from randomization to the first occurrence of a composite of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). (endocrinologyadvisor.com)
  • After adjustment, hazard ratio (95% CI) for WC were 1.10 (1.03-1.18) for cardiovascular events, 1.13 (1.03-1.24) for coronary events, and 1.08 (0.98-1.19) for cardiovascular deaths. (nih.gov)
  • Patients identified as high risk with the lifetime risk approach were more likely to be younger, male, from ethnic minority groups, and have a positive family history of premature coronary heart disease than those identified with the 10 year QRISK2 score. (bmj.com)
  • In about 74% (411) of cardiovascular disease events the principal diagnosis was coronary heart disease. (bmj.com)
  • However, the large collaborative study, published today in Circulation , finds waist-to-hip ratio may be a stronger predictor of health issues such as coronary heart disease and stroke. (medicalxpress.com)
  • In a comparison of individuals in the top with those in the bottom third of baseline ADMA values, the combined risk ratios were 1.42 (95% confidence interval: 1.29 to 1.56) for CVD , 1.39 for coronary heart disease (1.19 to 1.62), and 1.60 for stroke (1.33 to 1.91). (ahajournals.org)
  • Previous studies showed that fibrinogen-to-albumin ratio (FAR) regarded as a novel inflammatory and thrombotic biomarker was the risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD). (hindawi.com)
  • Metabolic syndrome with and without C-reactive protein as a predictor of coronary heart disease and diabetes in the West of Scotland coronary prevention study. (mja.com.au)
  • Heart attack was 42% less likely over the same period after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery (3.8% vs 6.5%, HR 0.58, 95% CI 0.46-0.73) in the study of patients who had angiography, published online in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions . (medpagetoday.com)
  • The cohort study included patients in an Ontario registry with the Canadian Cardiovascular Society class 0 angina and substantial stenosis in a major coronary vessel (n=9,897). (medpagetoday.com)
  • The Ratio of High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol to Apolipoprotein A-I Predicts Myocardial Injury Following Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. (medscape.com)
  • Mustad V, Derr J, Reddy CC, Pearson TA, Kris-Etherton PM. Seasonal variation in parameters related to coronary heart disease risk in young men. (medscape.com)
  • A person's waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), occasionally written WtHR or called waist-to-stature ratio (WSR), is defined as their waist circumference divided by their height, both measured in the same units. (wikipedia.org)
  • WHtR is an indicator of 'early health risk': several systematic reviews and meta-analyses of data in adults of all ages, as well as in children and adolescents, have supported the superiority of WHtR over the use of BMI and waist circumference in predicting early health risk. (wikipedia.org)
  • High body mass index is still is a decent marker for long term risk, but it wasn't as good as waist circumference," said study researcher Michael Schmidt, of the University of Georgia. (livescience.com)
  • Waist circumference may be a superior predictor because it provides an indication of the amount of fat stored centrally in the body, Schmidt said.The researchers analyzed data from 2,188 Australians who took part in a health and fitness survey in 1985, when they were ages 7 to 9. (livescience.com)
  • Among the indicators of central adiposity, the waist-to-height ratio (WHR) has been shown to be more sensitive for predicting future health hazards than waist circumference alone. (bvsalud.org)
  • Waist circumference was a better predictor of metabolic syndrome than was BMI in our study sample of predominantly African American female adolescents living in an urban area. (cdc.gov)
  • Katzmarzyk et al previously published sex-, age-, and race/ethnicity-specific body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference cutpoints to identify adolescents at risk for CVD risk factor clustering ( 8 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Body mass index (BMI), waist-to-hip ratio, and waist circumference are commonly used measures for estimating abdominal adiposity (6,7). (cdc.gov)
  • A 1-standard deviation higher waist circumference was more strongly linked with MI risk in women than in men, although the difference just reached statistical significance ( P for interaction = .048). (medscape.com)
  • Although lifestyle interventions at an earlier age could be advantageous, there would be small gains under the age of 65, and medical interventions carry risks as soon as they are initiated. (bmj.com)
  • 1 National policies now support targeting of interventions to reduce risk of cardiovascular disease among high risk patients. (bmj.com)
  • Some argue that younger patients with an adverse risk profile may have more to gain during their lifetime if interventions are started at a younger age rather than waiting until they cross the 20% threshold. (bmj.com)
  • They add that waist-to-hip ratio may be a more useful tool in healthcare interventions. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Research published this week in the journal JAMA Network Open reports that waist-to-hip ratio may be more useful than BMI in determining health risks and medical interventions. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • In-hospital pericardial effusion as a complication of transcatheter LAAO was found to occur infrequently but was associated with a higher risk of adverse events, according to a study published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions . (acc.org)
  • One might argue that we need more intensive screening, particularly among women with an apple shape, to try and really identify their increased risk of heart disease and, for example, to start interventions whether they're lifestyle interventions to lose weight or to start other preventive strategies," she added. (medscape.com)
  • 1 Inflammation plays an important role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, and markers of low grade inflammation have been consistently associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease. (bmj.com)
  • A higher ratio means an increased likelihood of cholesterol deposition in arteries, leading to atherosclerosis and a higher risk of cardiovascular disease. (medscape.com)
  • Total cholesterol is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. (ecopolitan.com)
  • Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease. (researchsquare.com)
  • and PCI for chronic total occlusion (CTO) is associated with a higher risk of adverse events. (acc.org)
  • CTO PCI was associated with a higher risk of adverse events both in-hospital and out-of-hospital compared with non-CTO PCI according to study results published in JSCAI . (acc.org)
  • Left ventricular hypertrophy with strain, or ischaemic changes were associated with adverse outcome with a hazard ratio of 1.96 and 3.30 respectively. (ncl.ac.uk)
  • They were asymptomatic and had no history of cardiovascular disease. (nih.gov)
  • Objective of the study was to study blood pressure, waist hip ratio and body mass index among adolescents and verify the possible the relation with a family history of cardiovascular disease. (ijpediatrics.com)
  • Exclusion criteria included a history of cardiovascular disease or BMI less than 15 kg/m 2 or greater than 60 kg/m 2 . (medscape.com)
  • Asymmetric dimethylarginine ( ADMA ) inhibits the production of nitric oxide, a key regulator of the vascular tone, and may be important in the development of cardiovascular disease ( CVD ). (ahajournals.org)
  • A person with this level has twice the risk of heart disease compared with someone whose cholesterol is 200 mg/dL. (ecopolitan.com)
  • The higher the level of LDL, the greater your risk for heart disease. (ecopolitan.com)
  • Although the scientific/physical benefits of Orthodox Christian fasting is not the greatest benefit or reason for doing so, its still a proven fact that being Orthodox lowers your cholesterol, risk for heart disease & cancer, boosts immunity, resets the bodies internal and external functions to default, energizes the organs and lowers chance of depression, stress and mental health. (johnsanidopoulos.com)
  • Dr Michael Holmes (MRC Population Health Research Unit, University of Oxford) said: "These findings add important information to our understanding of the role of body fat and risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes. (medicalxpress.com)
  • A child's waistline is the best predictor, in terms of body measurements, of his or her risk for heart disease later in life, according to a new study. (livescience.com)
  • Waist size was even better at predicting heart disease risk than the commonly used measure of body mass index, or BMI, a ratio of height to weight. (livescience.com)
  • However, it is important to note that many foods high in cholesterol are also high in saturated fat and, in effect, may increase the risk of heart disease due to the saturated fat content. (healthycholesterolclub.com)
  • Research shows that having a higher ratio can increase your risk for several health issues such as heart disease, diabetes, and stroke. (acko.com)
  • A WHR of over 0.85 for women and over 0.9 for men indicates a higher risk of health issues such as heart disease and diabetes. (acko.com)
  • The critical new thing in our work is that we've looked at sex differences between both central and overall adiposity and the risk of heart disease and what we found is that central adiposity is actually an even stronger risk factor for heart disease in women than in men," she said. (medscape.com)
  • More than twenty-five years ago, waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) was first suggested as a simple health risk assessment tool because it is a proxy for 'harmful' central adiposity and a boundary value of 0.5 was proposed to indicate increased risk. (wikipedia.org)
  • The October 2022 NICE guidelines have suggested boundary values for WHtR (defining the degree of central adiposity) as follows: healthy central adiposity: waist-to-height ratio 0.4 to 0.49, indicating no increased health risks increased central adiposity: waist-to-height ratio 0.5 to 0.59, indicating increased health risks high central adiposity: waist-to-height ratio 0.6 or more, indicating further increased health risks. (wikipedia.org)
  • Our results provide further support to shift public health focus from measures of general adiposity, such as BMI, to adiposity distribution using [waist-to-hip ratio]," the study authors added. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • The higher our adiposity (the more fat we have in our bodies, and specifically, the more visceral/mid-body fat we have), the greater is our risk of dying from any cause and from cause-specific (cardiovascular disease, cancer). (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • However, abdominal adiposity may be more predictive of CVD risk than BMI. (cdc.gov)
  • In both sexes, there was an approximate log-linear relationship between measures of general and central adiposity and the risk for incident MI. (medscape.com)
  • Probably even more important, it seems to be a good predictor of insulin resistance or Metabolic Syndrome, and has been used by some (importantly Gerald Reaven) as a surrogate marker for insulin resistance. (ecopolitan.com)
  • Increases Insulin Resistance - Reduces the ability of the body to utilize glucose, increasing diabetes risk and accelerates cardiovascular disease. (geresdengle.com)
  • Study of the use of lipid panels as a Marker of Insulin Resistance to Determine Cardiovascular Risk. (geresdengle.com)
  • Predictors of revascularization included lower age, female sex, high-risk anatomic features, lack of medical comorbidities, and angiography by an interventional cardiologist. (medpagetoday.com)
  • 9 10 11 12 Lifetime risks which measure the cumulative risk of developing a disease during the remainder of an individual's life 13 would reflect this relatively high risk and, given that lifetime risk estimates provide assessment over the full life course, they may provide a more appropriate assessment of future risks than estimates limited to 10 years, particularly at younger ages. (bmj.com)
  • Despite the importance of absolute cardiovascular risk assessment (CVRA) as a screening and early intervention tool, few studies have reported its use within the Australian Indigenous primary health care (PHC) sector. (frontiersin.org)
  • Assessment of cardiovascular disease should be targeted in people living with HIV with NAFLD and/or significant liver fibrosis, even if they are normoweight and young," the researchers concluded. (consultant360.com)
  • Lp-PLA2 assessment may be useful in predicting subjects who are at increased risk for re-stenosis. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Serum Apo-A1 is not considered a routine test for cardiovascular disease risk assessment. (medscape.com)
  • Avoidance of overweight from adolescence onwards is likely important for cardiovascular disease prevention. (nature.com)
  • Waist-to-Height Ratio, a useful index to identify high metabolic risk in overweight children. (imed.pub)
  • 8 C reactive protein and fibrinogen are sensitive markers used to evaluate the inflammatory status of an individual, and the results of prospective longitudinal studies indicate that these markers might be useful predictors for future cardiovascular events in various populations. (bmj.com)
  • However, whether a reduction in these patients' UACR is associated with a reduction in the risk of future cardiovascular and renal events in those treated with a GLP-1 RA had not yet been established. (endocrinologyadvisor.com)
  • This is because age has such a dominant effect in calculating absolute cardiovascular risk. (bmj.com)
  • The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between ideal cardiovascular health (Life's simple 7) and the odds of having short telomeres in a subsample of participants older than 55 years from the Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra (SUN) study. (unav.edu)
  • Echocardiographic abnormalities (LVDD, LVH, and increased LA volume) are independent predictors of cardiovascular risk in Brazilian adults. (nih.gov)
  • A ratio of the two and an independent predictor of CVD. (ecopolitan.com)
  • This one is not as well known, but it is also an independent predictor of CVD. (ecopolitan.com)
  • Hence this is an independent risk factor for CVD and the general acceptance that CVD is in part an inflammatory mediated condition. (ecopolitan.com)
  • But of note, major bleeds were an independent predictor of death, with an adjusted hazard ratio of 2.89 (95% CI 1.73-4.83), a finding that the authors say should prompt physicians to pay "special attention to the determinants of bleeding. (medscape.com)
  • however, it is an independent predictor of death. (medscape.com)
  • Whether triglyceride variability, independent of absolute triglyceride levels, is a predictor of acute pancreatitis is unknown. (lww.com)
  • In this multi-institutional cohort study, high triglyceride variability was associated with an increased risk of first attack of acute pancreatitis, independent of baseline and mean triglyceride levels. (lww.com)
  • A similar analysis of the determinants of graft survival (patients who died with a functioning graft were censored in the analysis) identified: acute rejection (hazard ratio 2.38), cigarette smoking (1.48) and age (1.04/year) as independent predictors of graft failure. (ncl.ac.uk)
  • Age was found to be an independent predictor of HAND. (who.int)
  • Because it is not clear whether Apo-A1 is an independent predictor of cardiovascular disease, it may be useful to be measured in conjunction with Apo-B to assess the Apo-B/Apo-A1 ratio. (medscape.com)
  • Utilising patented Biochip Technology, the Randox Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) arrays could improve patient risk stratification whilst monitoring the effectiveness of treatment. (randox.com)
  • Urine albumin-creatinine ratio is used to classify stages of chronic kidney disease. (cdc.gov)
  • Lower Apo A-I and Lower HDL-C Levels Are Associated With Higher Intermediate CD14++CD16+ Monocyte Counts That Predict Cardiovascular Events in Chronic Kidney Disease. (medscape.com)
  • Preoperative High Leukocyte Count: A Novel Risk Factor for Stroke after Cardiac Surgery", The Annals of Thoracic Surgery , vol. 75, 2003, pp. 1550-1557. (uni-bielefeld.de)
  • The results also suggest that central body fat may have a stronger effect on stroke risk than BMI, but both measurements should be taken into account when estimating the impact of fat distribution on health. (medicalxpress.com)
  • Inherited risk for stroke is likely multigenic, although specific single-gene disorders with stroke as a component of the phenotype demonstrate the potency of genetics in determining stroke risk. (medscape.com)
  • For example, serum biomarkers, such as high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) and cytokine levels, predict progression of atherosclerosis and risk of stroke. (medscape.com)
  • Systolic 24-h ABP was significantly better than systolic clinic BP at predicting future risk of CVD events: combined hazard ratio for 24-h ABP = 1.27 (95% confidence interval 1.21-1.34) per 10 mmHg increase in SBP compared with 1.13 (1.06-1.21) for clinic BP (interaction test P = 0.02). (ox.ac.uk)
  • Moreover, when the T1-T2 group was combined into one group and used it as a reference group, the risk of PAD increased with the increase of AST/ALT and the risk ratio was 1.52 (95% CI :1.20 to 1.95). (researchsquare.com)
  • RESULTS: Comparing the GCA cohort with the non-GCA cohort, the adjusted subhazard ratio (95% CI) for aortic aneurysm was 1.92 (1.52 to 2.41). (ox.ac.uk)
  • Thus, in this cross-sectional study, we investigated in a population of 1225 subjects if AST to Platelet Ratio Index (APRI), one of the non-invasive liver fibrosis serum markers, can predict cardiovascular risk (CVR). (uniba.it)
  • The researchers aimed to assess the impact of NAFLD and liver fibrosis on intermediate-to-high risk of CVD among individuals with HIV. (consultant360.com)
  • Dangerous liaisons: NAFLD and liver fibrosis increase cardiovascular risk in HIV. (consultant360.com)
  • Thus, oral infections might add to the inflammatory burden of the individual and result in increased levels of cardiovascular risk based on serum C reactive protein and fibrinogen concentrations as a consequence of the systemic inflammatory response subsequent to low grade chronic infections. (bmj.com)
  • Generally above 130 is considered high, but some high risk individuals should have that even lower. (ecopolitan.com)
  • In a study by the American Heart Association, individuals with the highest triglyceride-HDL ratios were 16x's more likely to suffer a cardiovascular event (i.e. heart attack) as compared to individuals with the lowest triglyceride-HDL ratios. (geresdengle.com)
  • We found that although genetics are not a perfect predictor of cardiovascular problems in individuals they can be reliably used to measure disease risk from different measures of body fat in groups of people or populations," added Dr Dale. (medicalxpress.com)
  • The optimum cut-off range of WrC to identify individuals at increased cardiometabolic risk was 17.5 to -17.8 cm for men and 16.0 to 16.7 cm for women while that of WHtR was 0.52 to 0.61 for men and 0.53 to 0.59 for women. (hindawi.com)
  • Individuals who experienced a UACR reduction of more than 30% had a significant decrease in risk for MACE ( P =.006) and nephropathy ( P =.02). (endocrinologyadvisor.com)
  • Among individuals who had a UACR reduction of more than 30%, no significant difference in risk for MACE or nephropathy was observed between individuals who received liraglutide and those who did not. (endocrinologyadvisor.com)
  • Among individuals who experienced a reduction of UACR of more than 30%, those who received liraglutide experienced a significant reduction in risk for nephropathy, whereas individuals who did not receive liraglutide did not. (endocrinologyadvisor.com)
  • Additionally, the inclusion of individuals with T2D and high cardiovascular risk may preclude the results of this study from being generalizable to the population at large. (endocrinologyadvisor.com)
  • The Cox proportional hazard models were used to compute the hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) for one standard deviation (SD) increase in baseline BMI (SD: 5 kg/m2), WC (SD: 13 cm) and WHR (SD: 0.08) with cardiovascular disease risk. (nih.gov)
  • Results There were a total of 555 cardiovascular disease events over an average of 8.1 (SD 3.4) years of follow-up, of which 170 were fatal. (bmj.com)
  • The triglyceride-to-HDL ratio is significantly stronger in predicting cardiovascular events than "high cholesterol" numbers or LDL-to-HDL ratios. (geresdengle.com)
  • CAEN, FRANCE - Another study is cautioning against aspirin use, this time in the secondary prevention of cardiovascular events among stable CAD patients also taking oral anticoagulation [ 1 ] . (medscape.com)
  • The analysis from the multicenter CORONOR registry is the latest to suggest that the bleeding risk related to aspirin, in this specific setting, exceeds any benefits related to prevention of ischemic events. (medscape.com)
  • CONCLUSION: Systolic 24-h ABP is a better predictor of future CVD events than systolic clinic BP. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio values are often used to guide treatment decisions as albuminuria is known to be a strong predictor of cardiovascular and renal events. (endocrinologyadvisor.com)
  • A reduction in urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR) over a 1-year period is associated with a decreased risk for cardiovascular and renal events, according to the results of a study published in Diabetes Care . (endocrinologyadvisor.com)
  • This spike in CVR, observed when APRI is elevated, is relatively high in patients in the age of 51-65 years, but it is significantly higher in younger and premenopausal women, approaching risk values usually typical of men at the same age. (uniba.it)
  • Of the 10% of patients in the validation cohort classified at highest risk with either the lifetime risk model or the 10 year risk model, only 18 385(14.5%) were at high risk on both measures. (bmj.com)
  • Applying this 20% risk threshold for intervention may not identify younger patients who, because of their age, have a low absolute 10 year risk but who have a high relative risk compared with their peers. (bmj.com)
  • There is an association between echocardiographic abnormalities and high global cardiovascular risk (ASCVD score ≥ 7.5) in both study periods, separately. (nih.gov)
  • The combined global risk (low risk in the first period and high risk in the second period) was significantly associated only with LVDD (PR = 3.68, CI 95% 2.63-5.15) and LVH (PR = 2.20, 95% CI 1.62-3.00). (nih.gov)
  • Eleven percent ( n = 53) of clients were found with moderate/high CVD risk, of whom almost one-third were under 35 years ( n = 16). (frontiersin.org)
  • This wide disease spectrum has prompted several fetal treatment centers to identify US predictors of survival for fetuses with SCT in an effort to helpdetermine which high-risk fetuses may benefit from fetal intervention. (medscape.com)
  • High triglyceride levels also are associated with increased CVD risk. (ecopolitan.com)
  • You can see that you can have a very high HDL and a modestly elevated Cholesterol, and still have a good ratio. (ecopolitan.com)
  • It could be anything smoldering, but there has been a lot of work done in the past 10 years that suggests that many people with no overt inflammatory condition and who have elevated levels (not as high as RA mind you) are at increased risk for CVD. (ecopolitan.com)
  • The presented results suggested that AST / ALT may help us highlight patients who are at high risk of vascular endpoints. (researchsquare.com)
  • However, recent studies research indicate a much stronger correlation between high triglyceride-to-HDL ratios in predicting both cardiovascular disease and the development of diabetes. (geresdengle.com)
  • HIGH TRIGLYCERIDES - the dangerous effect of high levels of triglycerides on the cardiovascular system is multi-faceted. (geresdengle.com)
  • Metabolic syndrome is a collection of symptoms associated with cardiovascular disease , including high blood sugar, high blood pressure and low levels of "good" cholesterol. (livescience.com)
  • For girls, high BMI increased the risk 5-fold. (livescience.com)
  • Recently, numerous studies have shown that the fibrinogen-to-albumin ratio (FAR) does not only have a high prognostic value in certain types of cancer including gastric, colorectal, and gallbladder cancer [ 8 - 10 ] but also have an association with the presence and poor clinical outcome of cardiovascular disease [ 11 - 14 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Conclusions Aged patients with multivessel CAD frequently have a high risk profile and multiple vascular atherosclerotic distributions, suggesting the usefulness of a more global and compre-hensive cardiovascular approach in aged patients. (jgc301.com)
  • 5%), borderline (5-7.4%), intermediate (7.5-19.9%), and high ( ≥ 20% or with a previous cardiovascular event). (consultant360.com)
  • The results indicated that 45% (n = 423) of patients were categorized as low ASCVD risk, 13.6% (n = 128) as borderline, 27.6% (n = 260) as intermediate, and 13.8% (n = 130) as high risk. (consultant360.com)
  • In the STOP DIABETES trial, [ 1 ] 81 prediabetes patients determined to be at high risk for progression to diabetes were treated with low-dose metformin , pioglitazone , and a GLP-1 receptor agonist. (medscape.com)
  • To evaluate this association, data from 8,270 participants (35.5% women) with T2D and high cardiovascular risk were analyzed. (endocrinologyadvisor.com)
  • Previous smaller epidemiological studies that have examined the association between oral health and cardiovascular disease have generally used clinical assessments to identify periodontal disease. (bmj.com)
  • The results suggest waist size "would be a good measurement to use in clinical settings if we want to identify those children who are most at risk for future health complications," he said. (livescience.com)
  • Therefore, early risk stratification is essential for making clinical decision and evaluating prognosis. (hindawi.com)
  • Therefore, identifying metabolic syndrome during childhood is vital to curbing the development and progression of cardiovascular and metabolic disease during adulthood. (cdc.gov)
  • Bergamonte decreases the triglyceride-to-HDL ratio by both decreasing plasma triglycerides and increasing HDL. (geresdengle.com)
  • Lipoprotein associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) is a novel biomarker for cardiovascular risk prediction. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Cross-sectional studies in many different global populations have supported the premise that WHtR is a simple and effective anthropometric index to identify health risks in adults of all ages and in children and adolescents. (wikipedia.org)
  • 4 5 6 7 Systemic inflammation could represent the underlying mechanism that links oral health and cardiovascular disease. (bmj.com)
  • Around one-fifth of the health disparity is caused by cardiovascular disease (CVD). (frontiersin.org)
  • Experts say weight-to-hip ratio is a more accurate way to determine overall health risks. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • While it is difficult to disentangle the two measures, waist-to-hip ratio should be considered as another valuable marker of risk," said first author of the study, Dr Caroline Dale (UCL Institute of Health Informatics, Farr Institute). (medicalxpress.com)
  • Distribution of major health risks: findings from the Global Burden of Disease study. (ijpediatrics.com)
  • By taking care of your health in this way, you can reduce your risk for a variety of health problems and enhance your overall quality of life. (acko.com)
  • Conclusions: An inverse association between cardiovascular health score and short telomeres was found especially for men older than 55 years in the SUN population. (unav.edu)
  • however, BMI may not be a reliable indicator of health risk across all racial and ethnic groups (6,8,9). (cdc.gov)
  • In this study, we evaluated the associations of acculturation and use of oral health services among Hispanic adults aged 18 years and older in the United States by using 2006 data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). (cdc.gov)
  • BRFSS is a state-based telephone survey of major health risk behaviors, use of preventive health practices, and access to health care from a representative sample of noninstitutionalized adults (aged ≥18 years) in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. (cdc.gov)