• the prevalence of CVD risk factors remains high. (cdc.gov)
  • Despite decades-long reductions in cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality, CVD mortality rates have recently plateaued and even increased in some subgroups, and the prevalence of CVD risk factors remains high. (cdc.gov)
  • Risk factor prevalence among U.S. adults was assessed using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, and National Health Interview Survey. (cdc.gov)
  • No statistically significant difference was found for prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors between the two groups. (who.int)
  • We aim in our work to study the prevalence risk factors and degree of blood glucose of CVD risk factors in diabetics in two dif- control. (who.int)
  • It was suggested that pre-eclampsia may increase the prevalence of various CV disease risk factors such as metabolic syndrome, hypertension, insulin resistance, microalbuminuria, and endothelial dysfunction, among others. (sdu.edu.tr)
  • People with serious mental disorders have a greater prevalence of major cardiovascular risk factors compared to the general population. (who.int)
  • Ong KL, 2022, 'Relationship of fibroblast growth factor 21 with the prevalence and progression of vascular and valvular calcification: Multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. (edu.au)
  • The proposed questions comprise the Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Supplement (Attachment A). This supplement will collect data on the prevalence of cigarette smoking and awareness and treatment of the two other major cardiovascular disease risk factors (high blood cholesterol and high blood pressure). (cdc.gov)
  • OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of and risk factors for cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) in adolescents and young adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes enrolled in the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study. (cdc.gov)
  • ABSTRACT The aim of present study was to determine the prevalence of prehypertension and associated risk factors among young adult females in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. (who.int)
  • Thus, the aim informed them about the nature of the ducing avoidable risk factors, is the most of the present study was to determine study, assured them about the confiden- cost-effective approach to containing the prevalence of prehypertension and tiality of collected data and requested this emerging epidemic [1]. (who.int)
  • Transient ischemic dilation (TID) in the setting of abnormal stress-rest cardiac SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) has been linked with increased cardiovascular risk. (snmjournals.org)
  • TID in the setting of an abnormal SPECT MPI study has also been linked with increased cardiovascular risk and poor cardiovascular outcomes ( 8 - 11 ). (snmjournals.org)
  • The study tion was used to study the correlation of group comprised 1155 diabetic patients, all different cardiovascular risk factors to age. (who.int)
  • Comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation has positive effects on many cardiac risk factors (physical activity, smoking status, cholesterol, anxiety and depression) and can lead to improvements in mortality, morbidity and quality of life. (rrh.org.au)
  • While type 2 DM did not influence the in-hospital mortality hazard, we showed that the presence of DM among patients with ACS referred to CABG, is a powerful risk factor for long-term mortality, especially when insulin was included in the diabetic treatment strategy. (springer.com)
  • Currently, overall cardiovascular disease affects approximately 32.2% of all type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) patients worldwide, while cardiovascular disease is a major cause of mortality among people with type 2 DM, accounting for approximately half of all deaths [ 1 ]. (springer.com)
  • Clinical outcomes included 30-day major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE: which included death, MI, and stroke), in-hospital complications, and long-term all-cause mortality. (springer.com)
  • Cardiovascular mortality in growth hormone (GH) deficient adults has been shown to be increased in a number of retrospective studies. (knowcancer.com)
  • In addition to alterations in atherosclerotic markers, abnormalities in cardiac function and structure have been reported among patients with GHD possibly contributing to the increased cardiovascular mortality. (knowcancer.com)
  • In addition, GHD is associated with cardiac autonomic dysfunction that may also contribute to cardiovascular mortality and improves with GH replacement therapy. (knowcancer.com)
  • Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality in women. (knowcancer.com)
  • We examined the effects on hazard ratios of such misclassification using national US survey data for 1976 through 2010 that had both measured and self-reported weight and height along with mortality follow-up for 48,763 adults and a subset of 17,405 healthy never-smokers. (cdc.gov)
  • Men and women who are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (T2D) aged 40 or younger are far more likely to develop cardiovascular disease (CVD) and die prematurely than those under 40 in the general population, according to new research to be presented at this year's European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) Annual Meeting in Stockholm, Sweden (19-23 Sept). (medicalxpress.com)
  • At the conclusion of the session, participants will be able to accomplish the following: Describe current dengue epidemiology and the populations who are at greatest risk for dengue and severe dengue in the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • For example, women who experience pregnancy complications like gestational diabetes have a higher risk for ischemic heart disease and type 2 diabetes . (medscape.com)
  • Chinese Americans are disproportionately affected by modifiable cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors such as diabetes and high blood pressure (4,5). (cdc.gov)
  • It is well demonstrated that excessive body weight is a clearly established factor for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease in the general population. (biomedcentral.com)
  • As CVD is a major cause of death, it is important to ascertain its burden in people with early-onset type 2 diabetes, and to assess the age at which the risk of CVD begins to increase. (medicalxpress.com)
  • All risks reduced progressively with each increasing decade at age of diabetes diagnosis, but remained statistically significant. (medicalxpress.com)
  • In this large, population-based cohort study, being younger at the time of T2D diagnosis was associated with a higher relative risk of death and cardiovascular disease complications compared to those in the same group without diabetes," says co-author Dr. Seong Bin Hong from Inha University School of Medicine, South Korea. (medicalxpress.com)
  • In 2002 a Cardiovascular Health Program (CVHP) ( Programa de Salud Cardiovascular ) was started in Chile implemented at the government sponsored primary care centers as part of the National Health Program aimed at reducing cardiovascular morbidity, the mayor cause of death and the third cause of disability in Chile today [ 10 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • There is strong evidence for an association of sleep apnoea with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular morbidity, as well as adverse public health consequences. (ersjournals.com)
  • This report establishes a baseline for the CVD risk factors targeted for reduction by the initiative during 2017-2021 and highlights recent changes over time. (cdc.gov)
  • A study of close to 500,000 people without cardiovascular disease at baseline showed that total physical activity related to work, recreation, or utilitarian needs such as walking to do errands was associated with a lower short-term risk of developing CVD. (cardiometabolichealth.org)
  • Subtle cognitive impairments at baseline, cardiovascular risk factors and Parkinson's disease were used as potential confounders. (karger.com)
  • Cross-sectional and longitudinal risk factors were assessed at baseline and follow-up visits. (cdc.gov)
  • She explained that in women, depression is a significant risk factor for developing a major adverse cardiovascular event or a combined event of cardiac death and myocardial infarction related to the target lesion and revascularization of the target lesion due to ischemia. (medscape.com)
  • For example, Table 1 shows risk calculation for a 61-year-old, European male, who has had a myocardial infarction and is followed up for one year. (bpac.org.nz)
  • Nissen SE, Wolski K. Effect of rosiglitazone on the risk of myocardial infarction and death from cardiovascular causes. (medscape.com)
  • During the session titled "Cardiac Care in Women: Emerging Risk Factors" at CardioAcademic 2023, the former president of the American College of Cardiology emphasized that gender equity in care for cardiovascular disease will only be achieved when risk factors are evaluated from a gender-dependent perspective and when assessments are broadened to include novel and unrecognized risk factors, not just traditional risk factors. (medscape.com)
  • Available evidence suggests that it results in longer lasting maintenance of physical activity levels compared with hospital-based rehabilitation and is equally effective in improving cardiac risk factors. (rrh.org.au)
  • A heart attack can increase the risk of a sudden cardiac arrest. (memorialhermann.org)
  • There is also a lack of data on whether individuals with ADHD are at increased risk of specific cardiovascular conditions, including stroke, cardiac arrest, arrhythmias, arteriosclerosis, and heart failure. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • however, most fever, a zoonosis caused by the intracellular gram- published studies have been descriptive, lacked statistical negative bacterium Coxiella burnetii , is prevalent quantifi cation, or included specifi c high-risk groups only worldwide ( 1 , 2 ) and has various acute and chronic clinical ( 6 - 9 , 11 , 12 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Two new studies highlight the negative impact of depression on the health outcomes and health-related quality of life of people with cardiovascular disease. (cardiometabolichealth.org)
  • The aims of the present study were to investigate the degree of risk factor control in a nationwide cohort of all patients admitted to hospitals in Norway with acute MI and prior CAD, and to study long-term outcomes in these patients compared to patients with acute MI but without prior CAD. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Participants were followed for CVD outcomes (death from any cause, death from CVD, coronary heart disease, heart attack , stroke, hospitalization for heart failure) or until 2019. (medicalxpress.com)
  • There is growing evidence to suggest a link between mental health disorders and cardiovascular disease (CVD risk. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Previous studies have shown that various mental health conditions, such as autism , anxiety disorders , and depression , are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Furthermore, women are underrepresented in cardiovascular [clinical practice]. (medscape.com)
  • She mentioned this because, despite US legislation enacted between 1980 and 1990 that mandated the inclusion of women in clinical trials, women accounted for less than 39% of participants in cardiovascular clinical trials between 2010 and 2017. (medscape.com)
  • People with high clinical risk factors have the most to gain from cardiovascular risk lowering interventions. (bpac.org.nz)
  • 1 This approach allows for more accurate stratification of cardiovascular risk than can be achieved using clinical perception alone. (bpac.org.nz)
  • In that endocarditis is the most common clinical manifestation this unique population, we conducted a case-control study to identify and quantify risk factors for development of Author affi lations: University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, chronic Q fever after C. burnetii infection. (cdc.gov)
  • The registry contains information on gender, age, known risk factors, previous illness and medication, symptoms and clinical findings on admission, in-hospital assessment, therapy and complications, drugs prescribed at discharge, and time of death. (biomedcentral.com)
  • ABSTRACT To determine frequency of cardiovascular risk factors in Saudi and non-Saudi diabetics, we studied patients attending King Abdulaziz University Hospital for follow-up in the period January 1997 to December 2001. (who.int)
  • Abdulaziz en consultation de suivi durant la période janvier 1997-décembre 2001. (who.int)
  • Using the national healthcare registries, the researchers tracked the occurrence of cardiovascular disease in the study population over a follow-up period of 13 years, from January 2001 to December 2013. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Few studies have used BMI cut points modified for Asians in examinations of modifiable CVD risk factors among Asian Americans, including Chinese Americans (4). (cdc.gov)
  • The objective of our study was to describe the association between BMI, using both standard and Asian-modified cut points, and modifiable CVD risk factors among Chinese Americans in New York City. (cdc.gov)
  • Although "high risk" people have a permanent risk of at least approximately 20%, many also have modifiable factors which increase their risk well beyond this level, and it is this risk that can be reduced. (bpac.org.nz)
  • A person's cardiovascular risk (i.e. the risk that they will experience a cardiovascular event) is determined by a combination of modifiable and non-modifiable factors. (bpac.org.nz)
  • Suboptimal glycemic control and elevated triglycerides were the modifiable risk factors associated with CAN. (cdc.gov)
  • Background: Preeclampsia is a cardiovascular (CV) disease risk factor, and lifestyle modifications are recommended. (sdu.edu.tr)
  • We used outcome data from a randomized work site intervention trial to examine the cost-effectiveness of four cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk reduction programs: health risk assessment (HRA), risk factor education (RFE), behavioral counseling (BC), and behavioral counseling plus incentives (BCI). (nih.gov)
  • We used the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health Across the US (REACH US) Risk Factor Survey from 2009 through 2012 to examine the association between body mass index (BMI, calculated as kg/m 2 ) and 3 cardiovascular disease risk factors among Chinese Americans in New York City. (cdc.gov)
  • A World Health Organization panel proposed lowering BMI cut points for the Asian population because the association between BMI and health risks for the Asian population is different from the association for European populations (3). (cdc.gov)
  • The Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health Across the US (REACH US) Risk Factor Survey was conducted annually from 2009 through 2012 in 28 grantee communities to evaluate projects in racial/ethnic minority communities. (cdc.gov)
  • To address this burden, in 2012, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services launched Million Hearts, a national initiative co-led by CDC and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, with the goal of preventing one million acute cardiovascular events over 5 years. (cdc.gov)
  • Because important groundwork and progress were made during the first 5 years ( 5 , 6 ), Million Hearts 2022 was launched in 2017 to accelerate the implementation of effective strategies to improve cardiovascular health. (cdc.gov)
  • This observation indicates that urbanisation is indeed detrimental to cardiovascular health. (bmj.com)
  • Because migration is often driven by economic and other factors that are likely to be related to health, migrants are often not representative of the rural area they come from, making valid comparisons between migrants and non-migrants difficult. (bmj.com)
  • 2 It also provides an important opportunity for clinicians to engage with patients over the issue of cardiovascular health. (bpac.org.nz)
  • We aimed to examine the association between cardiovascular health characteristics and CTS in a large population of industrial workers. (cdc.gov)
  • We defined cardiovascular health risk factors by the American College of Sports Medicine scale (ACSM). (cdc.gov)
  • Lifestyle interventions targeting healthy diet and/or physical activity are recommended as a physically active and healthy lifestyle contributes equally to patients' mental well-being and cardiovascular health. (frontiersin.org)
  • Cross-sectional study in randomly selected 992 hypertensive patients under a Chilean national comprehensive Cardiovascular Health Program (CVHP). (hindawi.com)
  • That's why cardiovascular disease still remains a growing public health concern. (memorialhermann.org)
  • As many as 50 million Americans are living sedentary lives, putting them at increased risk of health problems and even early death, a leading expert in exercise science says. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Given that these individuals are doubling their risk of developing numerous health conditions compared with those who are even moderately active and fit, we're looking at a major public health problem. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Previous studies suggest that medications used for ADHD and other mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression could increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • In Norway, national health registers with mandatory registration by law and almost complete follow-up provide an opportunity to study a nationwide and unselected patient population. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Registration in this registry is mandatory (the Norwegian Cardiovascular Disease Registry Regulation and the Norwegian Health Register Act), and consent by the patient is not required. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Moreover, the burden of weight gain may affect compliance with medication which may predispose psychiatric patients in great health risk. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) under the Department of Health and Human Services is requesting that a Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Supplement be added to the September 1989 and 1990 Current Population Survey. (cdc.gov)
  • This collection is authorized under 42 of the United States Code 285b-2 and 3, Sections 420 and 421 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by the Health Research Extension Act (Attachment B). This requires the NHLBI to collect and disseminate information on the prevention and treatment of lung and cardiovascular disease to the public and various agencies, and other groups. (cdc.gov)
  • What's more, effective health-care policies around screening, early diagnosis and treatment will help to combat the future rise of cardiovascular disease in this increasingly common young-onset, high-risk population. (medicalxpress.com)
  • At the 6-month follow-up (i.e., the "action" or initiation stage of lifestyle change), the RFE, BC, and BCI interventions produced a significant reduction in cardiovascular risk. (nih.gov)
  • At the 12-month follow-up (i.e., the "maintenance" stage of lifestyle of change), BC was the only program found to produce a significant reduction in CVD risk. (nih.gov)
  • Individualized behavioral counseling was found to be a cost-effective strategy for the initiation and maintenance of CVD risk factor reduction. (nih.gov)
  • Although people in high risk groups have a cardiovascular risk of at least 20%, Framingham study-based tools can still play an important role in conveying the potential reduction of risk that improved risk factor management can provide to individuals, as well as in assessing progress made towards target levels. (bpac.org.nz)
  • The only exception was the Mediterranean diet, in which the reduction in LDL cholesterol (widely associated with increased cardiovascular risk) was significant, though small, even at this point. (news-medical.net)
  • When the dieters were reassessed at 12 months, all showed a reduction in the expected weight loss by 1.5 kg, and no benefit for cardiovascular risk factors, with any diet - except the Mediterranean diet. (news-medical.net)
  • The study seems to suggest with a moderate level of certainty that any diet will result in some amount of weight loss and a significant reduction in risk factors for heart disease and stroke, at six months, though not 12 months. (news-medical.net)
  • Disparities in risk factor prevalences were observed across age groups, genders, and racial/ethnic groups. (cdc.gov)
  • It's a testament to modern medicine that death rates from heart disease around the nation have been cut in half, yet new research sheds light on the wide disparities in cardiovascular death rates depending on geography. (cardiometabolichealth.org)
  • Million Hearts 2022 was launched to focus the nation on high-impact, evidence-based strategies to prevent one million acute cardiovascular events over five years. (cdc.gov)
  • A concerted effort to implement these strategies will be needed to prevent one million acute cardiovascular events during the 5-year initiative. (cdc.gov)
  • Chronic Q fever leads to high illness and death characteristics from 105 patients with proven (n = 44), rates if untreated, which makes early case fi nding and probable (n = 28), or possible (n = 33) chronic Q fever were compared with 201 patients who had acute Q fever in 2009 preventive measures critical for patients at high risk. (cdc.gov)
  • ACSIS is managed by the Working Group on Acute Cardiovascular Care of the Israel Heart Society, in participation with the Israeli Center for Cardiovascular Research. (springer.com)
  • It is estimated that approximately 500,000 hypertensive patients are followed through the CVHP in the Metropolitan region of Santiago [ 14 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • The researchers adjusted for a range of factors that could influence the results including age, sex, and previous history of CVD including heart attack, unstable angina, heart failure, stroke and peripheral artery disease. (medicalxpress.com)
  • Over an average of 6 years of follow-up, 172,120 (40%) of people with early-onset T2D and 151,363 (23%) controls had either a heart attack, stroke or died from CVD. (medicalxpress.com)
  • This is leading to a blurring of the concept of primary and secondary prevention and in some cases, patients are not receiving the intensive interventions required as the perception is that their risk is always high and cannot be reduced. (bpac.org.nz)
  • There may be a misconception that cardiovascular risk in these patients cannot be reduced, resulting in less aggressive treatment of risk factors. (bpac.org.nz)
  • TID-positive patients were compared with a 2:1 risk-factor-matched-pair control cohort without TID. (snmjournals.org)
  • TID was identified in 30 patients who were compared with TID-negative risk-factor-matched controls ( n = 60). (snmjournals.org)
  • Therefore, we examined whether common physiological cardiovascular risk factors differ between patients with depression and healthy (non-depressed) controls, whether patients and controls differ in CRF, and whether higher CRF is associated with a lower cardiovascular risk in both patients and healthy controls. (frontiersin.org)
  • Additionally, we examined whether within the patient sample, cardiovascular risk factors differ between patients with mild, moderate and severe depression, and whether the relationship between symptom severity and cardiovascular risk is moderated by patients' CRF levels. (frontiersin.org)
  • Compared to healthy controls, patients with depression had a higher cardiovascular risk as evident from about half of the examined indicators. (frontiersin.org)
  • Few differences in risk markers were found between patients with mild, moderate and severe depression, and no interaction occurred between depression severity and CRF. (frontiersin.org)
  • Patients with depression and healthy controls differ in several cardiovascular risk markers, putting patients at increased risk for CVDs. (frontiersin.org)
  • In contrast, people with good CRF show more favourable cardiovascular risk scores, a relationship which was observed in both healthy controls and patients with depression. (frontiersin.org)
  • In the CVHP patients are provided access to treatment and screening for cardiovascular risk factors plus a multidisciplinary approach to modify unfavorable life style and habits free of copayments. (hindawi.com)
  • Patients with MI and prior CAD had increased risk of death or new MI compared to patients without prior CAD during long-term follow-up (adjusted HR 1.6, 95% CI 1.5-1.7). (biomedcentral.com)
  • The weight loss reported by each group of patients, and the changes in the risk factors for cardiovascular disease, were assessed. (news-medical.net)
  • This study aimed to investigate the effects of a long term nutritional intervention on body weight, body fat and cardiovascular risk factors in a large number of patients with SMI. (biomedcentral.com)
  • These findings indicate the importance of weight-reducing nutritional intervention in decreasing the cardiovascular risk in patients with SMI. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Key factors likely involved in the discrepant findings include heterogeneity of patients studied in terms of age of onset of the GH deficiency (childhood versus adulthood), gender, severity of GHD and methodologic issues such as dose and duration of GH administration. (knowcancer.com)
  • Risk factors for postphlebitic syndrome in patients with DVT include proximal thrombosis, recurrent ipsilateral DVT, and body mass index (BMI) ≥ 22 kg/m 2 . (msdmanuals.com)
  • The researchers found that risk of CVD complications was strongly linked to age and adults diagnosed with T2D aged 40 or younger had the highest relative risk for most complications compared with the general population. (medicalxpress.com)
  • In the total sample, participants with good CRF had more favourable scores across nearly all risk markers than counterparts with poor CRF. (frontiersin.org)
  • Researchers also looked at numerous other factors including the participants' medical histories. (sciencedaily.com)
  • One follow-up study of 40,842 longitudinal study participants showed poor fitness level accounted for about 16 percent of all deaths in both men and women. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Independent risk factors for development of proven drug therapy, preferably a combination of doxycycline chronic Q fever were valvular surgery, vascular prosthesis, and hydroxychloroquine for 18-24 months. (cdc.gov)
  • Each atherosclerotic lesion represents a different stage of a chronic inflammatory process in the arterial wall and different markers along the inflammatory cascade have been reported to predict cardiovascular risk [34]. (knowcancer.com)
  • Postphlebitic syndrome is symptomatic chronic venous insufficiency that follows DVT. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Itchhaporia explained that depression, a condition that globally affects women twice as much as men, is another emerging factor (though it has received some increased recognition). (medscape.com)
  • Women living with depression are at higher risk of smoking, not exercising as much, are perhaps less careful with their hygiene, are not likely to adhere to their medications, and don't sleep as well. (medscape.com)
  • A gradient in levels was observed for some risk factors across study groups. (bmj.com)
  • In Table 1, the use of the Framingham study-based cardiovascular risk equation is helpful in conveying the potential benefit of risk factor management. (bpac.org.nz)
  • A recent study published by the Journal of the American College of Cardiology includes data that indicates an association between the presence of cardiovascular risk factors in adolescence, and a lower cognition later in life-"regardless of the exposure experienced during adulthood. (cardiometabolichealth.org)
  • A recent nationwide study published in World Psychiatry shows that individuals with ADHD were at an increased risk of cardiovascular disease compared to those without ADHD, even after accounting for cardiovascular risk factors. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • The study is huge with long follow-up and even considering potential errors in maintaining such a huge data bank, the study certainly suggests that ADHD is associated with possibly doubling the risk of CVD. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • In the present study, the researchers used data on over 5.4 million Swedish adults born between 1941 and 1983 without a previous cardiovascular disease diagnosis. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • A new study published in The BMJ in April 2020 suggests that almost any remedial diet can result in a certain amount of weight loss and a better cardiovascular risk profile over the next six months, compared with the usual diet. (news-medical.net)
  • They also note that the study is limited by a relatively short follow-up and its use of a dataset from South Korea, limiting the generalizability to other populations. (medicalxpress.com)
  • Our study indicates a need for routine blood pressure measurements and risk assessment in young adult females in Saudi Arabia. (who.int)
  • Multiple emerging risk factors for cardiovascular disease in women must be recognized and assessed to provide timely diagnosis and treatment, according to Dipti N. Itchhaporia, MD, an interventional cardiologist in southern California. (medscape.com)
  • Objectives To assess differences in cardiovascular risk profiles among rural-to-urban migrants and non-migrant groups. (bmj.com)
  • Area under the curve (AUC) was used to assess the longitudinal glycemic exposure and cardiovascular risk factors. (cdc.gov)
  • Should time-consuming diagnostic procedures with high sensitivity and specificity be employed, or should simpler methods be applied for screening populations at risk, e.g. in the primary care sector? (ersjournals.com)
  • The high cardiovascular risk at presentation illustrates the severity of the situation and the decreasing risk, as targets are approached, provides tangible progress and further motivation for the patient. (bpac.org.nz)
  • New Zealand cardiovascular risk charts use the Framingham equation to incorporate the most significant of these factors into individualised five-year absolute cardiovascular risk assessments. (bpac.org.nz)
  • Hormone (GH) replacement in women with GH deficiency on the basis of pituitary/hypothalamic region tumors, radiation, or surgery on cardiovascular risk markers and arterial distensibility. (knowcancer.com)
  • We have recently investigated the effects of physiologic GH replacement in cardiovascular risk markers in men with GHD. (knowcancer.com)
  • Cardiovascular risk factors were assessed according to migrant status (migrants vs non-migrants), age at first migration, length of residency in an urban area and lifetime exposure to an urban area. (bmj.com)
  • BACKGROUND: The purpose of this research was to examine whether waterpipe smokers experience increased risk of motor vehicle crashes. (who.int)
  • Considering that this condition [ADHD} appears to be increasing, along with early drug use and physical inactivity, these data certainly raise red flags regarding long-term CVD risks in this patient population. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • The vast majority of studies have focused primarily on men and the gender-specific effects of GH replacement on cardiovascular risk factors remain unknown. (knowcancer.com)
  • The researchers found that people who followed a conventional weight-loss diet, low-carb diet, and low-fat diets all succeeded in losing about 4-5 kg and in lowering their blood pressure slightly by six months. (news-medical.net)
  • However, it can be difficult to ascertain the role of virus-specific factors, as additional factors such as age and the time between infections, has also been shown to play an important role in the risk for severe disease. (cdc.gov)
  • Many factors can affect an individual's risk for severe dengue. (cdc.gov)