... by 5,201 elderly participants of the Cardiovascular Health Study during their baseline examination and a subset of the ATS/DLD-78 respiratory questionnaire was ... dyspnea on exertion was 10 percent. The prevalence of lung disease in current smokers (12 percent of the cohort) was ...
... to describe the prevalence of snoring, observed apneas, and daytime sleepiness in older men and women, and to ... describe the relationships of these sleep disturbances to health status and cardiovascular diseases (CVD). A cross-sectional design was employed to ...
asthma elderly Abstract Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is more prevalent in elderly than in ... The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and correlates of asthma in the elderly and their ... sample of 5201 elderly persons from the Cardiovascular Health Study was asked if they had a physician diagnosis of ...
smoking lung function atherosclerosis The Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) is an observational study of heart diseaseand stroke designed to evaluate risk factors and noninvasive ...
pulmonary function elderly Abstract The Cardiovascular Health Study provided the opportunity to determine the association of subclinical and clinical cardiovascular disease with pulmonary function in a population sample of ...
... Pulmonary function was assessed by spirometry in 497 black and 2,980 white ambulatory elderly male and female participants of the Cardiovascular Health Study. The quality assurance program prompted ... Thoracic Society recommendations for spirometry. A "healthy" subgroup of 235 black and 1,227 white participants ...
... in 4,443 ambulatory participants of the Cardiovascular Health Study, 65 yr of age and older, sampled from four communities. Maximal expiratory ... no independent effect of race, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, or diabetes. A healthy subgroup was identified by ...
... 4,581 persons > or = 65 years old from the Cardiovascular Health Study. MEASUREMENTS: Standardized respiratory, sleep, and quality-of-life (QOL) ... They were also more likely to report poor general health, symptoms of depression, and limitation of activities ...
... 5,201 ambulatory elderly participants of the Cardiovascular Health Study, sampled from four communities. A stringent ... spirometry maneuvers. A "healthy" subgroup of 777 women and men 65 to 85 yr of age was identified by excluding smokers and those with lung diseaseand other factors determined to independently, ...
... after correction for smoking status, body size, age, race, and gender. Longitudinal analyses of several other (mostly ... Low FEV1 Associated with Incident Cardiovascular Diseaseand Mortality: Results from the Cardiovascular Health Study. Paul Enright ...