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... stroke polyunsaturated fatty acids epidemiology Background and purpose: Stroke is a leading cause of mortality and ... secondary prevention settings that limits the inference for healthy individuals (5). These trials are also limited by ... Dr. Irena King, current director Dr. Xiaoling Song). Total lipids are extracted from plasma using the method of Folch, ...- 2014-09-24 09:04 - 4 comments
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... between time-varying measures of physical function and survival in men and women aged 70 years and over, while accounting for the time-varying effects of health and lifestyle characteristics. Methods: 1,846 women ... strength are thought to capture the complexity of multiple diseases and to provide a global measure of health. 2 There ...- 2014-12-13 03:18 - 4 comments
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... uncertainty whether the associations of chronic kidney disease (CKD) with mortality and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) differ between men and women. Objective: To assess the presence of a gender ...- 2014-03-13 14:40
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... Traditional Medicare Introduction (Rationale and Background) Since the 1970s, Medicare beneficiaries have ... option of receiving their Medicare benefits through private health plans instead of the traditional fee-for-service ... as cognitive and functional status and verified chronic disease burden. Characterizing the differences between ...- 2014-04-10 12:33 - 4 comments
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... (CVD) Introduction Among older adults, associations of LDL and total cholesterol with CVD risk are attenuated, but ... Evaluate the relative influence of correlated lipoproteins/lipids modeled individually and jointly. Evaluate ... events and total mortality: The Cardiovascular Health Study ...- 2014-09-19 16:44 - 4 comments
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... factors with mean common carotid intima-media thickness and cardiovascular events. Crystel M. Gijsberts, et al: Abstract Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is an important cause of morbidity and ... definitions of expressing vascular age yield different health benefits atherosclerosis carotid intima-media ...- 2014-10-06 04:18 - 8 comments
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... Whether increased carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) and presence of carotid plaque improve risk prediction of ... year. Third, other risk factors such as peripheral arterial disease were not included.13 In response to these ... Stroke and AF are two important public health problems in the United States. The prediction of ...- 2014-01-01 13:51 - 4 comments
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... is associated with an increased risk of ischemic stroke and cardiovascular (CV) death. Whether modifiable lifestyle ... Risk in Communities (ARIC) study and Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) participants with incident AF, we ... medications, eGFR, heart failure, diabetes, coronary heart disease, previous MI, peripheral arterial disease, aspirin ...- 2014-02-12 09:56 - 9 comments
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... dysfunction is a core component of the aging process and may play a key role in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD). mtDNA copy number (mtDNA-CN), which ... from three prospective cohort studies—Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS), Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities ...- 2014-06-03 05:28 - 2 comments
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... limited to 3 pages). 1. Introduction [Rationale and background]:Despite its insulin-sensitizing and ... to have adverse associations with new-onset cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality in older adults. 3 , 4 Recent ... fibrillation, aspirin use, warfarin use, self-reported health status, diabetes, insulin therapy, oral hypoglycemic ...- 2014-01-10 15:59