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... of a strong support network, including family, friends and/or neighbors (Cantor, 1979). Another model to appear was ... including the Alameda County Study, Tecumseh Community Health Study, Evans County Study, and the Established ... history and comorbidities (hypertension, diabetes, renal disease, cancer), health behaviors (body mass index, smoking ...
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Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). ... be important for developing effective strategies to improve health outcomes. Methods: We pooled participants without ...
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... adiponectin Sudden cardiac death Introduction [Rationale and background]: Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a major cause ... cause of SCD. 27 Accordingly, population-based studies of healthy middle aged adults have linked higher adiponectin ... intake, body mass index (BMI), physical activity, serum lipids levels (total-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, ...
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coronary artery disease CHD CABG coronary artery bypass graft PCI ... the aging population. It is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity. 1 At the age of 40, the lifetime risk of CHD ... were performed in US hospitals in 2011. 3 Cardiovascular health and disease are linked to cognitive health. 4-6 ...
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... highly prevalent disorder leading to heart failure, stroke, and death. Enhanced understanding of modifiable risk factors ... finding by Selmer et al is the inclusion of a relatively healthy population with less other risk factors for AF and ... failure Other (clinical) characteristics at baseline: Serum lipids (total cholesterol, HDL, LDL) BMI Hypertension/ ...
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2014-06-25 09:37 -
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... cognitive function, independent of individual demographic, health, and socioeconomic characteristics. However, research has ... a single race or have not stratified by race.Small vessel disease (SVD) of the brain, visible on magnetic resonance ...
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2014-04-11 13:02 -
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... of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and high sensitivity troponin T (TnT) are associated with ... participants free of heart failure in the Cardiovascular Health Study. NT-proBNP and TnT were measured from baseline ... never), prevalent CVD (MI, CAGB, PCI, stroke), diabetes, lipids, eGFR level, troponin T. We will also examine the ...
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2014-03-26 16:48
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Background: Decline in serum androgens is common among older men and has been associated with cardiovascular disease, but the role of androgen levels in risk of AF has ... coronary or cerebrovascular disease in the Cardiovascular Health Study. Among 1019 men without prevalent AF followed ...
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2014-03-19 07:51 -
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... two-dimensional (2D) echocardiography (echo) determined MCF and adverse cardiovascular outcomes including incident heart failure (HF), atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) and mortality. Methods: Using 2D-echo data from the Cardiovascular Health Study, we calculated MCF among individuals with LV ...
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2014-11-04 11:48 -
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... such factors; we hypothesized that markers of inflammation and frailty, which may be markers of vulnerability, would be ... with incident ischemic strokes from the Cardiovascular Health Study, we evaluated the association of several risk ... associated mortality and have found previous cardiovascular disease, higher systolic blood pressure, older age, ...
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