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glycemia albuminuria retinopathy leukoaraiosis Microvascular disease Introduction [Rationale and background]: The screening tests for type 2 diabetes ... C, eGFR based on cystatin C, aspirin use, self-reported health status, CRP, prevalent CVD (CHD, stroke/TIA, PAD), ...- 2014-12-11 23:16 - 2 comments
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... the long-term course of psychiatric/physical conditions and other risk factors that are potentially related to time ... Due to the prospective nature of the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) and the fact that spouse pairs form a ... designated to identify the risk factors for cardiovascular disease in older adults [2]. It enrolled 5888 men and women ...- 2014-12-09 10:33 - 7 comments
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... disease Microvascular disease Introduction [Rationale and background]: Advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs) are a ... that result from nonenzymatic glycation of proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids. 1 Although hyperglycemia drives ... C, eGFR based on cystatin C, aspirin use, self-reported health status, diabetes, hypoglycemic medications (oral ...- 2014-02-08 10:00 - 4 comments
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Age-related mobility limitations are debilitating and common. Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) and conditions affecting other systems (OC) ... older adults 1-3 and are recognized as important public health targets 2 . Mobility limitations, defined by slow ...- 2014-10-10 12:43 - 7 comments
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kidney Introduction [Rationale and background]: Galectin-3 and soluble ST2 (sST2) are ... cardiac injury possibly contributes to progressive kidney disease. Specifically, a recent analysis of data from CHS ... CVD (MI, CAGB, PCI, stroke), prevalent HF, diabetes, lipids, lipid medication use, eGFR level, troponin T, ...- 2014-08-22 15:53 - 3 comments
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... (IGF-I) has structural/functional similarities with insulin and may play a role in glucose homeostasis, along with IGF ... associations between baseline tertiles (T) of IGF-I and IGFBP-3 and incident diabetes in the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS), a cohort of adults aged ≥65 years. ...- 2014-04-28 09:20 - 11 comments
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health related quality of life (HRQL) heart failure incident ... mortality risk factors depression Introduction [Rationale and background]: A multidimensional construct, health related quality of life (HRQL) refers to how a ...- 2014-09-05 17:29
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... in community based cohorts from the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS), Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study, and Dallas Heart Study (DHS). Participants were divided into ... risk stratification in patients with chronic cardiovascular diseases and the general population compared to conventional ...- 2014-09-18 13:54 - 7 comments
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Background: Using the 2013 ACC/AHA cardiovascular disease (CVD) lipid treatment guidelines and the Pooled Cohort Equation, nearly all individuals age ... Study of Atherosclerosis, and the Cardiovascular Health Study). Results were compared with 2 European cohorts ...- 2014-10-03 11:57 - 5 comments
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Background: Slowed gait is an important health indicator in older adults but a single identifiable ... index (measuring vasculature, brain, kidneys, lungs, and glucose metabolism; range 0-10 with 0-2 points/system ... can be adversely affected by a number of clinically overt diseases, declines in function retain an independent ...- 2014-01-16 07:58