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... prediction all-cause mortality Introduction [Rationale and background]: Fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and hemoglobin ... is more robustly associated with incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality than FPG in cohorts across the ... 4 In an analysis of data from the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS), Smith and colleagues showed that in a ...- 2014-10-03 13:49 - 2 comments
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... epidemiology heart failure cognitive decline Background and Rationale Though ambient air pollution exposure is an ... The extensive and longitudinal data from the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) currently offers availability of measures ... structure and function, multiple biomarkers of cardiac disease, as well as over 25 years of prospective events ...- 2014-06-16 16:22 - 4 comments
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depression mortality older adults Introduction [Rationale and background]: It is now widely accepted that both major ... variance in mortality after controlling for demographic and health covariates. In this study we proposed to ... former smoker, never smoked). Prevalent cardiovascular disease will include the number of cardiovascular and ...- 2014-07-23 11:47 - 6 comments
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Context Anemia and thyroid dysfunction often co-occur and both increase ... with age. Human data on the relationship between thyroid disease and anemia are scarce. Objective To investigate ... These findings are also supported by the Busselton Health Study. In that study, higher levels of thyroid ...- 2014-09-25 04:39 - 5 comments
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mitochondria 1. Introduction [Rationale and background]:Energy has been hypothesized to be central to health in later life (Ruggiero C, Ferrucci L, 2006)however ... many of the clinical problems observed in age-related disease and frailty, including movement disorders and muscle ...- 2014-06-03 05:35 - 4 comments
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... Married couples are more likely to enjoy better mental and physical health compared to their same-aged single counterparts ... be measured as the presence of prevalent cardiovascular diseases that were confirmed by physician review of medical ...- 2014-11-03 10:08 - 6 comments
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... studied prospectively the associations of plasma factor XI and a key F11 genetic variant with incident VTE in whites and African Americans. Approach and Results – We measured ... the association of these factors with with atherothrombotic diseases (CHD and stroke) if someone in CHS is interested in ...- 2014-10-15 10:36 - 3 comments
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... of aging-related phenotypes, such as dementia, disability, and frailty, participants are typically assessed at ... [2], as well as programs to encourage positive mental health [3]. Identification of individuals at high risk of ... has been done to study risk for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Therefore, a main objective of our project is to ...- 2014-08-25 17:57 - 3 comments
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... The compression of morbidity paradigm argues that healthy lifestyle factors can postpone the onset of morbidity to a ... factors on functional health (Years of Able Life, YAL) and life expectancy (Years of Life, YOL) to describe their ...- 2014-02-22 08:34 - 1 comment
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ABSTRACT Coagulation factor VIII and von Willebrand factor (vWF) are important components of the coagulation ... vWF antigen (vWF:Ag) are risk factors for cardiovascular disease and venous thromboembolism. Beyond associations with ...- 2014-04-04 22:11