Combined with other lifestyle changes, such as eating healthy and quitting smoking, exercise can most effectively improve heart conditions.Apart from artery diseases, other risk factors brought by lack of exercise include fatness,high blood pressure and low levels of good LDL cholesterol (胆固醇), ...
1990. Reduction of plasma cholesterol levels in normal men on an American Heart Association Step 1 diet or a Step 1 diet with added monounsaturated fat. N Engl J Med. 322:574-579.Ginsberg HN, Barr SL, Gilbert A, Karmally W, Deckelbaum R, Kaplan K, Ramakrishnan R, Hollera...
Heart disease is twice as high in American Indian adults compared to the general U.S. population. Abnormalcholesterol levelsseen among participants in the current study were also twice as high as abnormal levels seen in the general population of U.S. teens and young adults. Researchers underscore...
Analysis of 30-year national trends in serum lipid levels shows improvements in total cholesterol and LDL-C levels. This may in part be explained by the steady increase in the use of lipid-lowering drug therapy (self-reported rate of lipid medication use, 38%). However, 69% of U.S. adu...
Owning a pet was also associated with lower blood pressure, cholesterol levels and incidence of obesity. Pets were also shown to lower stress levels. Therapy animals: Doggie docs, horse helpers, and more26 photos Obese dachshund's weight loss journey41 photos ...
ACC/AHA indicates American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association; CVD, cardiovascular disease; ESC, European Society of Cardiology; LOE, level of evidence; NSTE-ACS, acute coronary syndrome without ST-segment elevation; STEMI, ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Figure 3. Proportion ...
The Life's Essential 8 components of optimal cardiovascular health are divided into two major areas—health behaviors and health factors. Health behaviors include diet, physical activity, nicotine exposure and sleep. Health factors are body mass index,cholesterol levels, blood sugar and blood pressure...
a modest change in the performance statistics of the Systemic Coronary Risk Evaluation (SCORE) algorithm, which estimates 10-year risk of CV-associated death based on traditional CV risk factors (blood pressure, smoking, serum cholesterol level, age, and sex) with the addition of LTPA levels. ...
Baseline Predictors of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Systolic Blood Pressure Goal Attainment After 1 Year in the ISCHEMIA Trial BACKGROUND:Risk factor control is the cornerstone of managing stable ischemic heart disease but is often not achieved. Predictors of risk factor control in... JD ...
This may be documented by examining risk-adjusted outcomes that control for established cardiac risk factors (eg, age and cholesterol levels). There have been several reports that have attempted to evaluate the incremental predictive value of the EBCT coronary calcium score in consideration with other...