Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is an emerging contributor to national morbidity and mortality in Saudi Arabia. CVD risk prevention services are limited, particularly with an over-utilised public health sector and an under-utilised and under-resourced prima
Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia Purpose: Although elevated cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors are associated with a higher risk of developing heart conditions across all ethnic groups, variations exist between groups in the distribution and association of risk factors, and also risk ...
Framingham risk scoreSummary The study was designed to model the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of oral Vitamin D supplementation as a primary prevention strategy for cardiovascular disease among a migrant population in Australia. It was carried out in the Community Health Service, Kensington, ...
Design, Setting, and Participants This prospective cohort study followed participants from the US, Finland, and Australia from childhood (1970s-1990s) until 2019, with data on CVD risk factors in childhood and adulthood. Longitudinal childhood and adulthood risk factors were summarized to ...
B. Increased planned delivery contributes to declining rates of pregnancy hypertension in Australia: a population-based record linkage study. BMJ Open 5, e009313 (2015). Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Hwu, L. J. et al. Risk of subsequent hypertension and diabetes in women ...
Assessment of vitamin D and its association with cardiovascular disease risk factors in an adult migrant population: an audit of patient records at a community health centre in Kensington. Melbourne, Australia: BMC Car- diovascular Disorders; 2014:14....
the Systematic COronary Risk Evaluation (SCORE) algorithm, and a Stage of behaviour Change determination model. The interventions are designed to address both medical and psychosocial aspects of risk management and, as such, we combine staged lifestyle modification materials and non-staged messages base...
Dobson AJ, Gibberd RW, Leeder SR, O'Connell DL: Occupational differences in ischemic heart disease mortality and risk factors in Australia. Am J Epidemiol. 1985, 122 (2): 283-290. CAS PubMed Google Scholar Simons LA, Simons J, Magnus P, Bennett SA: Education level and coronary risk fa...
The role of genetic risk scores associated with adult body mass index (BMI) on BMI levels across the life course is unclear. We examined if a 97 single nucleotide polymorphism weighted genetic risk score (wGRS97) associated with age-related progression in BMI at different life stages and disti...
Carotid femoral pulse wave velocity (cf-PWV) and peripheral (PAIx) and central augmentation index (CAIx) These parameters were estimated using the SphygmoCor System (AtCor Medica lPty Ltd., Head Office, West Ryde, Australia). The central augmentation index (CAIx) is a composite index that ...