The research showed that asking about erectile dysfunction is but a simple method to screen men with diabetes for complications. The question seems to identify men whose 10-year cardiovascular risk was 5.5 percent...
Figure 4. Two-by-Two Array Based on Logistic Regression for Reporting the Performance of Combined NT-proBNP and IL-1 RL1 Analyses in High-Risk CHD vs Controls View LargeDownload CHD indicates congenital heart disease; IL-1 RL1, interleukin 1 receptor-like 1; NT-proBNP, amino-terminal prohormo...
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The Forest Plot for Changes in Energy Intake in Studies Without Energy Restriction, Grouped by Control Diets Excluding Imputed Data eFigure 57. Funnel Plot of Energy Intake in Studies Without Energy Restriction eFigure 58. Risk of Bias Assessment of Included Randomized Controlled T...
“However, none of the previous studies had tested these drugs in the acute setting of ACS, which is a vulnerable clinical setting with a particularly high risk of repeated ischemic events. The EVOPACS study was undertaken to address this gap and assess, for the fi...
Patients with CHD who also have elevated triglycerides have an increased risk for all-cause mortality, independent of HDL, according to researchers. Robert Klempfner, MD , of the Heart Center, Sheba Medical Center, Israel, and colleagu
Do Age, Gender, and Race Affect the Efficacy of Ezetimibe Plus Atorvastatin vs. Doubling the Atorvastatin Dose in Moderately High and High CHD Risk Patients? Author links open overlay panelHarold Edward Bays MD, Scott Conard, Lawrence A. Leiter, Steve Bird, Robert S. Lowe, Andrew M. Ter...
First, this study was a cross-sectional study, meaning that the findings cannot be used to establish a conclusive cause-and-effect relationship between risk factors and obesity-related hypertension. Second, the participants were recruited from Southwest China, such that the conclusions cannot represent...
A low plasma HDL-C concentration is among the strongest, statistically independent risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) (2). In a widely cited meta-analysis of four large studies (total number of individuals studied: 15,252), a 1 mg/dl increase of HDL-C levels was reported to be...
Meaning These findings emphasize the need for the development and evaluation of prevention strategies to address stress. Abstract Importance Stress may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Most studies on stress and CVD have been conducted in high-income Western countries, but whether st...