According to a variety of epidemiological studies, obesity is a proven, major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Obesity significantly increases the risk of developing coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, stroke, and congestive heart failure. In a metaanalysis of 21 cohort studies, ...
Heart disease, also calledcardiovascular disease, is the leading cause of death in the United States, where more than 600 000 people die of heart diseases each year. The most common form of heart disease iscoronary heart disease(CHD). This primarily involves blockages in one or more of the ...
The August 20, 2003, issue ofJAMAincludes several articles about risk factors for heart disease. Arisk factoris something that makes you more likely to have a disease, illness, or medical problem. Some risk factors aremodifiable(can be made better). Other risk factors, such as age andgenetic...
Anger, anxiety, and depression as risk factors for cardiovascular disease: the problems and implications of overlapping affective dispositions. Several recent reviews have identified 3 affective dispositions--depression, anxiety, and anger-hostility--as putative risk factors for coronary heart dise... J...
riskdiseasecardiovascularfactors心血管ckd ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Chronic Kidney Disease Overall Burden and Rates of Treatment and Control Nisha I. Parikh, MD, MPH; Shih-Jen Hwang, PhD; Martin G. Larson, ScD; James B. Meigs, MD, MPH; Daniel Levy, MD; Carol...
Low birth weight is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. However, the association could be confounded by many factors. We used Mendelian randomization to clarify the role of birth weight in ischemic heart disease (IHD) and lipids. We used all 7 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) independ...
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Prognosis is poor for patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI), and the most frequent cause of death is cardiovascular disease. Low grip strength is a risk factor for cardiovascular events, and sarcopenia may be associated as well. Thus, we hypothesized that sarcopenia is a risk factor for ...
Video Interview (4:07) Effect of Volunteering on Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease in Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Trial Abstract Importance The idea that individuals who help others incur health benefits themselves suggests a novel approach to improving health while simultaneously promoting...
Cardiovascular risk factors and dementia Background: Dementias, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and vascular dementia, are disorders of aging populations and represent a significant economic burd... RA Zuckerman - 《American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy》 被引量: 251发表: 2008年 Birth Chara...