Journal of the American Heart Association

JANUARY 17, 2024

BackgroundWe investigated how childhood‐to‐adulthood perceived stress patterns predict adult cardiometabolic risk.Methods and ResultsThis study included 276 participants from the Southern California Children's Health Study (2003–2014), and a follow‐up assessment (2018–2021). 5.17]), and greater odds of obesity (odds ratio, 5.57 [95% CI, 1.62–19.10])

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The association between Veteran status and stroke and associated outcomes have not been well described.Methods:We performed a retrospective, cross-sectional analysis of the 2021 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Veterans more often reported a history of diabetes, tobacco use, and obesity. vs. 3.6%, p<0.001).

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American College of Cardiology

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

years by 2021 in the U.S.1 The researchers assessed life expectancy trends between 2000 and 2021. Already Stark Differences Widened Further In 2021, Asian Americans living in counties with predominantly Asian populations had the highest life expectancy at 84.0 year drop in life expectancy between 2019 and 2021.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Visceral Fat & Insulin Resistance While rates of smoking have decreased significantly in recent decades, the rates of obesity and excess visceral fat have increased dramatically 3. Trends in the number of obese and severely obese people by region. Rates of obesity have tripled in the last 60 years. 2021 , 22 , 5770.

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Cardiometabolic Health Congress

JULY 25, 2024

Innovations in Cardiorenal Metabolic Medicine The event will focus on the whole spectrum of cardiorenal metabolic disease, including obesity, diabetes, lipids, hypertension, and cardiorenal disease. Ferdinand, MD , ‘Boston Magazine’s 2021 Top Doctor’ Deepak L. Morris, MD as featured speakers; CMHC co-chairs Anne L.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

APRIL 5, 2024

New obesity medications such as GLP-1 agonists have shown significant reductions in weight in those with a prior heart attack. 2021 Oct 19;10(20):e021356. JACC Volume 79, Issue 17 , 3 May 2022, Pages 1690-1700 9 Semaglutide and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Obesity without Diabetes. 2021 May 1;397(10285):1625-1636.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

MAY 24, 2024

Type 2 diabetes is much more common in those with a BMI in the overweight or obese category but is not uncommon in those who are relatively normal weight. Diabetes 1 June 2021; 70 (Supplement_1): 1184–P. But what about those with a relatively normal weight? Does weight loss work in these cases? J Am Coll Cardiol. Curr Diab Rep.

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Cardiometabolic Health Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In 2021 alone, CVD accounted for over 900,000 deaths in the U.S. In 2021, approximately 57.8 A 2021 cohort study of 118, 706 participants with no prior CVD, evaluated the association between psychological stress and the development of CVD and mortality. and approximately 19.91 million globally.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

MARCH 27, 2025

years]) admitted to the China Chest Pain Center Database between 2016 and 2021. Hierarchical clustering of 15 medical conditions was performed to derive multimorbidity patterns. The primary outcome was a composite of inhospital adverse events.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

AUGUST 16, 2024

Overweight/Obesity. Falling into the class of obesity with a BMI of greater than 30 makes this more likely, but so also does having excess visceral fat deposition with significant metabolic consequences at a BMI less than 30. Weight Loss Potential With Obesity Medications. 2021 Mar 18;384(11):989-1002. Med Clin North Am.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

JANUARY 23, 2024

For other significant risk factors, the trend is also the same, with almost nonexistent rates of obesity, abnormal glycemic control and very low rates of smoking 14. 2021 Dec 1;53(12):2512-2519. 2021 Feb 16;87(1):18. The average Non-HDL cholesterol is 2.9 mmol/l (112 mg/dl), which equates to the 20th percentile. Circulation.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Except in the setting of type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance and obesity. 2021 Mar 23;77(11):1439-1450. Using LDL cholesterol to guide your decisions is ok but not great. Usually LDL -C roughly equates to levels of ApoB. JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(1):e2352572. J Am Coll Cardiol.

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Physiologically Speaking

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Popular Dietary Patterns: Alignment With American Heart Association 2021 Dietary Guidance: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association However, observational studies have inherent limitations in establishing causation.

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European Journal of Heart Failure

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Methods and Results Patients with HF from the Swedish HF Registry between 2000-2021 were included. Obesity was associated with a lower risk of all-cause death (HR 0.81, 95%CI 0.79-0.84). The highest risk was associated with dementia (hazard ratio [HR] 1.55, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.45-1.65),

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

we analyzed patients presenting from 2016 to 2021 with an initial diagnosis of stroke, defined by ICD-10 codes in any diagnostic position as abstracted from free text responses by ED staff. We therefore used population-level data to report the frequency of cardiac troponin assessments among U.S.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Census tract stroke prevalence was estimated using 2021 CDC PLACES data. Nearly half (47%) of graded census tracts had persistent discrimination and tracts with persistent discrimination were younger, less non-Hispanic white, and had higher proportions of diabetes, obesity and hypertension (Table).

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Physiologically Speaking

MARCH 6, 2024

But the rising trends of obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease and the falling trend of activity levels lead me to a dark conclusion: things probably aren’t going to get any better. I’m an exercise scientist by training. We can promote exercise until we’re red in the face. Unfortunately, this isn’t possible.

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Physiologically Speaking

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Popular Dietary Patterns: Alignment With American Heart Association 2021 Dietary Guidance: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association However, observational studies have inherent limitations in establishing causation.

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Cardiometabolic Health Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2023

A session at the 18 th Annual Cardiometabolic Health Congress (CMHC), explored the intersection of cardiometabolic conditions such as obesity and insulin resistance with liver disease, beginning with some important new updates on the preferred terms for these diseases. Eckel, MD On Thursday, Oct. 78(1), pp. doi: 10.1097/hep.0000000000000412.

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Diabetes Kidney Disease Obesity Anatomy 52

Dr. Paddy Barrett

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Because there is such a close relationship with obesity, the first line of treatment is usually weight loss. 2021 Jul 20;144(3):e56-e67. 2021 Jul 20;144(3):e56-e67. Subscribe now How is it treated? Subscribe now 1 Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.

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DAIC

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This clinical trial cohort included participants aged 24 to 70, with diagnosed co-morbidities that included OSA, asthma, diabetes, obesity hypertension, Heart Failure (HF) and hyperthyroidism. American Heart Association (2021). More information: www.peerbridgehealth.com Reference: 1. Retrieved from [link] 2. Kingshott, R.

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Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

JANUARY 21, 2024

2021 Jun 25;9(7):729. Types of HDL dysfunction : A combination of obesity & diabetes has high chance of pushing this molecule into bad times. It can change color from good to bad with a drop of a hat in various clinical situations. Biomedicines.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

AUGUST 29, 2023

In addition to elevated fasting glucose, there are many other risk factors for developing diabetes, including: Metabolic syndrome BMI > 30 (Obese category) Elevated HBA1c - Not in the diabetes category but above normal. 2021 Nov;41(11):2786-2797. Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2023 May;37(3):101749. doi: 10.1016/j.beem.2023.101749.

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DAIC

MARCH 8, 2024

Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) has approved an additional indication for Wegovy ( semaglutide ) to reduce the risk of major cardiovascular events such as death, heart attack, or stroke in adults with known heart disease and with either obesity or overweight along with a reduced calorie diet and increased physical activity.

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DAIC

JANUARY 23, 2024

1,12,13 While it is important to treat all known risk factors that contribute to ASCVD including high blood pressure, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, and obesity, physicians also need to recognize and treat systemic inflammation in CV disease. 2021 Apr 20;77(15):1958-1959]. Roth GA, Mensah GA, Johnson CO, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol.

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Open Heart

MARCH 22, 2025

Objective Historical reductions in cardiovascular disease (CVD) due to lifestyle and treatment improvements are now threatened by factors such as increasing obesity and diabetes, but the relative importance of different risk factors varies by CVD condition. and PAD (RR 1.8).

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Cardiovascular Disease Peripheral Arterial Disease Myocardial Infarction Atrial Fibrillation 52

European Journal of Heart Failure

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Numbers of all-age deaths and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) attributable to high body mass index in males and females from 1990 to 2021 globally. ( Globally in 2021, the deaths and DALYs attributable to high BMI have risen 2.54-fold A ) Numbers of all-age deaths; ( B ) numbers of all-age DALYs. fold and 2.68-fold

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Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

APRIL 20, 2023

Part 1: Concepts, Indicator Variables, and Controversies The Annals of Thoracic Surgery January 2022 Arman Kilic Supplementing Existing Societal Risk Models for Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement With Machine Learning for Improved Prediction Journal of the American Heart Association November 2021 Jared Belle Strategies for Mechanical Right Ventricular (..)

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Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

APRIL 20, 2023

Institutional Coronary Artery Bypass Case Volumes and Outcomes European Journal of Heart Failure October 2023 Makoto Mori 1 Robotic Mitral Valve Repair for Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation The Annals of Thoracic Surgery August 2023 Carlos Diaz-Castrillion 2 Volume-Failure to Rescue Relationship in Acute Type A Aortic Dissections: An Analysis of The (..)

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

We assessed trends in IS hospitalizations and risk factor prevalence by age, sex, and racial/ethnic subgroups using data from GWTG-Stroke.Methods:The sample included patients discharged from GWTG-Stroke participating hospitals in 2010-2021 with a final diagnosis of IS. 1.28] for overweight/obesity; NHB men 18-44 y OR 2.33 [2.26-2.40]

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Regular exercise and high fitness levels are associated with lower rates of obesity. Obesity is the second leading cause of preventable cancers after smoking 6. The likely driver of the cancer risk conferred by obesity is probably related to higher levels of insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The patient was obese and had a medical history of only recurrent tonsillitis status post tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy but was otherwise healthy and fully vaccinated. 2021 Aug 10;144(6):e123-e135. Epub 2021 Jul 7. 2021 Aug 10;144(6):e149. 2021 Apr 18;13(4):700. 2021 Aug;17(4):335-340. Epub 2021 May 20.

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Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

OCTOBER 30, 2024

In the Sunday Times of April 23 rd , 2017, this article appeared, entitled ‘ Kellogg’s smothers health crisis in sugar – The cereals giant is funding studies that undermine official warnings on obesity.’ The study, published in the Journal Obesity Facts relied on evidence from 14 studies. Just to choose a few paragraphs. ‘

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