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The association between cardiovascular diseases and their subcategories with the severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a large cross-sectional study based on a Chinese hospital population cohort

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

BackgroundCurrent evidence suggests that cardiovascular disease (CVD) plays a role in the progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, the relationship between CVD and the severity of COPD remains inadequately understood.

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Hypertensive pregnancy disorder, an under‐recognized women specific risk factor for heart failure?

European Journal of Heart Failure

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy as a risk factor for heart failure. BMI, body mass index; CV, cardiovascular; CVD, cardiovascular disease; HELLP, haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelet count.

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Abstract 4146960: Social Determinants of Health Associated With Worse Hypertension Stage in Low-Middle Income Country

Circulation

Background:Hypertension (HTN) is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally, with a rise in prevalence in low and middle-income countries (LMIC). The proportion of people aware of their HTN diagnosis was 69%, but only 60% of them were on anti-hypertensives.

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Risk Assessment Score and Chi-Square Automatic Interaction Detection Algorithm for Hypertension Among Africans: Models From the SIREN Study

Hypertension Journal

Hypertension, Volume 80, Issue 12 , Page 2581-2590, December 1, 2023. BACKGROUND:This study aimed to develop a risk-scoring model for hypertension among Africans.METHODS:In this study, 4413 stroke-free controls were used to develop the risk-scoring model for hypertension. for the training set and 64.6% (95% CI, 61.0–68.0)

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Association between body mass index and clinical outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction and reduced systolic function: Analysis of PARADISE‐MI trial data

European Journal of Heart Failure

Association between body mass index (BMI) and clinical outcomes in PARADISE-MI. ( A ) Histogram for BMI (kg/m 2 ), ( B ) adverse events for BMI subgroups, and spline model curves for ( C ) the primary composite outcome and ( D ) cardiovascular (CV) death by BMI subgroups. 100 patient-years for BMI 40kg/m 2 ).

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Living Past 100: Insights from Centenarians on a Long, Healthy Life

Dr. Paddy Barrett

They get the diseases of ageing about 20 to 25 years later than everyone else. It’s not that they don’t get cardiovascular disease, cancer or dementia; they just get it way later than everyone else. Most adults, healthy centenarians included, will die from one of three things: Cardiovascular Disease.

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Expert Perspective: The Obesity Paradox with Salvatore Carbone, PhD

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

There are significant data that show that if you have obesity, you have a high risk of developing coronary heart disease, heart failure, type 2 diabetes (T2D) or risk factors such as hypertension and dyslipidemia. [1] These individuals tend to have a better prognosis when compared to both individuals with normal weight (BMI of 18.5

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