Dr. Paddy Barrett

AUGUST 29, 2023

Share JUPITER In 2008 a landmark paper was published showing that in people without cardiovascular disease and relatively normal LDL-cholesterol (<3.4 The reduced events included: 44% reduction in major heart events (Heart attacks, strokes, cardiovascular death etc.) Share But what about events? That risk is small.

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Diabetes Risk Factors Heart Attack Heart attacks 52

Dr. Paddy Barrett

AUGUST 16, 2024

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. The distinction here is the metabolic consequences of excess fat causing a health risk rather than focusing on the BMI cutoff.

Obesity 52

Obesity Blood Pressure Diet Exercise 52

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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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page AWP314-AWP314, February 1, 2025. Introduction:Of all strokes, 25% are attributable to recurrent events, of which 80% can be prevented by adherence to secondary prevention guidelines. In stroke survivors, adherence to blood pressure (+1.4% 0.64]), smoking (HR 0.55 [95% CI 0.44-0.69])

Blood Pressure 40

Blood Pressure Strokes Stroke BMI 40

Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page AWP388-AWP388, February 1, 2025. Incident stroke (ischemic and hemorrhagic) was ascertained until the end of 2021 with adjudication by an expert panel. Cox regression was used to estimate the hazard ratio (HR) for incident stroke per doubling of EIC levels, and p-values were FDR corrected.

Atherosclerosis 40

Atherosclerosis Strokes Stroke Atrial Fibrillation 40

Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP114-ATP114, February 1, 2024. Model covariates included sex, age, marital status, household size, household income, education, race/ethnicity, insurance, body mass index (BMI), and an indicator of the condition of interest. SD=1.0), stroke (-8.1, SD=1.5), high cholesterol (-5.7,

Cholesterol 40

Cholesterol Education Blood Pressure BMI 40

Wellnest

JULY 19, 2023

The accumulation of cholesterol, foam cells, fibrous tissue, and calcium mainly causes the narrowing of coronary arteries. However, recent studies have observed that people below 40 are also experiencing heart attacks due to high blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes, smoking, obesity, a sedentary lifestyle, and social and mental stress.

Heart attacks 52

Heart attacks Heart Attack Blood Pressure Myocardial Infarction 52

Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP221-ATP221, February 1, 2024. Body mass index (BMI) and diabetes mellitus are independent risk factors for ICAS. Hypertension is an independent risk factor for incident lacunes and CMB, whereas WMH progression is primarily affected by BMI. Results:Of the 756 participants (aged 53.7±8.0

Stenosis 40

Stenosis BMI Risk Factors Cholesterol 40