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Association between “Life's Essential 8” cardiovascular health and apparent treatment-resistant hypertension among US adults from the NHANES, 2005 to 2018

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

BackgroundThe association between healthy lifestyle and American Heart Association (AHA) Life's Essential 8 (LE8) score and apparent treatment-resistant hypertension(aTRH)remains uncertain. to 0.20) for uncontrolled hypertension with 12 and 34 antihypertensive drugs, respectively. to 0.76) and 0.07 (95% CI, 0.02

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Mineralys Therapeutics Announces Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Lorundrostat

DAIC

a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing medicines to target hypertension, chronic kidney disease (CKD) and other diseases, hasannounced that the U.S. Subjects will be at least 18 years old, with a BMI 27 kg/m 2 , and the trial will be conducted across approximately 40 sites.

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Abstract WP319: Reliability and validity of self-reported risk factors for stroke and dementia

Stroke Journal

Reliability of self-reported risk factors was high in overweight (F1 0.81) and diabetes (F1 0.71), moderate in hearing impairment (F1 0.59) and hypertension (F1 0.56) and low in hypercholesterolemia (F1 0.49) and kidney disease (F1 0.25).

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Abstract WP294: Racial Disparities among the risk of Stroke and other clinical outcomes post Infective Endocarditis: A Propensity Matched Analysis

Stroke Journal

Propensity score-matched analysis (PSM) (1:1) was performed on age, gender, BMI, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease, hemoglobin level, LDL level, left ventricular ejection fraction and various drugs including beta blockers, ACEi and ARBi. Both groups were followed for 12 months.

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Abstract 52: Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists use and outcomes in Cardiac Amyloidosis patients: A Propensity Matched Analysis

Stroke Journal

Propensity score-matched analysis (PSM) (1:1) was performed with matching for age, gender, race, BMI, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease, hemoglobin level, low-density lipid (LDL) level, left ventricular ejection fraction, and various drugs including ACEi, ARBi, ARNI, beta-blockers, and diuretics.

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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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Physiology Friday #196: Resistance Training and Heart Health

Physiologically Speaking

Of course, these benefits can also extend to individuals with a BMI in the normal range. Blood glucose control Resistance exercise training can reduce fasting glucose by 2–5 mg/dL in adults with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes but doesn’t seem to reduce blood glucose in healthy adults (not surprising).