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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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Association between asthma and cardiovascular disease: evidence from the national health and nutrition examination survey 1999–2018

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Asthma significantly increased the prevalence of stroke among participants aged 1844 years old, with a BMI 18.5029.99kg/m2, with low education levels, and with a PIR<1.00. Asthma also increased the prevalence of angina in females, non-Hispanic Blacks, participants aged 4559 years old, with a BMI30.00kg/m2, and with a PIR<1.00.

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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).

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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).