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BMI in Late Adolescence Linked to Early Chronic Kidney Disease

HCPLive

These results highlight the potential of preventing increasing CKD burden and of preventing subsequent cardiovascular conditions, especially given current rates of obesity among adolescents.

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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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Discontinuation and reinitiation of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction

European Journal of Heart Failure

BMI, body mass index; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; NYHA, New York Heart Association. Discontinuation occurred early and was more common in patients with advanced kidney disease, hyperkalaemia, lack of follow-up in specialty care, more severe heart failure, comorbidities, and markers of sociodemographic frailty.

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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

Physical activity (PA), body mass index (BMI), and blood glucose were associated with aTRH (all p-values<0.05), while diet, nicotine exposure, sleep, and blood lipids were not significantly associated with aTRH. Compared to subjects with low CVH, participants with moderate and high CVH exhibited lower risks of 47% and 76%, respectively.

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Abstract 4148106: Hemophilia and Cardiovascular disease in the United States: Prevalence, Risk factors, and outcomes.

Circulation

17.4]) and was also more likely to have diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, chronic lung disease, chronic kidney disease, chronic liver disease, BMI ≥ 25, anemia, metastatic cancer, and atrial fibrillation. The hemophilia cohort was slightly older (63.2[16.8]

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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.