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Physiologically Speaking
MARCH 30, 2025
Learn how VO2 max integrates multiple physiological systems (lungs, heart, blood vessels, mitochondria, and more) and why it’s a stronger predictor of longevity than traditional risk factors like cholesterol or BMI. With compelling data, he reveals how boosting your VO2 max by just 3.5
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HCPLive
MAY 23, 2024
Increases in metabolic risk factors like high blood pressure and BMI have led to a 49.4% increase in global disability-adjusted life years from 2000 to 2021.
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American College of Cardiology
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Women with a higher BMI may have a higher prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors, according to an analysis of the ANCORS-YW study presented during ACC Middle East 2024.
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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
OCTOBER 7, 2024
BackgroundThe Mendelian randomization approach uses genetic variants as instrumental variables to study the causal association between the risk factors and health outcomes of interest. Although alcohol drinking is beneficial to a few cardiovascular risk factors, it is detrimental to many others.
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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
APRIL 30, 2024
This study aims to identify risk factors for new-onset HDP and to develop a prediction model for assessing the risk of new-onset hypertension during pregnancy.MethodsWe included 446 pregnant women without baseline hypertension from Liyang People's Hospital at the first inspection, and they were followed up until delivery.
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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
MARCH 14, 2025
BackgroundObesity is a global epidemic and a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is an effective bariatric surgery, but its effect on cardiac functions remains unclear.
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Dr. Paddy Barrett
DECEMBER 13, 2024
When it comes to cardiovascular disease, two of the biggest risk factors we must consider are: ApoB concentration - A measure of the number of circulating lipid particles. Visceral Fat & Insulin Resistance - The amount of fat in your abdominal cavity and major organs and how it influences your risk of insulin resistance.
Journal of the American Heart Association
MARCH 26, 2025
as BMI increased by category, and it prevailed more frequently among women and older people regardless of their BMI status. kg/m2), normal weight (18.524 kg/m2), overweight (2428 kg/m2), and obese (>28 kg/m2). kg/m2), normal weight (18.524 kg/m2), overweight (2428 kg/m2), and obese (>28 kg/m2).
European Journal of Heart Failure
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
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. Racial disparities in CV risk and social determinants of health also play an important role in their remote CV risk.
40 Circulation
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
Owing to improved management, the life expectancy of patients with hemophilia has increased significantly and predisposes them to risk of cardiovascular diseases and thrombotic events. The primary outcome was to estimate the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in patients with hemophilia compared to the general population.
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Dr. Paddy Barrett
APRIL 4, 2025
When I asked the readers of this newsletter about their experience of trying to get a comprehensive cardiovascular risk assessment, the general feeling I got back was one of frustration. The majority of readers here are middle-aged and concerned about their future risk of heart disease. Describe your Smoking & Alcohol history.
Medical Xpress - Cardiology
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Overweight and obese women have a higher risk of hypertension and cardiovascular risk factors than women with a standard BMI, according to an analysis of the ANCORS-YW STUDY presented at ACC Middle East 2024. Obesity is a widespread public health challenge in the Middle East, maintaining prevalence in 54.2%
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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
JANUARY 31, 2024
Obesity, a pervasive health concern, has been identified as a significant risk factor for ATAAD, introducing unique surgical challenges that can influence postoperative outcomes. Based on BMI (WS/T 428-2013), patients were categorized into normal weight, overweight, and obese. for predicting postoperative hypoxemia, with 76.3%
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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
JANUARY 15, 2024
Female patients showed a lower prevalence rate of pre-existing coronary artery disease (48% vs. 75%, p < 0.001) and cardiomyopathy (17% vs. 34%, p = 0.01) compared with the male patients, while the mean age and prevalence rate of other cardiovascular risk factors were balanced.
Stroke Journal
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
It is currently unknown if these associations are confounded by pleiotropic effects of the instrumental variables (IV) on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, such as low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), and body mass index (BMI). 0.96]), or BMI (TSAT: 1.18 [1.04-1.34];
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Physiologically Speaking
JANUARY 5, 2024
One of the biggest risk factors for CVD development is the buildup of plaque in the coronary arteries (the arteries surrounding the heart that provide it with its own blood supply). Cardiac rehab works wonders. VO2 peak increased by 3.3 ml/kg/min in the HIIT group — from 32.6 VO2 peak didn’t change in the control group.
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Circulation
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
Multivariate linear regression analysis revealed that after adjusting for tumor type and BMI, the use of VEGFR-TKI remained independently associated with nighttime average diastolic blood pressure (B=5.921,P=0.021). 13.21) vs. (80.41±10.71) 10.71) mmHg,t=2.332,P=0.021], daytime average diastolic blood pressure [(85.98±13.19) 13.19) vs. (80.69±10.98)
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
MARCH 4, 2024
There were no significant difference between the two groups in terms of age, gender, body mass index (BMI), left ventricular ejection fraction(LVEF), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol(LDL-C),cardiovascular risk factors. In Group A, no significant differences in CPET indices were observed before and after the intervention.
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Stroke Journal
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
In the derivation cohort, multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to identify the independent risk factors for ENDi, which were subsequently used to establish the nomogram predictive model. The nomogram prediction model based on these four factors exhibited good discrimination and calibration power.
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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
DECEMBER 12, 2024
Compared to subjects with low CVH, participants with moderate and high CVH exhibited lower risks of 47% and 76%, respectively. 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.
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Open Heart
JUNE 9, 2023
Body mass index (BMI) ‘(weight (kg)/height (m) 2 ) was calculated and patients with BMI ≥30 kg/m 2 were categorised as obese. The mean BMI was 27.48±4.93 Methods In this observational study, we included patients presenting with STE-ACS undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
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Circulation
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
Socioeconomic status (SES) is a well-validated risk factor for poor outcomes among patients with heart failure, but its influence on adverse events in patients post-LVAD is poorly understood and may be overestimated. Hispanic ethnicity (17% v 7%, p=0.016) and higher pre-implant BMI (mean 27.5
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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Background High pulse pressure (PP) and aortic root diameter (AoD) are hallmarks of arterial stiffness or vascular aging and they are considered as risk factors for age-related cardiovascular disease, including heart failure (HF). However, the relationship between PP and AoD in patients with heart failure (HF) is uncertain.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
DECEMBER 7, 2023
I quickly reviewed the patient’s records and saw that she was a 53 year old woman with a history of BMI 40, but no other identifiable risk factors for coronary artery disease. The absence of risk factors for coronary artery disease does not mean a patient is not at risk for OMI.
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Stroke Journal
JANUARY 30, 2025
Demographic data, risk factors and the history of ischemic stroke of all patients were recorded. 4D Flow MR scan from both common carotid artery to the circle of Willis was performed on a 3.0T MR system equipped with a 16-channel head-neck coil for all patients. 21.35), p<0.001).Conclusions:Both
DAIC
MAY 10, 2024
“Fat-enlarged axillary lymph nodes visualized on screening mammography may increase the ability to identify women who would benefit from CVD risk reduction strategies and more intensive risk assessment with coronary artery CT.” Rubino et al. likelihood of MACE within 10 years.
Cardiometabolic Health Congress
JANUARY 3, 2024
For this reason, the practice guidelines for treating obesity recommend screening adults for overweight and obesity using BMI, diagnosing and establishing treatment targets based on their weight-related complications, as well as using pharmacotherapy and surgery for appropriate patients.
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Circulation
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
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). Median BMI was 27.6 Circulation, Volume 150, Issue Suppl_1 , Page A4146960-A4146960, November 12, 2024.
40 Hypertension Journal
OCTOBER 13, 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. Logistic regression models were applied to 13 risk factors.
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Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
We also investigated the relationships between associated pulmonary risk factors, timing of extubation, and tracheostomy, on the outcomes of stroke.ResultsA total of 242 patients were included in our study. There were no significant correlations between history of COPD or the BMI and the timing of extubation or the outcomes of MT.
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Stroke Journal
JANUARY 30, 2025
Introduction:All-cause dementia remains a significant public health concern, with stroke recognized as a key risk factor. Few studies have applied Machine Learning (ML) models to accurately predict cognitive impairment and dementia, yet none have specifically focused on post-stroke dementia risk prediction. The sample was 48.4%
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Circulation
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
Multinomial logistic analysis indicated that compared to patients with non-obstruction HCM patients, BMI (Odd ratio [OR] 1.321, 95% confidential interval [CI] 1.116-1.564, p< 0.001) , APM-IVS (OR 0.404, 95%CI 0.316-0.517, p< 0.001), APM length (OR 1.147, 95% CI 1.051-1.251, p= 0.002), and mid-septal thickness (OR 1.202, 95% CI 1.01-1.43,
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MARCH 13, 2024
Written by Willy Frick A man in his early 40s with BMI 36, hypertension, and a 30 pack-year smoking history presented with three days of chest pain. It started while he was at rest after finishing a workout. He described it as a mild intensity, nagging pain on the right side of his chest with nausea and dyspnea.
108 Stroke Journal
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Models were adjusted for age, gender, race/ethnicity, education, insurance, BMI, and intervention.Results:A total of 333 participants had 12-month PA data with 17.2% Background:Exercise post-stroke can improve health-related quality of life and promote physical fitness, walking, and balance. reporting being more physically active and 48.0%
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Stroke Journal
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Participants with LVI were significantly older, male, Black, had higher BMI, and lower HDL. LV apical circumferential strain>-10% may be a novel and quantitative stroke risk factor. Further studies are needed to validate these CMR biomarkers of stroke risk.
Circulation
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
Medical records were examined for baseline characteristics, risk factors, and cortical brain infarcts.Results:From 51,732 subjects, 18 were identified with IVMS aneurysms, yielding a prevalence of 0.04%. The mean BMI was 27.9 Patients with concurrent structural heart anomalies were excluded. kg/m2, with 4 classified as obese.
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Dr. Paddy Barrett
OCTOBER 31, 2023
An elevated Lp(a) is a common genetic factor that is independently and causally related to premature coronary artery disease. But we must always remember that most genetic risk factors are probabilistic rather than deterministic in terms of risk.
Physiologically Speaking
JANUARY 26, 2024
Strengthening these results (in my opinion) is the baseline health status of the participants: they reported generally few cognitive complaints, had only a slightly overweight body mass index (BMI), and other than hypertension and the use of cholesterol-lowering medications, had a low prevalence of diseases and other risk factors.
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Physiologically Speaking
DECEMBER 22, 2023
Not only does exercise help to maintain a healthy weight and/or promote weight loss, but it can also keep cardiometabolic risk factors in check in the absence of weight loss. [link] Of course, diet is an important component of metabolic health, but exercise also plays an indispensable role.
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Physiologically Speaking
DECEMBER 22, 2023
Not only does exercise help to maintain a healthy weight and/or promote weight loss, but it can also keep cardiometabolic risk factors in check in the absence of weight loss. [link] Of course, diet is an important component of metabolic health, but exercise also plays an indispensable role.
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Stroke Journal
JANUARY 30, 2025
This can be mitigated through targeting modifiable risk factors. Identification of those at-risk through screening tools could be facilitated by inclusion of self-reported risk factors rather than reliance on clinical data.
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DAIC
APRIL 24, 2024
partially because its key risk factor, high blood pressure, is a ‘silent killer,’ and most patients have no symptoms before their first heart attack or stroke. Among participants with baseline body mass index (BMI) above 30 kg/m2, 70.4% Eighty percent of heart attacks and strokes are preventable.
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Dr. Paddy Barrett
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
Being overweight is a major risk factor for heart disease and also an early death. But even if you have excess weight, there are many things you can do to seriously reduce that risk without focusing on weight loss itself. So, if you struggle with excess weight, you need to know what else you can do to reduce your future risk.
Dr. Paddy Barrett
MAY 24, 2024
All of these patients had a BMI >27. Type 2 diabetes is much more common in those with a BMI in the overweight or obese category but is not uncommon in those who are relatively normal weight. The answer is they were, but just not by conventional BMI standards. 1 [link] 2 Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration.
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