Report: Most Adults Fail to Recognize Diabetes as Cardiovascular Risk Factor
HCPLive
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Among adults in middle- to high-income nations, awareness of diabetes as a cardiovascular risk factor remains a persistent issue.
Hyperglycemia, Obesity Relevant Risk Factors for Retinopathy in Type 1 Diabetes
HCPLive
DECEMBER 23, 2024
Glycemic control continues to be a major risk factor for diabetic retinopathy, while overweight, obesity, and hypertension are growing in prevalence.
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Risk factors for fluorouracil-induced cardiotoxicity in patients with gastrointestinal tumor
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
ObjectiveTo explore the risk factors for cardiotoxicity in patients with gastrointestinal (GI) tumors treated with fluorouracil drugs.MethodsThis study included patients with GI tumors who received fluorouracil at our hospital between January 2018 and April 2022. The demographic and clinical characteristics were collected.
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Metabolic Risk Factors Contribute to Diabetic Macular Edema Development
HCPLive
AUGUST 23, 2024
Modifiable risk factors, including elevated HbA1C and blood pressure, were linked to a higher risk of DME development in a large multicenter database.
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Insulin resistance/hyperinsulinemia: an important cardiovascular risk factor that has long been underestimated
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
MARCH 12, 2024
Although many cardiovascular risk factors (such as arterial hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes, etc.), Although many cardiovascular risk factors (such as arterial hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes, etc.),
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Why Insulin Resistance Is The Biggest Silent Risk Factor For Heart Disease.
Dr. Paddy Barrett
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
Insulin resistance is a major risk factor for the leading causes of death, the leading one being cardiovascular disease. Everyone sits somewhere on the scale of insulin sensitivity from very insulin sensitive to very insulin resistant at the point of type 2 diabetes. The key is to identify risk much earlier. Some complex.
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How To Reverse Diabetes.
Dr. Paddy Barrett
MAY 24, 2024
In the US, over 45% of the population has either diabetes or pre-diabetes 1. The absolute majority of those with diabetes have type 2 diabetes, which is usually associated with excess visceral fat and poor cardiometabolic health. Because a diagnosis of diabetes is very likely to shorten your life. Pre-Diabetes.
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Study challenges traditional risk factors for brain health in the oldest-old
Science Daily - Heart Disease
JANUARY 7, 2025
A study has found cardiovascular conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes, which are known to contribute to brain blood vessel damage in younger populations, not to be associated with an increased risk of such harm in individuals 90 and older.
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Elevated triglyceride-glucose index is a risk factor for cardiovascular events in adults with type 1 diabetes: a cohort study
Cardiovascular Diabetology
APRIL 1, 2025
The triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index is recognized as an indicator of insulin resistance and is linked to cardiovascular disease (CVD) in patients with type 2 diabetes. However, its utility in patients with Ty.
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The Case for Keto for Type 1 Diabetes with Andrew Koutnik, Ph.D.
Physiologically Speaking
JULY 24, 2024
Andrew is a research scientist at Sansum Diabetes Research Institute, where he’s investigating metabolic therapies for health and disease. His mission is to optimize metabolic health and patient outcomes for people living with type 1 diabetes. Andrew is unique because he himself has type 1 diabetes.
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Fatty liver index is an independent risk factor for all-cause mortality and major cardiovascular events in type 1 diabetes: an 11-year observational study
Cardiovascular Diabetology
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Whether this also applies to type 1 diabetes (T1D). Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), identified by the Fatty Liver Index (FLI), is associated with increased mortality and cardiovascular (CV) outcomes.
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3 Powerful Strategies: Combatting Cardiometabolic Risk Factors for Black Americans
Cardiometabolic Health Congress
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
Black History Month is a poignant backdrop to the alarming rise in obesity and type 2 diabetes, particularly among those of marginalized populations. Two major risk factors for CVD are hypertension and diabetes, which also place a heavier burden on minority groups.
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Proposed risk factor tool finds heart failure rates are higher among American Indian adults
Science Daily - Heart Disease
AUGUST 21, 2024
An analysis based on a proposed heart failure risk prediction tool reveals that the incidence of heart failure may be 2- to 3-fold higher among American Indian adults compared to people in other population groups.
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CABG Better than PCI for T2D Patients
CardiacWire
MARCH 12, 2025
One of the biggest risk factors for patients who need coronary revascularization is diabetes, and a new study in JAMA suggests CABG could be a better option than FFR-guided PCI when it comes to long term outcomes for these patients. Patients with T2D who underwent PCI had a 44% higher MACCE risk than those who underwent CABG.
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Association of diabetes with cardiovascular calcification and all-cause mortality in end-stage renal disease in the early stages of hemodialysis: a retrospective cohort study
Cardiovascular Diabetology
JULY 17, 2024
The main goal of this study was to examine how diabetes, cardiovascular calcification characteristics and other risk factors affect mortality in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients in the early stages of h.
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Management of acute coronary syndrome in resource-limited set up: a summary of 4-year review of two hospitals in Ethiopia
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
Hypertension and diabetes were the two most common risk factors identified. were male, with the average age of 56.313.5 The average time to present to the emergency room after symptom onset was 3.7
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Microvascular disease, modifiable risk factor profiles and incident arrhythmias in type 2 diabetes
Heart BMJ
MAY 10, 2024
Background To assess the roles of diabetic microvascular disease and modifiable risk factors and their combination in the development of arrhythmias. Methods We included participants with type 2 diabetes (T2D) who were free of arrhythmias during recruitment in the UK Biobank study.
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Research shows sotagliflozin is the first medication of its kind to significantly reduce both heart attacks and strokes
Medical Xpress - Cardiology
FEBRUARY 14, 2025
Sotagliflozin, a drug recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat type 2 diabetes and kidney disease with additional cardiovascular risk factors, can significantly reduce heart attack and stroke among these patients, according to results from an international clinical trial led by a Mount Sinai researcher.
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Metals in the body from pollutants associated with progression of harmful plaque buildup in the arteries
Medical Xpress - Cardiology
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
Metal exposure from environmental pollution is associated with increased buildup of calcium in the coronary arteries at a level that is comparable to traditional risk factors like smoking and diabetes, according to a study by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
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Effects of dietary interventions and intermittent fasting on HDL function in obese individuals with T2DM: a randomized controlled trial
Cardiovascular Diabetology
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
Cardiovascular disease represents a significant risk factor for mortality in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). High-density lipoprotein (HDL) is believed to play a crucial role in maintaining c.
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SGLT1/2 Inhibitor Cut Stroke, Heart Attack Risk in Diabetic Kidney Disease
Med Page Today
FEBRUARY 14, 2025
(MedPage Today) -- The dual SGLT1/2 inhibitor sotagliflozin (Inpefa) reduced the risk for myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke in high-risk patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), chronic kidney disease (CKD), and cardiovascular risk factors, a prespecified.
Cross-Sectional analysis of demographic and clinical characteristics of patients in the United States using icosapent ethyl
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
MARCH 14, 2025
PP criteria were: 50 years with diabetes mellitus, 1 additional CV risk factor, and triglycerides 150499mg/dl. In the SP cohort, coronary artery disease was the most common pre-existing CV disease (85.8%) and many had diabetes (63.1%). In the PP and SP cohorts, mean (SD) ages were 62.7 (8.0) years, respectively.
No Plaque, No Problem: Tackling Atherosclerosis Prevention
Cardiometabolic Health Congress
JANUARY 15, 2025
Explore the growing burden of CVD, the rise of new risk factors, and barriers to prevention: The Rising Global Burden of Cardiovascular Disease CVD is now the leading cause of death worldwide, with low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) experiencing the highest burden.
How You Can Reduce The Risk Of Heart Disease Without Losing Weight.
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.
Childhood stress linked to higher risk of high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes in adults
Science Daily - Heart Disease
JANUARY 17, 2024
Young adults who reported higher stress as adolescents were more likely to have high blood pressure, obesity and other cardiometabolic risk factors as adults, finds new study.
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Forecasting the Burden of Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke in the United States Through 2050—Prevalence of Risk Factors and Disease: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association
Circulation
JUNE 4, 2024
Diabetes (16.3% Most adverse trends are projected to be worse among people identifying as American Indian/Alaska Native or multiracial, Black, or Hispanic.CONCLUSIONS:The prevalence of many cardiovascular risk factors and most established diseases will increase over the next 30 years. in 2020 to 61.0%
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Trial finds metabolic risk contributes to diabetes onset in people with HIV
Medical Xpress - Cardiology
OCTOBER 8, 2024
For people with HIV (PWH) with low-to-moderate atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk, metabolic risk factors contribute to new-onset diabetes mellitus (DM) among those treated with pitavastatin or placebo, according to a study published online Oct. 8 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
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The Data For Weight Loss Medications Just Keeps Pouring In.
Dr. Paddy Barrett
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
The reason excess weight is such big issues are the health consequences it confers with increased rates of diabetes, heart disease, osteoarthritis, obstructive sleep apnea, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and others, just to name a few. Avoiding diabetes and its precursor states inclduing insulin resistance is key. NEJM Nov 13 2024
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High Levels of Radon Exposure: Risk Factor for Gestational Diabetes?
Med Page Today
JANUARY 10, 2025
(MedPage Today) -- Exposure to radon was linked to an increased risk for gestational diabetes, a population-based cohort study suggested. Among 9,107 mothers-to-be, those living in U.S. counties with the highest radon level (≥2 pCi/L) had.
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Risk factors for and risk of all-cause and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease mortality in people with type 2 diabetes and peripheral artery disease: an observational, register-based cohort study
Cardiovascular Diabetology
APRIL 14, 2024
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and peripheral artery disease (PAD) are recognized as independent risk factors contributing to excess mortality. Contemporary observational studies exploring the associations of risk fact.
Cardiometabolic risk factors and disease trends for atrial fibrillation in individuals with type 1 diabetes: a nationwide registry study
Cardiovascular Diabetology
MARCH 11, 2025
To investigate standardized incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) in individuals with type 1 diabetes (T1DMM) compared with matched controls from the general population. Additionally, to examine optimal levels.
Pulse pressure and aortic valve peak velocity and incident heart failure after myocardial infarction: a cohort study
Heart BMJ
MARCH 26, 2025
fold higher risk of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction compared with those with lower pulse pressure, and those with aortic valve peak velocity ≥1.4 fold higher risk compared with those with lower values. Patients with pulse pressure ≥68 mm Hg had a 3.83-fold m/s had a 2.10-fold
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Metabolomic studies reveal and validate potential biomarkers of diabetic retinopathy in two Chinese datasets with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study
Cardiovascular Diabetology
DECEMBER 17, 2024
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a major microvascular complication of diabetes mellitus and causes vision impairment and blindness. The presence of major risk factors for DR, such as high levels of HbA1c, does no.
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Excess weight gain in first trimester associated with fetal fat accumulation
Science Daily - Heart Disease
JANUARY 17, 2025
These findings may inform efforts to prevent excessive weight gain early in life, a risk factor for adult obesity and related conditions, such as heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes.
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Resting Heart Rate Independent of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Is Associated With End?Stage Renal Disease: A Cohort Study Based on 476?347 Adults
Journal of the American Heart Association
DECEMBER 1, 2023
The risk of ESRD remained significantly elevated (HR, 1.32 [95% CI, 1.10–1.58] 1.58] per 10‐beat increase from 60 bpm) after excluding participants who smoked; had hypertension, diabetes, or hyperlipidemia; or were overweight.ConclusionsAn RHR of ≥80 bpm is significantly associated with an increased risk of ESRD.
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America’s CKM Syndrome Problem
CardiacWire
MAY 8, 2024
Officially published by the AHA six months ago, CKM syndrome defines the connections and risks associated with obesity, type 2 diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and cardiovascular disease. White) to assess their CKM stages, finding the following breakdown: Stage 0 (no risk factors) – 10.6% in 45-64yrs), men (16.9%
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Pulse pressure and aortic valve peak velocity as new predictors of heart failure in patients post-myocardial infarction
Heart BMJ
MARCH 26, 2025
Heart failure (HF) is one of the significant complications in patients with myocardial infarction (MI), leading to increased risk for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. 2 Therefore, early identification of HF in high-risk populations, particularly post-MI, is essential for improving outcomes. HFrEF is more commonly.
Clinical characteristics, treatment, and blood pressure control in patients with hypertension seen by primary care physicians in Spain: the IBERICAN study
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
DECEMBER 20, 2023
years; p < 0.001), had more cardiovascular risk factors, target organ damage and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in comparison with those without hypertension. These patients were older (65.8 ± 10.9 vs. 51.6 ± 14.7 Conclusions About half of patients attended in primary care settings have hypertension in Spain.
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Genetic Susceptibility to Type 2 Diabetes, Television Viewing, and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Journal of the American Heart Association
MARCH 12, 2025
BackgroundType 2 diabetes (T2D) is a major risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). This study examined the interplay between watching television and T2D genetic risk for risk of ASCVD.MethodsWe included 346 916 White British individuals from UK Biobank.
Reliability and Validity of Self‐Reported Risk Factors for Stroke and Dementia
Journal of the American Heart Association
MARCH 21, 2025
BackgroundStroke and dementia are leading causes of mortality and can be prevented through risk factor management. Risk factor assessment requires laboratory or physical measurements. Journal of the American Heart Association, Ahead of Print.
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Adherence to optimal medical therapy and control of cardiovascular risk factors in patients after ST elevation myocardial infarction in Mexico
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
JULY 22, 2024
Our study focuses on addressing this gap by evaluating adherence to OMT, examining its influence on the risk of MACEs after STEMI, and assessing subsequent cardiovascular risk factor control in Mexico.MethodsWe conducted a prospective observational study of post-STEMI patients after hospital discharge.
Heart disease in pregnancy and risk of pre-eclampsia: a Swedish register-based study
Open Heart
MAY 23, 2024
Pre-eclampsia and heart failure have common risk factors, including hypertension, obesity and diabetes. It is not known whether heart failure increases the risk of pre-eclampsia. This study examines whether pregestational heart failure increases the risk of pre-eclampsia.
Proteomic signatures of type 2 diabetes predict the incidence of coronary heart disease
Cardiovascular Diabetology
MARCH 13, 2025
Emerging evidence reveals a complex association between type 2 diabetes (T2D) and coronary heart disease (CHD), which share common risk factors and biological pathways. This study aims t.
Do patients with diabetes with new onset acute myocardial infarction present with different symptoms than non-diabetic patients?
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
JANUARY 14, 2024
Background The objective of this study was to investigate the differences in presenting symptoms between patients with and without diabetes being diagnosed with an acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Results Patients with diabetes had significantly less frequent typical pain symptoms, including typical chest pain.
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