Prevalence, and Intellectual Outcome of Unilateral Focal Cortical Brain Damage as a Function of Age, Sex and Aetiology by C. M. J. Braun, I. Montour-Proulx, S. Daigneault, I. Rouleau, S. Kuehn, M. Piskopos, G. Desmarais, F. Lussier, C. Rainville

“…Neurologists and neuropsychologists are aware that aging men are more at risk than women for brain damage, principally because of the well known male-predominant risk for cardiovascular disease and related cerebrovascular accidents. …”
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Sex differences in prevalence and determinants of hypertension among adults: a cross-sectional survey of one rural village in Bangladesh by Jessica Yasmine Islam, M Mostafa Zaman, Jasim Uddin Ahmed, Sohel Reza Choudhury, Hasanuzzaman Khan, Tashfin Zissan

“…Objective Prevention of mortality due to cardiovascular disease (CVD) through control of hypertension is a public health priority in Bangladesh. …”
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Association of oxidative balance score with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in overweight and obese by Shuxin Ying, Hongyan Ding, Yanjin Chen, Su Zheng

“…During a median follow-up duration of 115 months, 2,239 participants (8.5%) died, including 837 (3.2%) from cardiovascular disease. According to Kaplan–Meier analysis, mortality was highest among participants in the lowest OBS quartile (Q1) and lowest among those in the highest quartile (Q4). …”
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Anthropometric and Biochemical Correlations of Insulin Resistance in a Middle-Aged Maltese Caucasian Population by Rachel Agius, Nikolai Paul Pace, Stephen Fava

“…Insulin resistance (IR) is associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk, and with increased all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality. …”
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Effects on Serum Fractalkine by Diet and Omega-3 Fatty Acid Intervention: Relation to Clinical Outcome by Kristian Laake, Ingebjørg Seljeflot, Morten Wang Fagerland, Ida Unhammer Njerve, Harald Arnesen, Svein Solheim

“…We have investigated the effect of Mediterranean-like dietary counseling and n-3 PUFA on serum fractalkine in an elderly population and its ability to predict cardiovascular disease (CVD). Materials and Methods. 563 men (age 64–75 yrs) at high risk of CAD were randomized into a 2 × 2 factorial designed trial for 3-year dietary counseling and/or n-3 PUFA supplementation (2.4 g/d). …”
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Discrimination and calibration performances of non-laboratory-based and laboratory-based cardiovascular risk predictions: a systematic review by Yihun Mulugeta Alemu, Sisay Mulugeta Alemu, Dan Chateau, Nasser Bagheri, Kinley Wangdi

“…Background and objective This review compares non-laboratory-based and laboratory-based cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk prediction equations in populations targeted for primary prevention.Design Systematic review.Methods We searched five databases until 12 March 2024 and used prediction study risk of bias assessment tool to assess bias. …”
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Association between the aromatase (CYP19A1) gene variant rs10046 and cardiovascular risk in postmenopausal women by Betânia Rodrigues dos Santos, Gislaine Casanova, Thais Rasia da Silva, Karen Oppermann, Poli Mara Spritzer

“…The patients’ estimated 10-year atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk was calculated using the ASCVD Risk Estimator Plus, as recommended by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association. …”
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Cardiac Outpouchings: Definitions, Differential Diagnosis, and Therapeutic Approach by Riccardo Scagliola, Gian Marco Rosa, Sara Seitun

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Hypertension Impact on Health-Related Quality of Life: A Cross-Sectional Survey among Middle-Aged Adults in Chongqing, China by Xianglong Xu, Yunshuang Rao, Zumin Shi, Lingli Liu, Cheng Chen, Yong Zhao

“…Hypertension is a major risk factor of cardiovascular disease in China, and yet little is known about health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and its associations with demographic and social-economic characteristics in middle-aged patients with hypertension. …”
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Cathepsin K Deficiency Impaired Ischemia-Induced Neovascularization in Aged Mice by Xueling Yue, Haiying Jiang, Ying Xu, Manli Xia, Xian-Wu Cheng

“…Aging is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Cysteine protease cathepsin K (CatK) has been implicated in the process of angiogenesis, but the exact roles of individual CatK in vessel formation during aging are poorly understood. …”
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Effects of interleukin-12/23 inhibitors and interleukin-17 inhibitors on myocardial functions in patients with severe psoriasis by Leyla Baykal Selçuk, Mursel Şahin, Burcu Aydemir, Deniz Aksu Arıca, Savaş Yaylı

“…Background and Design: Systemic inflammation, which is involved in the pathogenesis of psoriasis, has been associated with the development of systemic diseases such as metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease. Without prospective data, the relationship between biological therapies and myocardial function in patients with severe psoriasis remains unclear. …”
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Effect of Bariatric Weight Loss on the Adipose Lipolytic Transcriptome in Obese Humans by Shakun Karki, Melissa G. Farb, Samantha Myers, Caroline Apovian, Donald T. Hess, Noyan Gokce

“…We performed adipose tissue mRNA expression of proteins involved in triglyceride hydrolysis and correlated their weight loss induced alterations with systemic parameters associated with cardiovascular disease risk. mRNA transcripts of adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL), hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL), and lipid droplet proteins comparative gene identification 58 (CGI-58) and perilipin increased significantly after weight loss (p<0.05 for all). …”
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The Quality of Veterans Healthcare Administration Cardiovascular Care by D. Elizabeth Le, MD, Bhaskar L. Arora, MBBS, Faith R. Kelly, MD, Stephen W. Waldo, MD, Merritt Raitt, MD, Paul Heidenreich, MD, MS, Samit M. Shah, MD, PhD, Ali E. Denktas, MD, Kreton O. Mavromatis, MD

“…A total of 9 million veterans receive care in a unique healthcare system, the Veterans Healthcare Administration (VHA), with nearly 50% reporting at least one cardiovascular disease. Despite evidence for high quality of health care in the VHA, more veteran care is being moved to the non-VHA community. …”
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Periodontal Disease and Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Shared Mechanisms, Clinical Implications, and Future Research Directions by Serena Incerti Parenti, Claudio Cesari, Veronica Della Godenza, Matteo Zanarini, Francesca Zangari, Giulio Alessandri Bonetti

“…Both conditions are characterized by chronic inflammation and oxidative stress, which independently contribute to cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and other systemic disorders. …”
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Etio-clinical profile and coronary angiographic characteristics of rural patients with acute inferior wall myocardial infarction by Bijay Prakash Yadav, Amitesh Nagarwal, Poonam Kushwaha, Sundeep Mishra, Manna Bhattacharjee

“…Background: Epidemiological transition is leading to an increased burden of cardiovascular disease among rural populations. Aim: The study evaluated the etio-clinical profile, prevalence, angiographic characteristics, and correlates of inferior wall myocardial infarction (IWMI). …”
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Association between hyperuricemia and dietary retinol intake in Southwest China: a cross-sectional study based on CHNS database by Yi Liang, Tian Qiao, Xiaorong Ni, Lihui Yang, Tianhua Yao, Yiya Liu

“…BackgroundHyperuricemia is increasingly common in Southwestern China and poses significant health risks, including gout and cardiovascular disease. Retinol intake has been hypothesized to affect uric acid levels, but this relationship remains unclear.MethodsData from 4,658 participants in the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) from 1991 to 2018 were analyzed. …”
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The Neuro-Inflammatory-Vascular Circuit: Evidence for a Sex-Dependent Interrelation? by Catherine Gebhard, Catherine Gebhard, Susan Bengs, Susan Bengs, Achi Haider, Achi Haider, Michael Fiechter, Michael Fiechter, Michael Fiechter

“…Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide with mortality rates in women currently exceeding those in men. …”
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Risk factors for coronary atherosclerotic heart disease in postmenopausal women: a meta-analysis by Xin Miao, Xin Miao, Lixing Wu, Kuiyue Wang, Yuhan Wang, Linlin Zhang

“…After menopause, estrogen levels decrease, and the risk of cardiovascular disease increases substantially; however, research on risk factors for CHD in postmenopausal women has been inconclusive.ObjectiveTo systematically evaluate the risk factors for CHD in postmenopausal women.MethodsThe PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, CINAHL, CBM, CNKI, and VIP databases were searched up to February 9, 2024, for studies on risk factors for CHD in postmenopausal women. …”
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Radix Astragali Improves Dysregulated Triglyceride Metabolism and Attenuates Macrophage Infiltration in Adipose Tissue in High-Fat Diet-Induced Obese Male Rats through Activating m... by Yang Long, Xiang-Xun Zhang, Tao Chen, Yun Gao, Hao-Ming Tian

“…Increased levels of free fatty acids (FFAs) and hypertriglyceridemia are important risk factors for cardiovascular disease. The effective fraction isolated from radix astragali (RA) has been reported to alleviate hypertriglyceridemia. …”
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A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial of Lifestyle Intervention and Pioglitazone for Normalization of Glucose Status in Chinese with Prediabetes by Yingying Luo, Hongyuan Wang, Xianghai Zhou, Cuiqing Chang, Wei Chen, Xiaohui Guo, Jinkui Yang, Linong Ji, Sanjoy K. Paul

“…Prediabetes has been proved as an important risk factor of both diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Previous studies have shown that both lifestyle intervention and pioglitazone may delay the development of diabetes in patients with prediabetes. …”
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