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Showing 1 to 20 of 295 for “"cardiovascular risk"”.
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Cardiovascular risk factors
Cardiovascular diseases are caused by a combination of several factors, including genetics, cultural, psychosocial factors. While some of the factors are not under the control of the individual, there are some risk factors that an individual can modify. Smoking and lipids are the main risk factors …
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Cardiovascular Risk Indicators Among Adolescents
… adolescent students who are believed to be "at risk" of developing cardiovascular disease in later life. A related purpose was to determine the effectiveness of a health education intervention program (Know Your Body) as a means of modifying or reducing the "at risk" status of the students in …
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Novel cardiovascular risk factors in childhood
… 1 diabetes (T1D) have a 2 to 3-fold increased risk for cardiovascular disease compared to non-diabetic subjects. Exposure to a broad panel of risk factors in childhood may cause vascular damage with potentially long-term consequences for cardiovascular morbidity. The aims of the studies were to …
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Imaging-based Phenotype for Cardiovascular Risk Assessment
Cardiovascular (CV) disease is a major healthcare challenge in the United States and the world. Early and accurate risk assessment is critically important because it will provide great opportunities to prevent the devastating disease and thus significantly reduce health-care burden. Over the past …
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Cardiovascular risk reduction in insulin resistant states
… and is thought to play a major role in the cardiovascular risk associated with them. This thesis critically evaluates two insulin resistant conditions - polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and type 2 diabetes (T2DM) - where there are many unresolved issues. During the course of these studies, …
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Interventions in patients at high cardiovascular risk
Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of premature death in UK and an important contributor to escalating health costs. The risk of suffering a cardiovascular event is associated with multiple risk factors that can cluster in different pathological conditions such as type 2 diabetes, polycystic …
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Exploring a Diabetic Registry for Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Background: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. There were over 18 million people diagnosed with diabetes in 2002. These disease processes together combine for significant health burden on society (American Diabetes Association, 2008). The purpose of the study …
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Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and future cardiovascular risk
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Cardiovascular Risk Genes in Prevention and Treatment Response
… (SNPs) that associate with cardiovascular disease (CVD) could be used in prevention and treatment of CVD. SUBJECTS: Subjects from the population-based Malmö-Diet-and-Cancer-(MDC)-Study (n=30447) and hypertensives from the Nordic-Diltiazem-(NORDIL)-Study (n=10881). METHODS AND …
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The impact of thyroid dysfunction on cardiovascular risk
… and hyperthyroidism) have major impacts on the cardiovascular system. Whilst the short term effects of thyroid dysfunction on the cardiovascular system are clinically obvious and well studied, the long term effects and particularly the size of its effects on the cardiovascular system remain …
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Blood Pressure, Arterial Stiffness and Cardiovascular Risk Prediction
… is an important, unmet need to improve current cardiovascular (CV) disease risk prediction algorithms, allowing better stratification models for disease prevention and, ultimately, a personalised medicine approach. This is particularly important for ‘moderate risk’ individuals, where relatively …
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Influence of Cardiovascular Risk factors on Remote Ischemic Preconditioning
… occlusion. Animal models indicate that CVD risk factors reduce the protective benefits of ischemic conditioning. However, there are no human studies investigating how a burden of risk factors interferes with rIPC to prevent endothelial injury. The purpose of the present study was to …
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Circulating cell-derived microparticles – potential markers of cardiovascular risk
… all important processes in the development of cardiovascular disease. This project aimed to adapt and validate a flow cytometric assay to measure microparticles derived from various cell types, and to utilise this assay for the investigation of microparticles in healthy individuals and patients …
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Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among Australian-Lebanese in Melbourne
… prevalence of behaviours which increase the risk of heart disease. Australia is a multicultural society and a country where one person in five is born overseas thus, its national health profile is significantly determined by the health of its immigrants. It is evident from the literature that …
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Cardiovascular Risk, Remote Ischemic Postconditioning, and Endothelial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
… certain animal models of cardiometabolic risk factors such as dyslipidemia, diabetes, and hypertension suggest the beneficial effects of rIpost to lessen reperfusion injury may be diminished. These findings have not been studied in clinically relevant humans. The aim of this study was to …
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The distinct contributions of cardiovascular risk factors to cognitive ageing
… it is not clear whether different aspects of cardiovascular health – such as blood pressure or heart rate – affect the brain through shared or independent pathways, partly because they are often condensed into a single composite score or examined in isolation. The research reported in the …
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Cardiovascular Risk Factors Predict the Spatial Distribution of White Matter Hyperintensity
… hyperintensity (WMH) associated with specific risk factors and use this distribution to estimate the extent of risk factor associated WMH in an individual. MATERIALS AND METHODS: MRI brain images were obtained from 2066 healthy adult participants (858 males, 1208 females; mean age: 50) from a …
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Cardiovascular risk profile of adults with psychotic disorders in Eldoret, Kenya
Introduction: Cardiovascular disorders contribute significantly to mortality and morbidity amongst patient's psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar mood disorders. In addition to conventional risk factors for cardiovascular disorders (smoking, alcohol use, inadequate physical …
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Artificial neural networks for cardiovascular risk, cardiovascular fitness and ankle-brachial index
… Neural Network can be trained to approximate a cardiovascular risk stratification algorithm by Rifai et al. My subsequent work involves training the network on a population-based cross-sectional dataset with the objective of categorizing Ankle-Brachial Index and Maximal Oxygen Consumption. These …
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