Risk factors

Last updated: February 21, 2008

 Risk Factors

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Cigarette smoking, systolic blood pressure, and cardiovascular diseases in the asia-pacific region

Presented by:
Nakamura K, Barzi F, Lam TH, Huxley R, Feigin VL, Ueshima H, Woo J, Gu D, Ohkubo T, Lawes CMM, Suh I, Woodward M
Erectile Dysfunction May Predict...
Significance  of Serum MMP-8 in...
The impact of Site and Extent of...
Waist-to-Hip Ratio is Superior...
Metabolic Syndrome is Associated...
Age and Risk Factor Profile

Comibined Effect of High LDL-C and...
Era Jump Study: Low Levels of sub...
Implications of Family History of ...
Gamma-glutamyltransferase is ...
Differential Leukocyte Count and the..

Phosphorus levels are associated with subclinical atherosclerosis in the general population


Presented by:
Stephen Onufrak, PhD, Antonio Bellasi, MD, Francesca Cardarelli, MD,  Viola Vaccarino, MD, PhD, Paolo Raggi, MD

 

n style="font-size: 8pt; color: black; font-family: Tahoma">Anger is associated with subclinical atherosclerosis in low SES but not in higher SES men and women. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

Presented by:
Päivi Merjonen, Laura Pulkki-Råback, Sampsa Puttonen, Pertti Keskivaara, Markus Juonala, Risto Telama, Jorma Viikari, Olli T. Raitakari and Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen

 

The Relationship between Age of Asthma Onset and Cardiovascular
Disease in Canadians

Presented by:
Shilpa Dogra (PhD Candidate), Chris Ardern (PhD) and Joseph Baker (PhD)

Predicted risk of coronary heart disease among persons with type 2 diabetes.

Presented by:
Kirk JK, Bertoni AG, Case D,
Bell RA, Goff DC Jr, Narayan KM.

 

Exercise Capacity and Mortality in Black and White Men

Presented by:
Kokkinos P

 

Association between cardiorespiratory fitness and prevalence of carotid atherosclerosis among men with hypertension

Presented by:
Sae Young Jae, PhD. Mercedes R Carnethon, PhD. Kevin S Heffernan, MS. Yoon-Ho Choi, MD. Moon-Kyu Lee, MD. Bo Fernhall, PhD

Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Adiposity as Mortality Predictors in Older Adults

Presented by:
Xuemei Sui, Michael J. LaMonte, James N. Laditka, James W. Hardin, Nancy Chase, Steven P. Hooker & Steven N. Blair

 

Serum Cystatin C Predicts Progression of Subclinical Coronary Atherosclerosis in Persons with Type 1 Diabetes

Presented by:
David Maahs,
Lorraine Ogden, Greg Kinney, Janet Snell-Bergeon, Adam Kretowski, Marian Rewers

Double-edged relationship between adiposity and coronary artery calcification in Type 1 Diabetes

Presented by:
Baqiyyah Conway, MA MPH, Rachel Miller, MS, Tina Costacou, PhD, Linda Fried, MD, Sheryl Kelsey, PhD Rohbert Evans, PhD, Daniel Edmundowicz, MD, Trevor Orchard, MD

Diabetic Retinopathy and Increased Incidence of Cardiovascular Events in Type 2 Diabetic Patients

Presented by:
G. Targher, L. Bertolini, L. Zenari, G. Lippi,
I. Pichiri, G. Zoppini, M. Muggeo, G. Arcaro

Phosphorus Levels are Associated with Subclinical Atherosclerosis in the General Population

Presented by:
S J Onufrak, MPH, A Bellasi, MD,  F Cardarelli, MD, L J Shaw, PhD,C A Herzog, MD, V Vaccarino, MD, and P Raggi, MD.

   

 

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