Sentences with phrase «age on cardiovascular disease»

Globorisk measures cardiovascular risk in individuals aged 40 or older by factoring in the person's smoking status, blood pressure, diabetes status, and total cholesterol level, whilst adjusting for the effects of sex and age on cardiovascular disease between countries.

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Of note, our models may underestimate the true maternal costs of suboptimal breastfeeding; we modeled the effects of lactation on only five maternal health conditions despite data linking lactation with other maternal health outcomes.46 In addition, women in our model could not develop type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, or MI before age 35 years, although these conditions are becoming increasingly prevalent among young adults.47 Although some studies have found an association between lactation and rates of postmenopausal diabetes22, 23 and cardiovascular disease, 10 we conservatively limited the duration of lactation's effect on both diabetes and MI.

Overweight and obesity and weight change in middle aged men: impact on cardiovascular disease and diabetes

The researchers found that, based on subjects» genetic profiles, the centenarians could be further divided into 19 subgroups, some of which were associated with delayed onset of age - related diseases such as dementia, hypertension and cardiovascular disease.

They found that the age of smokers who die from cardiovascular disease is, on average, five and a half years younger than people who have never smoked in their lives.

In the most comprehensive study ever on the impact of smoking on cardiovascular disease in older people, epidemiologist Dr. Ute Mons from the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) analyzed 25 individual studies, compiling data from over half a million individuals age 60 and older.

In the current study, McKeown and her colleagues analyzed longitudinal data on 1,685 middle - aged adults over a period of 14 years, obtained from the Framingham Heart Study's Offspring cohort — a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - funded program that has monitored multiple generations for lifestyle and clinical characteristics that contribute to cardiovascular disease.

Lloyd - Jones and colleagues examined long - term data on more than 5,200 men and women aged 28 to 62 who were free of cardiovascular disease at the time of their enrollment in the Framingham Heart Study, a decades - long cardiovascular study.

Lloyd - Jones's editorial is based on a large new study published in the journal that looked at adults, ages 50 to 80, with cardiovascular disease who took extended - release niacin (vitamin B3) and laropiprant (a drug that reduces face flushing caused by high doses of niacin) to see if it reduced heart attack and stroke compared to a placebo over four years.

These subprojects will focus on aging - associated diseases (such as Alzheimer's disease, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, muscle weakness) and on various forms of cancer such as neuroblastoma, colon, or breast cancer.

Between 1970 and 2010, female deaths in this age group from cardiovascular disease and diabetes fell on average by 66 % in 11 affluent countries: Chile, France, Germany, Greece, Japan, New Zealand, Mexico, Poland, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, the study showed.

That's because experiments conducted on the International Space Station involving cells that line the inner surfaces of blood vessels (endothelial cells) show that microgravity accelerates cardiovascular disease and the biological aging of these cells.

On average, these patients were more likely to be male, middle - aged, African - American and have a history of cardiovascular disease, with a majority taking cardiovascular medication.

Armed with the knowledge that tooth loss in middle age can signal elevated cardiovascular disease risk, adults can take steps to reduce the increased risk early on, he said.

She directed The Johns Hopkins Center of Excellence for Aging Research, the Center on Aging and Health, and the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, and led major multidisciplinary research programs on the causes and consequences of frailty, cardiovascular disease, cognitive impairment and disability in older adults, and approaches to prevention.

«If we were to view the current findings on the backdrop of contemporary cardiovascular risk calculators and statin guidelines, many patients with connective tissue disease could reasonably consider moderate - intensity statin therapy at age 35,» he said.

Moreover, PHENONIM - ICS is involved in European projects presenting a strong impact on human health: Interreg CARDIOGENE (Genetic mechanisms of cardiovascular diseases), GENCODYS (Genetic and epigenetic networks involved in cognitive dysfunctions), AgedBrainSYSBIO (Basic studies of brain aging), as well as projects in partnership with industry: MAGenTA (an Industrial Strategic Innovation project supported by Bpifrance about the treatment of major urogenital diseases) and CanPathPro (H2020 program), to develop a predictive modeling platform of signaling pathways involved in cancers.

They tease apart the influences of age and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors on these cells, whose regenerative capacity has made them the target of much investigation.

It may stave off dementia Among patients with mild Alzheimer's disease (age 60 and older), those with lower physical fitness levels (measured by cardiovascular tests on a treadmill) had four times more brain shrinkage when compared to normal adults than those who were more physically fit, according to a recent study from the University of Kansas School of Medicine.

Its impact on cellular function may also interrupt cues for cardiovascular disease, neurodegenerative disease and ageing.

Both avoiding high blood pressure throughout middle age or delaying the start of the development of high blood pressure seem to have a significant affect on a person's remaining lifetime cardiovascular disease risk.

The book provides a deep dive into the relationship between mitochondrial health and cardiovascular diseases; cardiometabolic syndrome; neurodegenerative diseases; arthritis; cancer; and the aging effects on the skin, eyes, and muscles.

In this episode Rhonda talks about how heat stress from using the sauna makes the body more resilient to the stresses of aging, possible reasons why one study associated sauna use with up to a 40 % lower all - cause mortality as well as a 50 % lower cardiovascular disease related mortality, how it enhances athletic endurance, staves off muscle atrophy, improves regrowth of muscle after disuse, and some of the profound effects on the brain, including the growth of new brain cells, improvement in focus, learning, and memory, and even potentially ameliorating depression and anxiety.

The timing and frequency of these blood tests will depend on your age and risk factors or family history for high blood cholesterol or other cardiovascular diseases such as heart attack or stroke.

Researchers have observed positive results of magnesium on migraines, aging, fibromyalgia, cardiovascular disease, and overall mortality.

His primary focus is on risk assessment, prevention, and drug - free treatment strategies for cardiovascular disease and diabetes, as well as general healthy aging.

On the baseline questionnaires, we requested information about age; weight and height; smoking status; physical activity; history of diabetes in first - degree relatives; use of postmenopausal hormone therapy; use of oral contraceptives; and personal history of diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and cancers.

First, low SES in childhood is a recognized risk factor for age - related disease, such as cardiovascular disease.24 Childhood socioeconomic disadvantage predicts age - related - disease risks, such as elevated inflammation levels and the clustering of metabolic risk markers in adulthood.25 - 27 In contrast, the effect of low childhood SES on later depression risk is debated.28 Second, retrospective investigations and some prospective studies have shown that childhood maltreatment could contribute to age - related - disease risks.