Sentences with phrase «artery disease significantly»

A study from an international research team finds that familial hypercholesterolemia — a genetic condition that causes greatly elevated levels of LDL cholesterol throughout life — accounts for less than 2 percent of severely elevated LDL in the general population but also increases the risk of coronary artery disease significantly more than does elevated LDL alone.

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Previous results from the KIHD study have shown that frequent sauna bathing also significantly reduces the risk of sudden cardiac death, the risk of death due to coronary artery disease and other cardiac events, as well as overall mortality.

The study showed that women under 46 who had both ovaries removed experienced a significantly elevated risk of multiple chronic health conditions that included depression, hyperlipidemia, cardiac arrhythmias, coronary artery disease, arthritis, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and osteoporosis.

Dr. Berger and his colleagues found that women have a significantly higher prevalence of peripheral artery disease, while men have a higher prevalence of carotid artery stenosis and a dramatically higher prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysms.

«The study shows that non-surgical periodontal therapy significantly reduced the progression of thickening of the carotid artery over a one - year period,» says study co-author, University of Sydney vascular disease expert Dr Michael Skilton.

When a group of individuals replaced animal fats with omega -6-rich safflower oil, their cholesterol levels decreased, however, the rates of death from cardiovascular disease and coronary artery disease increased significantly as compared to those consuming the animal fats.

For instance, extra virgin coconut oil consumption has been demonstrated to significantly reduce body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) and produce significant increases in concentrations of HDL cholesterol in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD)(Cardoso et al., 2015).

At the end of the study, all of the vegetarians showed reversal of their heart disease, where those doing the low carb significantly worsened showing 40 - 50 % more artery clogging.

Beet root juice and other high nitric oxide vegetables have been found to significantly reduce resting blood pressure, thus having therapeutic potential in hypertension, metabolic syndrome, peripheral artery disease, and coronary heart disease (Larsen et al., 2006).

In one study, patients with coronary artery disease were found to have significantly smaller amounts of gray matter — with worse performances on cognitive tests.