Sentences with phrase «heart attack or stroke compared»

Another study, published in the European Heart Journal, followed almost 20,000 Germans for 10 years and found that those who ate the most chocolate (an average of 7.5 grams a day — or a little more than a quarter of an ounce) had lower blood pressure and a 39 % lower risk of having a heart attack or stroke compared to those who ate the least amount of chocolate (1.7 grams a day).

Researchers in Germany followed more than 19,000 people for a minimum of 10 years and found that those who ate the highest amount of flavanol - rich dark chocolate had lower blood pressure and a 39 percent lower risk of having a heart attack or stroke compared to those who ate almost no chocolate.11

One Japanese study found that adults who drank five or more cups of green tea per day had a 26 % reduction in death from heart attack or stroke compared with those who had one cup or less; the effect was greater in women than in men.

Following additional scrutiny after Vioxx's withdrawal, and the addition of cardiovascular experts to the trial's data safety monitoring board, the DSMB concluded that patients taking a high dose of Celebrex had a 3.4-fold increase in the risk of heart attacks or strokes compared to those on placebo; those on a moderate dose had a 2.5-fold increase in risk.

Not exact matches

Graham's group found that people taking Avandia had about an 18 % higher risk of heart attack, stroke, heart failure, or death compared with those on Actos, which other work has shown is just as effective.

The clear result of this clinical study — that the combination reduced strokes, heart attacks and cardiovascular death by practically 25 per cent compared to either drug alone in both patients with stable coronary or peripheral artery disease — caused the clinical trial to be stopped early, after 23 months, in February 2017.

Overall, the researchers found that patients taking the sodium - containing effervescent, dispersible and soluble medications had a 16 % increased risk of a heart attack, stroke or vascular death compared with other patients taking the non-sodium versions of those exact medications.

Frits R. Rosendaal, M.D., Ph.D., of Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands, and coauthors determined long - term mortality and morbidity in young women who survived myocardial infarction (heart attack) or ischemic stroke compared with a control group.

People with metabolic syndrome have a two-fold risk for heart attack or stroke, and a five-fold increased risk for developing diabetes compared to individuals who do not have the condition.

In 2010 the study published its findings: compared with residents who did not get very sick, those who endured several days of diarrhea during the outbreak had a 33 percent greater likelihood of developing high blood pressure, a 210 percent greater risk of heart attack or stroke, and a 340 percent greater risk of kidney problems in the eight years following the outbreak.

Both ticagrelor doses reduced the chances of cardiovascular death, heart attack or stroke, the study's primary endpoint, with a 15 percent reduction in the 90 - mg group and a 16 percent reduction in the 60 - mg group compared to the placebo group.

Results of the study published in Hepatology, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, show that incidents of kidney disease, stroke, and heart attack were lower in patients treated with pegylated interferon and ribavirin compared to HCV patients not treated with antivirals or diabetic patients not infected with the virus.

Exploratory analyses also showed the one - year rate for heart attack, stroke or related death was significantly lower for TAVR at 20.4 percent compared with 27.3 percent for surgical replacement.

The researchers found that having more healthy metrics was related to much lower risks for having a heart attack or stroke — up to 71 percent lower risk for those with the most heart healthy metrics compared to the least.

Patients receiving radial access suffered major bleeding, death, heart attack or stroke within 30 days in 9.8 percent of cases as compared to 11.7 percent in those receiving femoral access.

They developed country - specific risk charts for predicting individuals» risk of cardiovascular disease, and country - specific assessments of the 10 - year cardiovascular disease burden.They estimate that the proportion of people at high risk (10 % or higher) of having a fatal heart attack or stroke within 10 years is higher in low - and middle - income countries (eg, China and Mexico) compared with high - income countries (eg, South Korea, Spain, and Denmark).

Patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing angioplasty who received the anticoagulant drug bivalirudin did not show significant improvements in either of two co-primary endpoints — a composite of rate of death, heart attack or stroke at 30 days, or a composite of those events plus major bleeding — as compared to patients receiving standard anticoagulation therapy, according to a study presented at the American College of Cardiology's 64th Annual Scientific Session.

They found that 16 per 10,000 of patients studied experienced heart attacks or strokes within 30 days of their partner's death compared with 8 per 10,000 the normal population.

The authors compared the rate of heart attack or stroke in older patients, aged 60 and over, whose partner died to that of individuals whose partners were still alive during the same period.

Heart attacks aren't the only cardiovascular risk associated with changing clocks: Preliminary research presented at the 2016 American Academy of Neurology's annual meeting found that stroke rates in Finland are 8 % higher, on average, in the two days following both time changes — spring and fall — compared to the two weeks before or after.

During that time, 4.1 % and 2.6 % of the people taking Meridia had a nonfatal heart attack or stroke, respectively, compared to 3.2 % and 1.9 % of the people taking a placebo pill.

To test this theory, Dr. Mozaffarian and his colleagues measured mercury levels in the stored toenail clippings of 3,427 people with a history of heart disease, heart attack, or stroke, and compared them with an equal number of demographically similar people without heart problems.

Compared with the typical American diet, both diets cut the risk of complications — including death, another heart attack, stroke, or hospitalization for heart trouble — by about two - thirds.

The researchers found that people with a low sodium intake (less than 3,000 mg) experienced a higher risk of heart attack, stroke, or heart failure, compared to people who consumed between 3,000 mg and 6,000 mg a day.

Since high levels of homocysteine are associated with an increased risk for atherosclerosis, diabetic heart disease, heart attack, and stroke, it's a good idea to be sure that your diet contains plenty of vitamin B12 to help keep homocysteine levels low (homocysteine is also associated with osteoporosis, and a recent study found that osteoporosis occurred more frequently among women whose vitamin B12 status was deficient or marginal compared with those who had normal B12 status.)

In less than five years, those randomly assigned to follow the Mediterranean diet reduced their risk of heart attack, stroke or heart disease - related death by about 30 %, compared to people who were told to follow a low - fat diet.

Separate research suggests people with the highest TMAO levels may have twice the risk of having a heart attack, stroke, or premature death compared to those with the lowest levels.4 The researchers therefore suggested that altering the bacterial population in your gut could have tremendous implications for heart health: 5

Research suggests people with the highest TMAO levels may have twice the risk of having a heart attack, stroke, or premature death compared to those with the lowest levels; TMAO is a waste product produced by bacteria in your gut

Additionally, 1,034 participants taking the supplements (16.5 percent) had a heart attack or stroke, compared with 1,017 participants (16.3 percent) taking the placebo.

During this time, researchers compared how many participants had a cardiovascular event, such as heart attack or stroke, between the intensive therapy and standard therapy groups.

Half of the group were taught Transcendental Medication along with their normal treatment while the others just received advice on how to modify their diets and exercise routines.They found that those who regularly meditated reduced their chances of dying or having a heart attack or stroke by 47 per cent compared with those who received traditional care.In those who were particularly enthusiastic about the mediation or unusually susceptible to stress, the results were even stronger.

Adults over 45 who sleep less than 6 hours a night are 200 percent more likely to have a heart attack or stroke in their lifetime, compared to those who sleep seven to eight hours a night.

Those patients were three times more likely to suffer from stroke, heart attack or death within the next two years compared to those who didn't have the condition.