A Southern - style diet pattern — characterized by the regular consumption of fried foods, fatty foods, eggs, processed meats, such as bacon and ham, organ meats like liver, and sugary drinks — leads to a 56 percent higher risk
of heart disease compared to a diet with less of these foods, according to new research.
Lonely people are three times more likely to die young than people who feel like they belong to part of a tribe, and those who feel supported by their community have half the risk
of heart disease compared to those who feel socially isolated.
Those with elevated LDL (bad) cholesterol registered a 14 percent lowered risk
of heart disease compared with those who did not receive DHA and EPA.
A 20 - year prospective study of over 80,000 women found that those who ate low - carbohydrate diets that were high in vegetable sources of fat and protein had a 30 percent lower risk
of heart disease compared with women who ate high - carbohydrate, low - fat diets.
Blood pressure readings at night time are a more accurate predictor
of heart disease compared to daytime readings due to the fact that readings are more consistent at night compared to the daytime.
These processed vegetable oils were introduced and touted for their potential to reduce the risk
of heart disease compared to animal fats, but they haven't done that.
A more recent study by Swedish researchers found that women who ate a diet high in fiber had a 25 percent lower risk
of heart disease compared with women who ate a low fiber diet.
Previous studies have shown that people who carry excess abdominal fat around their midsection — a so - called «spare tire» — tend to face higher risks
of heart disease compared to people who have fat elsewhere.
Not exact matches
Low - income Americans saw no improvements in blood pressure, their risk
of heart disease, or a drop in the share
of people who smoke between 2011 and 2014
compared with the period running from 1999 to 2004, according to a study published in the journal JAMA Cardiology.
Compared to Americans, Okinawans have a lower BMI, 80 % lower incidence
of heart disease and 50 - 80 % lower incidence
of cancer thanks to this habit and to following an antioxidant rich, plant - based diet.
Quality
of life is certainly an important metric, but it's easier to manage diabetes or
heart disease in a living patient
compared to the alternative.
In a cohort
of nearly 300,000 women in China, mothers who breastfed their babies,
compared with women who had never breastfed, had a significantly lower risk
of cardiovascular
disease, with adjusted hazard ratios
of 0.91 (95 % CI 0.84 - 0.99) for coronary
heart disease (CHD) and 0.92 (95 % CI 0.85 - 0.99) for stroke, reported Zhengming Chen, MBBS, DPhil,
of the University
of Oxford in England, and colleagues.
Compared with women who had never breastfed, those who breastfed between 0 - 6 months, 6 - 12 months, 12 - 18 months, 18 - 24 months, or over 24 months, respectively, had a 1 %, 7 %, 11 %, 13 %, and 18 % lower risk
of coronary
heart disease, with each additional 6 months
of breastfeeding per child associated with 4 % lower risk (P < 0.001).
More bad health news for the borough: the Bronx had the worst health stats almost across the board in 2009
compared to other parts
of the city (with the exception
of heart disease, which is most prevalent in Brooklyn).
The study, the largest
of its kind in the world,
compared the health
of Deaf people with the hearing population and found that Deaf adults have high levels
of risk factors for common conditions, such as
heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes.
For example, in the combined hormone therapy trial, treated 50 - to 59 - year - olds had five additional cases
of heart disease and five more strokes per 10,000 women annually
compared with the same - aged group on placebo.
Compared to eating earlier in the day, prolonged delayed eating can increase weight, insulin and cholesterol levels, and negatively affect fat metabolism, and hormonal markers implicated in
heart disease, diabetes and other health problems, according to results from researchers at the Perelman School
of Medicine at the University
of Pennsylvania.
According to the Centers for
Disease Control in Atlanta, in 1990 — the last year for which reliable figures are available — AIDS was responsible for 17 per cent of all deaths in men aged between 25 and 44, compared with 11.5 per cent in 1988, when it ranked as the number three killer after heart disease and «unintentional deaths», from accidents such as car crashes for e
Disease Control in Atlanta, in 1990 — the last year for which reliable figures are available — AIDS was responsible for 17 per cent
of all deaths in men aged between 25 and 44,
compared with 11.5 per cent in 1988, when it ranked as the number three killer after
heart disease and «unintentional deaths», from accidents such as car crashes for e
disease and «unintentional deaths», from accidents such as car crashes for example.
Compared to people with a lean body weight, individuals with higher BMI have an elevated risk
of developing life - shortening cardiometabolic
diseases, such as diabetes,
heart attack, and stroke.
People who regularly eat nuts, including peanuts, walnuts and tree nuts, have a lower risk
of developing cardiovascular
disease or coronary
heart disease compared to people who never or almost never eat nuts, according to a study published today in the Journal
of the American College
of Cardiology.
Participants who ate peanuts or tree nuts two or more times per week had a 13 percent and 15 percent lower risk
of cardiovascular
disease, respectively, and a 15 percent and 23 percent, lower risk
of coronary
heart disease, respectively,
compared to those who never consumed nuts.
«If you
compare a person who is 30 pounds overweight but physically active with someone who is thin but a coach potato, you'll find the thin couch potato has a higher risk
of premature death and
of some chronic
diseases, such as diabetes,
heart disease and hypertension,» Franke says.
Among them, a 2006 American Journal
of Medicine study
compared the reported daily sodium intakes
of 78 million Americans to their risk
of dying from
heart disease over the course
of 14 years.
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.
Compared to married
heart disease patients, being unmarried was associated with a higher risk of dying, according to new research in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association / American Stroke Associa
heart disease patients, being unmarried was associated with a higher risk
of dying, according to new research in Journal
of the American
Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association / American Stroke Associa
Heart Association, the Open Access Journal
of the American
Heart Association / American Stroke Associa
Heart Association / American Stroke Association.
The region has long suffered more than its fair share
of diabetes,
heart disease, certain types
of cancer and obesity
compared with the Northeast, Midwest and West.
Adults who closely followed the Mediterranean diet were 47 percent less likely to develop
heart disease over a 10 - year period
compared to similar adults who did not closely follow the diet, according to a study to be presented at the American College
of Cardiology's 64th Annual Scientific Session in San Diego.
Researchers recently investigated whether or not anti-TNFs, which help to control RA inflammation, would lower the risk and severity
of heart attacks in these patients
compared to traditional, non-biologic
disease - modifying antirheumatic drugs, or DMARDs.
Those who scored in the top - third in terms
of adherence to the Mediterranean diet, indicating they closely followed the diet, were 47 percent less likely to develop
heart disease over the 10 - year follow - up period as
compared to participants who scored in the bottom - third, indicating they did not closely follow the diet.
Those are small potatoes
compared with obesity, Type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis,
heart disease and many cancers also on the rise in the developed and developing parts
of the world.
More people in the U.S. are living with
heart disease today,
compared with decades ago, even though rates
of death due to
heart disease have gone down.
To find out if complications
of pregnancy might be associated with the risk
of early coronary
heart disease, the researchers
compared 153 patients with acute coronary syndrome, which includes
heart attack and angina, with the same number
of healthy people matched for age and sex.
Compared to Americans
of European - ancestry, African - Americans» increased hypertension prevalence contributes to a greater risk
of stroke, coronary
heart disease, and end - stage renal
disease.
Patients in the stent group got about 1.5 times the number
of heart attacks long - term,
compared to the bypass group, but for those patients whose stents successfully opened all
of their
diseased arteries, there was no significant increase in
heart attacks.
• For patients from 60 to 79 years
of age, 27.5 %
of COPD patients had
heart disease compared to 13.6 % without COPD; and
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.
When the researchers
compared people with the highest and the lowest intake
of saturated fats, they found no clear difference between the risk
of heart disease or other cardiac events.
Dr Andersen said the study was important because, although there have been other studies looking at the effects
of endurance exercise on various cardiovascular problems such as ischemic
heart disease and stroke, there have been only a few, smaller studies
of its effect on
heart rhythm disturbances, and they have tended to look at people who are less physically active, or
compared very sedentary people with those who were very active.
While the study suggests both low and high levels
of physical activity,
compared to more moderate levels, could increase the risk
of heart failure in men, study authors cautioned that the link between physical activity and
heart disease is not fully understood.
Compared to the two leading causes
of death for all Americans,
heart disease and cancer, a pattern
of questionable decision - making in dire situations comes to light in teen mortality.
«We wanted to isolate the effect
of high blood pressure during pregnancy by
comparing the risk
of hypertension,
heart disease, and stroke in women who had hypertension during pregnancy, and their sisters,» explained Dr. Garovic.
Women with type 1 diabetes [1] face a 40 % increased excess risk
of death from all causes [2], and have more than twice the risk
of dying from
heart disease,
compared to men with type 1 diabetes, a large meta - analysis involving more than 200 000 people with type 1 diabetes published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology has found.
Among those age 25 to 49, about 23 percent know a woman with
heart disease,
compared to 37 percent
of women aged 50 to 60.
For example,
compared to a 5ft 6inch tall person, a 5 foot tall person on average has a 32 % higher risk
of coronary
heart disease because
of their relatively shorter stature.
Here, healthy, active seniors who eventually die
of, say,
heart disease, can be
compared with others who develop neurodegenerative disorders.
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.
Adults with moderate scores
of 100 - 399 were 80 % more likely to die from
heart disease than those with a score
of zero, and those with scores
of 400 or more were three times more likely to die from
heart disease, when
compared to adults with no calcified plaque buildup, or a score
of zero.
As to the reason why certain racial and ethnic minorities have poorer rates
of treatment for cardiovascular
disease and generally have poorer cardiovascular health outcomes
compared to white patients, Dr. Ladapo concludes that no one has really explored whether there could be disparities in cardiac stress testing, which is a mainstay
of diagnosing patients with
heart disease in this country.
One is to identify
disease genes — particularly those involved in conditions with complex origins, such as asthma and
heart disease — by
comparing genetic sequences within a group
of patients with a given
disease.
In the current work, researchers applied a new approach called genome - wide association, which utilizes a set
of markers spanning the entire genome, to
compare the DNA
of heart disease patients with that
of healthy people (ScienceNOW, 26 April).