Sentences with phrase «predict cardiovascular disease»

Following 1,000 individuals from birth to midlife, we show that low credit scores predict cardiovascular disease risk.

Currently, conventional preventive medical approaches to inflammation are limited to the use of CRP to predict cardiovascular disease in high - risk subjects, and the prophylactic use of drugs like aspirin to inhibit the inflammatory cascade linked to thrombosis (uncontrolled blood clotting).

Some bacteria can turn choline (and also carnitine) into trimethylamine N - oxide (TMAO), high levels of which predict cardiovascular disease in humans.

But more importantly, they needed to determine whether their method could be used to predict cardiovascular disease.

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«Our study shows simply adding one of our available cardiac imaging resources may more accurately predict a patient's risk or diagnose their disease, also giving us an opportunity to prevent them from experiencing a future cardiac event and possibly save more lives from the burdens of cardiovascular diseases.»

This epigenetic risk profile alone enabled them to predict the so - called all - cause mortality (cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and others).

In this study, the scientists analysed 35 frailty scores — identified by a systematic literature review — on their ability to predict mortality, cardiovascular disease and cancer.

Having shorter telomeres is connected to the early onset of illnesses such as cardiovascular disease and cancer, with mortality in older adults and, as CMU's Sheldon Cohen first discovered, predicts susceptibility to acute infectious disease in young to midlife adults.

Noninvasive imaging of carotid artery plaque with MRI can accurately predict future cardiovascular events like strokes and heart attacks in people without a history of cardiovascular disease, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology.

The findings are part of the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, an ongoing U.S. study examining the lifestyle factors that predict development of cardiovascular disease.

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).

OAK BROOK, Ill. — Noninvasive imaging of carotid artery plaque with MRI can accurately predict future cardiovascular events like strokes and heart attacks in people without a history of cardiovascular disease, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology.

The scientists hope that one or more of the proteins included in the study may someday be used to detect and predict diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease or cancer.

was enough to accurately predict participants» risk of premature death from cardiovascular diseases and other causes.

By 2020, cardiovascular disease is predicted to be the leading cause of death worldwide.

The AHEI, however, predicted an 11 percent decrease in risk of major chronic disease and a 28 percent decrease in risk of cardiovascular disease.

The HEI predicted no significant risk reduction for women (3 percent reduced risk for major chronic disease, 14 percent for cardiovascular disease).

However, it has not been evaluated in terms of whether it can predict disease risk, especially cardiovascular disease and cancer.

A modelling analysis predicted that dark chocolate consumption in populations at high risk of cardiovascular disease could potentially avert cardiovascular events over the long term owing to its antihypertensive and metabolic effects

The report also predicts wildfires will flare up more and more often, releasing more and more particles into the air and raising the threat of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases.

For example, in 2010 it was predicted that cleaner air from an emissions reduction target of 30 per cent by 2020 in the European Union would deliver savings worth 80 billion euros a year due to reductions in the incidence of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases (associated with air pollution from burning fossil fuels).»

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.

First, depression has been linked to multiple biological abnormalities, including vascular pathologic changes, autonomic function changes, hypercoagulability, and hypothalamic - pituitary - adrenal axis hyperactivity.10 Evidence shows that depression in adulthood is linked to elevated risk of developing cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and dementia in later life.11 Second, inflammation contributes to atherosclerosis, insulin resistance, and neurodegeneration.12 - 14 Evidence shows that elevation in inflammation biomarkers, such as C - reactive protein (CRP), in adulthood predicts the development of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and dementia in later life.15 - 17 Third, metabolic abnormalities such as obesity, dyslipidemia, glucose intolerance, hypertension, and cardiorespiratory fitness contribute to vascular lesions and hormonal imbalance.

Objective To understand why children exposed to adverse psychosocial experiences are at elevated risk for age - related disease, such as cardiovascular disease, by testing whether adverse childhood experiences predict enduring abnormalities in stress - sensitive biological systems, namely, the nervous, immune, and endocrine / metabolic systems.

The quality of relationships parents make with their children predicts healthy eating, 3 and the only programmes which have an (albeit modest) impact in reversing childhood obesity are programmes which offer development of parenting skills as well as lifestyle advice.4 5 Adverse parenting is also a risk factor for the adoption of smoking, 6 alcohol and drug misuse, 6 teenage pregnancy, 6 and poor mental health in children, 7 adolescents8 9 and adults.10 11 It is possible to show that adverse parenting and poor quality parent — child relationships are risk factors for poor health in general6 12 — 14 and symptoms of poor physical health6 12 13 in childhood and adulthood, as well as cardiovascular disease, 6 13 cancer, 6 13 musculoskeletal problems, 6 13 injury15 and mortality6 in later life.

Amid growing public concern over extending the use of credit scores to domains beyond lending (2, 3), we find that credit scores modestly but significantly predict risk for cardiovascular disease in a cohort of adults entering midlife.