Sentences with phrase «risk marker for»

«While we don't know which comes first — depression or cardiovascular disease — the consensus is that depression is a risk marker for cardiovascular disease, meaning if you have cardiovascular disease, there is a higher likelihood that you could also have depression, when compared with the risk in the general population,» said Victor Okunrintemi, M.D., M.P.H., a research fellow at Baptist Health South Florida in Coral Gables, Florida, and lead author of a pair of studies that looked into different aspects of depression and cardiovascular disease.

«New genetic risk marker for late - life depression.»

«Women with migraines have higher risk of cardiovascular disease, mortality: Migraine should be considered an important risk marker for cardiovascular disease, say experts.»

Nevertheless, the authors say «these results further add to the evidence that migraine should be considered an important risk marker for cardiovascular disease, at least in women,» and there is no reason why the findings can't be applicable to men.

These results add to evidence that migraine should be considered an important risk marker for cardiovascular disease, say experts.

There may be brain changes after trauma that act as a risk marker for development of later illnesses, including bipolar disorder.

«Our analysis suggests that migraine should be considered an important risk marker for cardiovascular disease, particularly in women,» concludes Prof. Kurth, adding that: «The risk of developing cardiovascular events was shown to be 50 % higher in women with a diagnosis of migraine.

«Parents, educators, and therapists should consider insomnia to be a risk marker for alcohol use, and alcohol use a risk marker for insomnia, among early adolescents,» writes Rutgers - Camden researcher Naomi Marmorstein in the study, published recently in the journal Addictive Behaviors.

Next steps involve further refinement of the process and identification of diagnostic risk markers for females.

«But for those who do well and are able stick to the 5:2 diet, it could potentially have a beneficial impact on some important risk markers for cardiovascular disease, in some cases more so than daily dieting.

Katz RJ, Ratner RE, Cohen RM, Eisenhower E, Verme D Are insulin and proinsulin independent risk markers for premature coronary artery disease?

«Most risk markers for cardiovascular disease have a pro-inflammatory component, which stimulates the release of a number of active molecules,» researchers in one study argue.

Assessment of simple risk markers for early mortality among HIV - infected patients in Guinea - Bissau: a cohort study

Physical abuse, sexual abuse and parental divorce were identified as significant risk markers for lifetime suicide attempts, while physical abuse and parental divorce were significantly correlated with suicidal ideation.

Not exact matches

Although a considerable body of scientific evidence substantiates the positive correlation between curcumin consumption and a reduction in the risk of cancer, the paucity of suitably designed human clinical trials that clearly demonstrate any direct effect of curcumin on cancer markers may prevent Health Canada from approving a cancer risk reduction claim for curcumin within the current regulatory framework.

We used multivariable logistic - regression models to adjust for potential confounders, including maternal race or ethnic group (non-Hispanic white vs. other), parity (nulliparous vs. multiparous), insurance status (public or none vs. other), extent of prenatal care (≥ 5 visits vs. < 5 visits), advanced maternal age (≥ 35 years vs. < 35 years), maternal education (> 12 years vs. ≤ 12 years), history or no history of cesarean delivery, and a composite marker of conditions that confer increased medical risk.

However, this study only included kids at high - risk for celiac (based on genetic markers or a first - degree relative with the disease), so it might not apply to the general population.

Multiple genetic markers have been identified for celiac disease, but many genetically susceptible individuals tolerate gluten and never develop symptoms, leading to speculation about other risk factors, including early childhood nutrition.

«Our data need to be replicated, but it is our hope that the oxytocin receptor marker we have identified will be useful to clinicians in identifying women at risk for postpartum depression,» said first author Dr Aleeca Bell of the University of Illinois, Chicago.

Although pacifier use ultimately may be determined to be only a marker of women at risk for shortened breastfeeding duration, education and support of these women and their efforts to breastfeed is vital.

Individuals were classified as high risk for Alzheimer's if a DNA test identified the presence of a genetic marker — having one or both of the apolipoprotein E-epsilon 4 allele (APOE - e4 allele) on chromosome 19 — which increases the risk of developing the disease.

The emerging view, according to Kathiresan and other experts, is that high HDL is likely a marker for other things that are affecting risk.

In early 2000 they decided to fund a project to develop methods to first prioritise those species at greatest risk, and then to identify those where DNA markers (characterised differences in DNA used for identity) were not currently available, but could be of potential use in enforcement cases.

The search for neurobiological markers that precede atypical trajectories is important in infants with a high risk for developing autism - related disorders because early recognition allows for early intervention and mitigation of difficulties later in life.

In other words, she says, personality constructs emerging from the basic biology of the brain can be yet another marker that the individual is at risk for TILT, and easier to sensitize to the disease.

For example, levels of estrogen and androgen receptors were upregulated in female - associated placentas while inflammatory markers associated with increased risk of behavioral disorders were upregulated in placentas from both sexes.

Mental illness, he adds, has too long been regarded as simply mental: «Identifying the biological markers and risk for mental illness in early childhood may ultimately have a huge impact on human and economic health.

Although tau imaging is still in its earliest stages, Ryan hopes that such imaging will accelerate drug development and that finding a blood - based biomarker for Alzheimer's to reveal risk (much like cholesterol serves as a marker for cardiovascular risk) will change the field dramatically in terms of how doctors can diagnose the disease.

Having higher levels of calcium is a marker for the buildup of plaque, which increases the risk of having a heart attack or stroke.

Current guidelines suggest testing diabetic patients for stable glucose control prior to surgery, but the recommended blood test or marker is slow to detect change, and does not correlate well with risk of surgical complications.

As Maurizio Battino, researcher at UNIVPM and Director of the study, said: «This is the first time a study has been published that supports the protective role of the bioactive compounds in strawberries in tackling recognised markers and risk factors for cardiovascular diseases.»

The trial is part of a broader project that will also search for genetic, neurological, and hormonal markers linked with a risk of acting on pedophilic impulses.

«Aside from the direct association with cardiovascular risk factors, skipping breakfast might serve as a marker for a general unhealthy diet or lifestyle which in turn is associated with the development and progression of atherosclerosis,» said Jose L. Peñalvo, PhD, assistant professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University and the senior author of the study.

The study also found distinct blood pressure patterns from ages 18 to 55 that reveal people at high risk for calcification of coronary arteries — a marker for heart disease — by middle age.

«Our study suggests that short height in children is a possible marker of stroke risk and suggests these children should pay extra attention to changing or treating modifiable risk factors for stroke throughout life to reduce the chances of having this disease,» said senior study author Jennifer L. Baker, Ph.D., associate professor in the Center for Clinical Research and Prevention at Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital and Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, at the University of Copenhagen, in Denmark.

When an older person is still functioning at a high level physically, high blood pressure indicates mortality risk; however, when the person is not physically robust, high blood pressure is not a marker for mortality risk.

«Our findings don't prove a causal connection between marijuana and opioid use, but they do suggest physicians can use medical marijuana as a marker for high risk of non-medical prescription drug use.»

There has been a lack of reliable markers, early indicators and risk factors associated with pancreatic cancer, but this new way of differentiating between healthy and malignant tissue offers hope for earlier diagnosis and treatment.»

This work is part of the ongoing Duke Neurogenetics Study (DNS), a comprehensive study linking genes, brain activity and other biological markers to risk for mental illness in young adults.

The authors will follow up the study with additional worldwide populations to better understand the mutations and these genes as a genetic marker for disease risk.

«If clinicians decide to prescribe spironolactone to their patients to reduce their risk of being hospitalized for heart failure, there is an associated responsibility to monitor for serum markers of kidney and electrolyte disorders which can be exacerbated by spironolactone.»

They would also like to study whether policies regarding lunch and recess affect risk for obesity, success in academics and other markers of cognitive development in children.

While attending a conference, Orszag learned from biologist Craig Venter that he could get screened for a genetic marker that can raise the risk of heart disease when lots of caffeine is consumed.

«We've got a marker for biological aging — telomere length — so we're studying whether we can relate it to the increased risk of getting some of these age - associated diseases.

«Our ability to pinpoint CRP levels as being significantly elevated before and after postoperative delirium onset establishes CRP as a risk marker, as well as a disease marker, for delirium,» said Sarinnapha Vasunilashorn, co-first author of the study, along with Simon Dillon, also of BIDMC.

«From a risk and prevention perspective, difficulty forming close relationships early in adolescence may now be considered a marker of risk for long - term health difficulties,» Allen explains.

Kisspeptins circulating in the blood increase dramatically during normal human pregnancy, to several thousand times non-pregnancy levels, which makes them a novel predictive marker for assessing the risk of later complications.

The authors believe theirs is the first study to show that mouse mammary gland tissues are sensitive to a mixture of 23 commonly used UOG chemicals, with dose - specific effects on tissue morphology, cell proliferation and induction of intraductal hyperplasias, an overgrowth of cells considered a marker for future breast cancer risk.

Cardiovascular phenotyping between the ages of 60 and 64 years with carotid intima media thickness (cIMT; a surrogate marker for cardiovascular events) was used to assess the effect of lifetime exposure to adiposity on cardiovascular risk factors.

«And pediatricians may want to be on the look - out for early development in girls as a marker of risk.