Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Role of Lifestyle

2016 ◽  
pp. 65-77
Author(s):  
Gautam Vaddadi
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk Factors

scholarly journals Relationship between serum leptin levels, non-cardiovascular risk factors and mortality in hemodialysis patients

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivona Risovic ◽  
Vlastimir Vlatkovic ◽  
Snjezana Popovicpejicic ◽  
Gabrijela Malešević
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk Factors ◽  
Survival Rates ◽  
Inverse Correlation ◽  
Study Groups ◽  
Mineral And Bone Disorder ◽  
Serum Leptin ◽  
Significant Difference

Abstract Introduction. Hemodialysis (HD) patients have higher mortality rate than the general population. Recent studies indicate a significant role of non-cardiovascular risk factors in for mortality in HD patients. Leptin is protein hormone and may indicate malnutrition in HD patients. Its role in mortality in these patients is being examined. This study aimed to investigate the correlation between serum leptin levels and non-cardiovascular risk factors and relationship between leptin level and mortality in HD patients. Methods The prospective study included 93 patients on maintenance HD and follow-up period was 12 months. We measured leptin level and evaluated non-cardiovascular risk factors: nutritional status, anemia, volemia, parameters of mineral and bone disorder. Results. Out of 93 patients 9 died during study and 1 underwent kidney transplantation. Malnutrition and hypervolemia were two main non-cardiovascular risk factors among deceased subjects. Leptin showed a significant direct correlation with nutritional BMI (r = 0.72, P <0.001), fat tissue index (r = 0.74, P <0.001) and statistically significant inverse correlation with leantissue index (r = -0.349, P <0.05) and inverse correlation with volemic parameters (overhydration / extracellular water ratio (r = -0.38, P <0.001), but no association with anemia and mineral bone parameters was observed. Elevated leptin levels were associated with better survival. However, no statistically significant difference in survival rates was observed between the study groups (Log-Rank P =0.214, Breslow P =0.211, Tarone-Ware P=0.212). Conclusion: Deceased patients had significantly lower leptin values. Leptin was associated with two non-cardiovascular risk factors for mortality: malnutrition and hypervolemia.

scholarly journals Role of green tea in reduction of cardiovascular risk factors

2010 ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Charalambos Vlachopoulos ◽  
Alexopoulos ◽  
Stefanadis
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk Factors ◽  
Green Tea

scholarly journals The role of body fat in the relationship of cardiorespiratory fitness with cardiovascular risk factors in Brazilian children

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Brand ◽  
Arieli Fernandes Dias ◽  
Camila Felin Fochesatto ◽  
Antonio García-Hermoso ◽  
Jorge Mota ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk Factors ◽  
Cardiorespiratory Fitness ◽  
Body Fat ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Brazilian Children

scholarly journals The Role of Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Stroke in Familial Alzheimer Disease

2016 ◽  
Vol 73 (10) ◽  
pp. 1231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Tosto ◽  
Thomas D. Bird ◽  
David A. Bennett ◽  
Bradley F. Boeve ◽  
Adam M. Brickman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Alzheimer Disease ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk Factors ◽  
Familial Alzheimer Disease

Role of nurse practitioners in reducing cardiovascular risk factors: a retrospective cohort study

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (21-22) ◽  
pp. 3077-3083 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zalika Klemenc-Ketis ◽  
Alenka Terbovc ◽  
Bostjan Gomiscek ◽  
Janko Kersnik
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk Factors ◽  
Nurse Practitioners ◽  
Retrospective Cohort Study ◽  
Retrospective Cohort

scholarly journals Macro- and microvascular functions in cystic fibrosis adults without cardiovascular risk factors: A case-control study

2019 ◽  
Vol 89 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrico Vizzardi ◽  
Edoardo Sciatti ◽  
Ivano Bonadei ◽  
Dario S. Cani ◽  
Elisa Menotti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cystic Fibrosis ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk Factors ◽  
Blood Pressure Measurement ◽  
Microvascular Dysfunction ◽  
A Value ◽  
And Oxidative Stress ◽  
Control Study

Increasing survival from cystic fibrosis show untypical systems involvement, such as cardiocirculatory. In particular, the presence of CFTR in smooth muscle and endothelial cells, systemic inflammation and oxidative stress could explain vascular alterations in these patients. We aimed at noninvasely evaluating macro- and microvascular dysfunction in cystic fibrosis adults without cardiovascular risk factors. Twenty-twoadults affected by cystic fibrosis and 24 healthy volunteers matched for age and sex were enrolled. None had known cardiovascular risk factors. All people underwent blood pressure measurement, microvascular function assessment by EndoPAT-2000 device (calculating RH-PAT index) and macrovascular evaluation by pulse wave velocity (PWV). RH-PAT index was significantly lower in patients than in controls (1.74±0.59 vs 2.33±0.34; p<0.001). Thirteen patients of 22 had a value inferior to the threshold of 1.67 (59.1%), while no controls had (p<0.001). Carotid-femoral PWV did not differ between the two groups (5.2±1.5 m/s vs 5.4±1.1; p=0.9), while brachial-ankle one did (11.0±2.2 m/s vs 10.1±0.8 m/s; p=0.04).Adults patients affected by cystic fibrosis show peripheral endothelial dysfunction, which is the first alteration in atherosclerotic phenomenon. Moreover, arterial stiffness measured by PWV unclearly seems to differ respect of healthy people, perhaps because PWV alterations are typical of above 50 years old people. It is unclear what prognostic role of future developing of atherosclerotic disease these findings could be, but it seems evident that cystic fibrosis directly affects cardiovascular system itself.

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