The Relationship of Plasma Ionized Calcium to Cardiovascular Disease Endpoint and Family History of Hypertension

Abstract Introduction Limited evidence suggests a familial association of OSA. It is not known how often children who require positive airway pressure (PAP) devices have a family member with OSA or that requires PAP. It is felt that PAP adherence in children is affected by PAP adherence in parents. We wanted to explore the relationship of OSA in children requiring PAP to OSA in immediate family members as well as the association of obesity and adherence between children and family members. Methods Caregivers of children who utilize PAP devices at home were invited to complete an electronic questionnaire regarding family history of OSA. Descriptive statistics were utilized to summarize results. Results The study was completed by 75 participants. The majority of children were male (64%, 48/75), black (47%, 35/75) and non-Hispanic (88%, 66/75). The mean age was 11.8 years (median 13) and mean BMI was 32.8 (median 29.8). The mean AHI on the diagnostic polysomnogram was 28.4 events per hour (median 15.3). Mean adherence to PAP > 4 hours per night was 56.5 (Median 68.2). Most, 87% (65/75), have other underlying medical problems. Twenty-four percent (18/75) have a biological father with OSA of whom 61% (11/18) are considered moderately/extremely obese. Of mothers, 13% (10/75) have OSA and 70% (7/10) are obese. Overall, 29% (22/75) had either a paternal (11%, 8/75) or maternal (19%, 14/75) grandfather with OSA of which 36% (8/22) are obese. For grandmothers, 31% (23/75) have OSA and 22% (5/23) are obese with more being paternal (19%, 14/75) compared to maternal (12%, 9/75). Of the 73 total family members reported to have OSA, 86% (63/73) use PAP and most (65%, 41/63) use it for > 4 hours every night. Few participants had siblings with OSA. Conclusion There were more fathers with OSA than mothers, but mothers were reported to be obese more often. Grandparents were reported to have OSA but were reported to be obese less often than parents. Maternal grandparents with OSA were reported to be obese more than paternal grandparents. The majority of family members with OSA who use CPAP report nightly use. Support (if any):

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Perception of Cardiovascular Risk and Use of Technologies in Health in Adults with Obesity

Enfermería Global ◽

10.6018/eglobal.18.3.336891 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

pp. 246-269

Author(s):

Carlos Milton Guevara-Valtier ◽

Ana Victoria Ramírez-Rodríguez ◽

Velia Margarita Cárdenas-Villarreal ◽

Tirso Duran-Badillo ◽

Juana Mercedes Gutiérrez-Valverde ◽

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Keyword(s):

Cardiovascular Disease ◽

Risk Perception ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Perception Of Risk ◽

Health History ◽

Level Of Use ◽

Information And Communication ◽

History Of ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

En este articulo se determinó la relación entre la Percepción del riesgo de enfermedad cardiovascular con el Nivel de uso de Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación (TIC´s), así como el efecto explicativo del nivel de uso de las TIC´s y antecedentes para enfermedad cardiovascular en la Percepción del riesgo de enfermedad cardiovascular en adultos con obesidad. Este estudio es pertinente dado que la relación entre las variables propuestas, así como la relación de las TIC´s y otras variables sobre la percepción de riesgo de enfermedad cardiaca y cerebral aún no es del todo clara. Se realizó un estudio descriptivo-analítico realizado en una muestra de 260 adultos con obesidad. Se usaron los cuestionarios Percepción del Riesgo de enfermedad cardiovascular y Uso de TICS en pacientes atendidos en un centro de salud, se respetaron las normas éticas y se utilizó estadística descriptiva e inferencial. Se encontró relación entre la Percepción del riesgo de enfermedad cardiovascular y el uso de las TIC´s (rs =0,142, p=0,022). El Nivel de uso de TICS y antecedentes personales/familiares para el desarrollo de enfermedad cardiovascular fue un 14,3% en la percepción del riesgo de enfermedad cardiovascular. Se concluyó que la percepción del riesgo de enfermedad cardiovascular se relaciona con el Nivel de uso de Tecnologías de la información y comunicación en salud y es explicada en parte por el Nivel de uso de tecnologías de la información y comunicación y antecedentes de salud. Objective: This paper determined the relationship between the perception of risk of a cardiovascular disease with the level of use of Information and Communication Technology or ICT, as well as the explanatory effect of these ICTs and the history of cardiovascular disease in the perception of risk of cardiovascular disease in adults with obesity.Methods: This study is relevant since the relationship between the proposed variables, and the relationship of the ICTs and other variables about the risk perception of heart and brain disease is not very clear yet. An analytical-descriptive research was made on a sample of 260 obese adults. Questionnaires of risk perception of a cardiovascular disease and use of ICT in patients who receive care in a health center were used; ethical standards were observed and descriptive statistics and statistical inference were applied.Results: A relationship between risk perception of a cardiovascular disease and the use of ICTs was found (rs=0,142, p=0,022). The level of use of ICTs and personal/family history of disease for the development of a cardiovascular disease explain a 14,3% in the perception of risk of the disease.Conclusions: It was concluded that the perception of risk of cardiovascular disease was related to the level of use of Information and Communication Technologies regarding health, and it is partially explained by the level of use of the ICTs and health history.

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Effects of Caffeine and Stress on Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Disease in Healthy Men and Women with a Family History of Hypertension

Stress and Health ◽

10.1002/smi.2486 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 29 (5) ◽

pp. 401-409 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Jeanette M. Bennett ◽

Isabella M. Rodrigues ◽

Laura Cousino Klein

Keyword(s):

Cardiovascular Disease ◽

Family History ◽

Men And Women ◽

Healthy Men ◽

History Of ◽

Family History Of Hypertension

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Family History of Schizophrenia and the Relationship of Stress to Symptoms: Preliminary Findings

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1046/j.1440-1614.2001.00876.x ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 35 (2) ◽

pp. 217-223 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Ross M. G. Norman ◽

Ashok K. Malla

Keyword(s):

Family History ◽

Negative Affect ◽

Negative Symptoms ◽

Positive Family History ◽

Positive Symptoms ◽

Daily Stressors ◽

Schizophrenic Patients ◽

History Of ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

Objective: It has been hypothesized that patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia who have a positive family history for schizophrenia will show greater reactivity of their symptoms to increasing levels of stress or negative affect than will patients without such a family history. In the past this hypothesis has only been tested through manipulations of negative affect in laboratory settings. In this paper we test this hypothesis using longitudinal clinical data. Method: Data were derived from an earlier longitudinal study using monthly assessments of daily stressors (Hassles Scale) and symptom measures (the Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms and the Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms). We compared longitudinal stress to symptom relations in 12 patients with schizophrenia for whom a positive family history of schizophrenia could be identified with 12 matched schizophrenic patients without any known family history of psychiatric illness. Results: There was evidence that patients with a family history of schizophrenia demonstrated a stronger relation between stress and total score on the Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms. This difference appears to have primarily reflected a greater reactivity to stress of reality distortion symptoms in the positive family history group. The two groups did not differ in apparent reactivity to stress of the disorganization and psychomotor poverty dimensions of symptomatology. Conclusions: The results of this study provide support from a naturalistic, longitudinal clinical study for the hypothesis that reactivity to stress of some symptoms of schizophrenia may vary as a function of family history of the disorder.

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A Comparison of Alcoholics with and without Coexisting Affective Disorder

The British Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1192/bjp.143.2.133 ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 143 (2) ◽

pp. 133-138 ◽

Cited By ~ 37

Author(s):

K. O'Sullivan ◽

P. Whillans ◽

M. Daly ◽

B. Carroll ◽

A. Clare ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Family History ◽

Affective Disorder ◽

Diagnostic Criteria ◽

Past History ◽

History Of ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

SummaryThree hundred male Irish alcoholics were selected from 508 consecutive alcoholic admissions to hospital. Using well defined diagnostic criteria, they were divided into three subgroups (1) primary alcoholics, (2) alcoholics with secondary affective disorder and (3) those with primary affective disorder and secondary alcoholism. Although the three groups reported differences in past history and family history of affective disorder and in time spent in hospital for both alcoholism and affective disorder, there was little to distinguish them in behaviour associated with alcoholism or in family history of alcoholism. The implications of these findings and their significance for the relationship of affective disorder and alcoholism are discussed.

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Fatalism Moderates the Relationship Between Family History of Cardiovascular Disease and Engagement in Health-Promoting Behaviors Among At-Risk Rural Kentuckians

The Journal of Rural Health ◽

10.1111/jrh.12094 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 31 (2) ◽

pp. 206-216 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Gia Mudd-Martin ◽

Mary Kay Rayens ◽

Terry A. Lennie ◽

Misook L. Chung ◽

Yevgeniya Gokun ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Cardiovascular Disease ◽

At Risk ◽

Family History ◽

Health Promoting Behaviors ◽

History Of ◽

Health Promoting ◽

The Relationship

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Cardiovascular risk and history of gestational hypertension in women of reproductive age

Kazan medical journal ◽

10.17750/kmj2017-85 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 98 (1) ◽

pp. 85-91

Author(s):

A R Shamkina ◽

A R Sadykova

Keyword(s):

Cardiovascular Disease ◽

Cardiovascular Risk ◽

Gestational Hypertension ◽

Target Organ Damage ◽

Age Determination ◽

Reproductive Age ◽

History Of ◽

The Individual ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

In recent years, gestational hypertension, defined in accordance with the classification of the European Society of Cardiology (2011) as hypertension induced by pregnancy, occurring with or without proteinuria, developing after 20 weeks of pregnancy and resolving up to 42 days after delivery, is considered as a adverse prognostic factor in respect of development of cardiovascular diseases in the future and cardiovascular mortality. This review presents the results of various studies on the relationship of history of gestational hypertension with risk factors for cardiovascular disease, target organ damage, associated clinical conditions and cardiovascular risk in women, including those of reproductive age. Determination of the individual cardiovascular risk in women, especially in young women, is difficult due to the low sensitivity and specificity of the tests in this category of patients. In spite of the conducted studies and obtained experience regarding issues on the relationship of history of hypertension during pregnancy with cardiovascular risk, until now the origin and the contribution of the various forms of hypertensive disorders during pregnancy, including gestational hypertension, to the development of future cardiovascular disease is still unclear. Detection of the history of gestational hypertension will allow to more accurately assess the individual cardiovascular risk and administer an adequate range of therapeutic and preventive measures for women, including those of reproductive age, at an earlier stage.

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