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Cardiometabolic disease risk and HIV status in rural South Africa : establishing a baseline [PDF]

, 2015
BackgroundL To inform health care and training, resource and research priorities, it is essential to establish how non-communicable disease risk factors vary by HIV-status in high HIV burden areas; and whether long-term anti-retroviral therapy (ART ...
Houle, Brian, Tollman, Stephen, Tollman, Stephen,, Thorogood, Margaret, Clark, Samuel J., Clark, Samuel J, Angotti, Nicole, Gómez-Olivé, F. Xavier, Menken, Jane, Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin, Kabudula, Chodziwadziwa, Houle, Brian C, Kabudula, Chodziwadziwa W., Williams, Jill   +13 more
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Gender-Related Differences in the Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and their Correlates in Urban Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2009
\ud Urban areas in Africa suffer a serious problem with dual burden of infectious diseases and emerging chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and diabetes which pose a serious threat to population health and health care resources ...
Mpembeni, Rose, Muhihi Alfa, Finkelstein, Julia, Spiegelman Donna, Mpembeni, R., Hertzmark, E., Spiegelman, D., Hertzmark Ellen, Muhihi, A., Njelekela, Marina A, Mligiliche Nuru L, Mligiliche, N.L., Willett Walter C, Fawzi, Wafaie, Spiegelman, Donna, Liu, Enju, Willett, W.C., Mligiliche, Nuru L, Njelekela, M.A., Willett, Walter C, Fawzi, W.W., Hertzmark, Ellen, Mpembeni Rose, Finkelstein, Julia L, Liu Enju, Fawzi Wafaie W, Mtabaji, Jacob, Njelekela Marina A, Mtabaji Jacob, Finkelstein, J.L., Willett, Walter, Fawzi, Wafaie W, Finkelstein Julia L, Mtabaji, J., Liu, E., Muhihi, Alfa   +35 more
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A Systematic Review of Interventions to Improve Health Factors or Behaviors of the Cardiovascular Health of Prisoners During Incarceration [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Prisoners are disproportionately affected by cardiovascular disease and its risk factors. However, primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in correctional settings has been widely neglected, and there is little information on ...
Thomson, P, Dimova, Elena; id_orcid, McKay, Janet A, Janet A. McKay, Leslie, S, McKay, J, Mohan, Andrea; id_orcid, Thomson, Particia, Patricia Thomson, Dimova, Elena, Mohan, Andrea, McKay, Janet, Haw, S, Stephen J. Leslie, Sally Haw, Andrea R. M. Mohan, Haw, Sally, Thomson, Patricia, Elena Dimova, Leslie, Stephen, Mohan, ARM   +20 more
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Health inequalities in Germany: do regional-level variables explain differentials in cardiovascular risk? [PDF]

, 2007
Breckenkamp J, Mielck A, Razum O. Health inequalities in Germany: do regional-level variables explain differentials in cardiovascular risk? BMC Public Health.
Breckenkamp, Jürgen, Mielck, A., Andreas Mielck, Juergen Breckenkamp, Razum, O., Razum, Oliver, Mielck, Andreas, Oliver Razum, Breckenkamp, J.   +8 more
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The public health benefits of smoking ban policies: epidemiologic analyses of mortality effects and differentials by socioeconomic status [PDF]

, 2013
This thesis was submited for the degree of Doctor of Public Health and awarded by Brunel UniversityBackground: The implementation of comprehensive smoking ban policies results in reduced population exposure to secondhand smoke, yielding health benefits ...
Smith, Sericea Stallings
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Separate and combined associations of body-mass index and abdominal adiposity with cardiovascular disease: collaborative analysis of 58 prospective studies [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Guidelines differ about the value of assessment of adiposity measures for cardiovascular disease risk prediction when information is available for other risk factors. We studied the separate and combined associations of body-mass index (BMI),
Nordestgaard, Borge G., Stehouwer, Coen; id_orcid, Kaptoge, S., Danesh, J, Wood, Angela M., Thompson, Alex, Sattar, N, Thompson, A, Wormser, D, Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration, Risérus, Ulf,, Salomma, V, Sarwar, N, Danesh, J., Wood, Angela M, Pennells, L, Ärnlöv, Johan,, Woodward, M., Salomaa, Veikko, Sundström, Johan,, Thompson, S.G., Kaptoge, S, Tybjærg-Hansen, Anne, Wormser, D., Ridker, P, Thompson, Simon G, null The Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration, Woodward, Mark, Kizer, Jorge R, Frikke-Schmidt, Ruth, Nordestgaard, BG, Kaptoge, Stephen, Salomaa, V, Lawlor, DA, Eriksson, Henry,, Sarwar, Nadeem, Wood, AM, Kizer, Jorge R., Pennells, Lisa, Stevens, June, Pennells, L., Whitlock, G, Salomaa, V., Nordestgaard, B.G., Collins, Rory, Ridker, Paul, Thompson, A., Lawlor, D.A., Woodward, M, Collins, R, Kizer, J.R., Sattar, N., Lawlor, Debbie A, Sarwar, N., Ingelsson, Erik,, Davey Smith, George, Danesh, John, Stehouwer, Coen, Ridker, P., The Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration,, Di Angelantonio, Emanuele, Wood, A.M., Whitlock, G., Di Angelantonio, E., Sattar, Naveed, Lawlor, Debbie A., Collins, R., Di Angelantonio, E, Kizer, JR, Whitlock, Gary, Thompson, SG, Nordestgaard, Børge G, Stevens, J, Wormser, David, Stevens, J., Thompson, Simon G., Di Angeloantonio, Emanuele, Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration (Döring, A. ; Meisinger, C.)   +77 more
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Living healthier for longer: comparative effects of three heart-healthy behaviors on life expectancy with and without cardiovascular disease [PDF]

, 2009
Background: Non-smoking, having a normal weight and increased levels of physical activity are perhaps the three key factors for preventing cardiovascular disease (CVD).
Peeters, A. (Anna), Franco, O.H. (Oscar), Mackenbach Johan P, Peeters, A (Andrea), Nusselder, W.J. (Wilma), Peeters, Anna, Mackenbach, Johan, Peeters Anna, Franco Oscar H, Mackenbach, J. P., Nusselder, Wilma J., Nusselder, Wilma, Franco, Oscar H., Nusselder Wilma J, Franco, OH, Mackenbach, J.P. (Johan), Oscar H Franco, Johan P Mackenbach, Anna Peeters, Wilma J Nusselder   +19 more
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Caffeine and cardiovascular health

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 2017
This report evaluates the scientific literature on caffeine with respect to potential cardiovascular outcomes, specifically relative risks of total cardiovascular disease (CVD), coronary heart disease (CHD) and acute myocardial infarction (AMI), effects on arrhythmia, heart failure, sudden cardiac arrest, stroke, blood pressure, hypertension, and other
Duncan Turnbull, Joseph V. Rodricks, Gregory F. Mariano, Farah Chowdhury   +3 more
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Nutriceuticals for cardiovascular health

The American Journal of Cardiology, 1998
T recently coined term “nutriceutical” is enjoying increasing popularity for describing a variety of nonprescription products that are used to enhance health. There are several interpretations (and variant spellings) of the term, but it is best reserved to describe products that are (1) naturally occurring substances (e.g., vitamins, amino acids ...
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Carotenoids and cardiovascular health [PDF]

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2006
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the main cause of death in Western countries. Nutrition has a significant role in the prevention of many chronic diseases such as CVD, cancers, and degenerative brain diseases. The major risk and protective factors in the diet are well recognized, but interesting new candidates continue to appear. It is well known that a
Sari, Voutilainen, Tarja, Nurmi, Jaakko, Mursu, Tiina H, Rissanen   +3 more
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