Dynamic spread of happiness in a large social network: longitudinal analysis over 20 years in the Framingham Heart Study [PDF]
Objectives To evaluate whether happiness can spread from person to person and whether niches of happiness form within social networks. Design Longitudinal social network analysis. Setting Framingham Heart Study social network.
James H. Fowler, Nicholas A. Christakis
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Detection of dementia on voice recordings using deep learning: a Framingham Heart Study [PDF]
Identification of reliable, affordable, and easy-to-use strategies for detection of dementia is sorely needed. Digital technologies, such as individual voice recordings, offer an attractive modality to assess cognition but methods that could ...
Chonghua Xue +4 more
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Sex Differences in the Associations of Visceral Adipose Tissue and Cardiometabolic and Cardiovascular Disease Risk: The Framingham Heart Study [PDF]
Background Men and women are labeled as obese on the basis of a body mass index (BMI) using the same criterion despite known differences in their fat distributions.
Andreas A. Kammerlander +6 more
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Abstract Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is increasing in prevalence and severity globally, prompting noninvasive testing, yet limited data exist on noninvasive liver tests (NITs) including transient elastography (TE) in ethnically diverse populations.
Anne‐Marieke van Dijk +6 more
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The Applicability of the Framingham coronary heart disease prediction function to black and minority ethnic groups in the UK [PDF]
In the UK, coronary heart disease (CHD) morbidity and mortality is higher among the black and minority ethnic groups (BMEG). A number of clinical tools are available to calculate an individual’s absolute risk of developing CHD.
Allan, T.F. +3 more
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Premature Parental Cardiovascular Disease and Subclinical Disease Burden in the Offspring
Background Offspring of parents with premature cardiovascular disease (CVD) have an increased risk of developing subclinical and clinical CVD. It is unclear whether this association differs by vascular beds in the offspring or by the age cut points used ...
Wolfgang Lieb +3 more
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Abstract Hypertension guidelines recommend measuring blood pressure (BP) in both arms at least once. However, this is seldom done due to uncertainties regarding measurement procedure and the implications of finding a clinically important inter‐arm BP difference (IAD).
Gurpreet S. Wander +19 more
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Adiposity, Cardiometabolic Risk, and Vitamin D Status: The Framingham Heart Study [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: Because vitamin D deficiency is associated with a variety of chronic diseases, understanding the characteristics that promote vitamin D deficiency in otherwise healthy adults could have important clinical implications.
Booth, Sarah L. +13 more
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Heart Failure in Women – Insights from the Framingham Heart Study [PDF]
In the latter half of the 20th century, among participants of the Framingham Heart Study, incidence of heart failure (HF) has declined by about a third in women but not in men and survival after the onset of HF has improved in both sexes; however, HF remains highly lethal with over 50% dying within 5 years after onset of HF.
Satish, Kenchaiah, Ramachandran S, Vasan
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