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Association of Life's Essential 8 With Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality: The Framingham Heart Study

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2023
Background The association of the American Heart Association's updated cardiovascular health score, the Life's Essential 8 (LE8), with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and death is not described in the FHS (Framingham Heart Study).
Athanasios Rempakos, Brenton Prescott, Gary F. Mitchell, Ramachandran S. Vasan, Vanessa Xanthakis   +4 more
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The Development and Failure of Social Norms in Second Life [PDF]

, 2008
This Note analyzes the development and efficacy of social norms in maximizing the welfare of participants in the virtual community of Second Life. Although some of these norms developed appropriately in response to the objectives and purposes of this ...
Stoup, Phillip
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Stress and Depression Are Associated With Life's Simple 7 Among African Americans With Hypertension: Findings From the Jackson Heart Study. [PDF]

Am J Hypertens, 2021
BACKGROUND The American Heart Association created the Life's Simple 7 (LS7) metrics to promote cardiovascular health by achieving optimal levels of blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar, physical activity, diet, weight, and smoking status.
Langford AT, Butler M, Booth JN, Jin P, Bress AP, Tanner RM, Kalinowski J, Blanc J, Seixas A, Shimbo D, Sims M, Ogedegbe G, Spruill TM.   +12 more
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Genetic Risk, Midlife Life's Simple 7, and Incident Dementia in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study

Neurology, 2022
Background and Objectives Higher scores in Life's Simple 7 (LS7), a metric for cardiovascular and brain health, have been associated with lower risk of dementia.
A. Tin, J. Bressler, Jeannette Simino, K. Sullivan, H. Mei, B. Windham, Michael E. Griswold, R. Gottesman, E. Boerwinkle, M. Fornage, T. Mosley   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The origins and physical roots of life’s dual – metabolic and genetic – nature [PDF]

, 2017
This review paper aims at a better understanding of the origin and physical foundation of life’s dual – metabolic and genetic – nature. First, I give a concise ‘top-down’ survey of the origin of life, i.e., backwards in time from extant DNA/RNA/protein ...
De Tiège, Alexis
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Examining relationships between perceived neighborhood social cohesion and ideal cardiovascular health and whether psychosocial stressors modify observed relationships among JHS, MESA, and MASALA participants

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Psychosocial stressors increase the risks for cardiovascular disease across diverse populations. However, neighborhood level resilience resources may protect against poor cardiovascular health (CVH). This study used data from three CVH cohorts
Akilah J. Dulin, Jee Won Park, Matthew M. Scarpaci, Laura A. Dionne, Mario Sims, Belinda L. Needham, Joseph L. Fava, Charles B. Eaton, Alka M. Kanaya, Namratha R. Kandula, Eric B. Loucks, Chanelle J. Howe   +11 more
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Field-control, phase-transitions, and life's emergence [PDF]

, 2012
Instances of critical-like characteristics in living systems at each organizational level as well as the spontaneous emergence of computation (Langton), indicate the relevance of self-organized criticality (SOC).
Mitra, A. N., Mitra-Delmotte, Gargi
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Educational Attainment, Race, and Ethnicity as Predictors for Ideal Cardiovascular Health: From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2022
Background Educational attainment is protective for cardiovascular health (CVH), but the benefits of education may not persist across racial and ethnic groups.
Amber E. Johnson, Brandon M. Herbert, Natalie Stokes, Maria M. Brooks, Belinda L. Needham, Jared W. Magnani   +5 more
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Change in Life's Simple 7 Measure of Cardiovascular Health After Incident Stroke: The REGARDS Study. [PDF]

Stroke, 2021
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Life's Simple 7 (LS7) is a metric for cardiovascular health based on the 7 domains of smoking, diet, physical activity, body mass index, blood pressure, total cholesterol, and fasting glucose.
Liu C, Roth DL, Gottesman RF, Sheehan OC, Blinka MD, Howard VJ, Judd SE, Cushman M.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Beyond prebiotic chemistry [PDF]

, 2016
Summary: How can matter transition from the nonliving to the living state? The answer is essential for understanding the origin of life on Earth and for identifying promising targets in the search for life on other planets.
Cronin, Leroy, Walker, Sara Imari
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