2022
Body Mass Index and Mild Cognitive Impairment Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults from Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Smith L, Shin J, Oh H, Carmichael C, Jacob L, Stefanac S, Lindsay R, Soysal P, Veronese N, Tully M, Butler L, Barnett Y, Koyanagi A. Body Mass Index and Mild Cognitive Impairment Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults from Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Journal Of Alzheimer’s Disease 2022, 85: 1095-1105. PMID: 34897093, DOI: 10.3233/jad-215345.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexMild cognitive impairmentMiddle-income countriesNational Institute on Aging-Alzheimer's Association criteriaAging-Alzheimer's Association criteriaMiddle-agedCompared to normal weightAssociated with mild cognitive impairmentMass indexAssociated with higher oddsCognitive impairmentAssociated with significantly lower oddsSignificantly lower oddsDementia riskCross-sectional dataMultivariate logistic regression analysisLogistic regression analysisOlder adultsFunctional abilityLower oddsHigher oddsMeasured weightAssessed associationsNormal weightGlobal age
2018
2135 Impact of primary care physician gatekeeping on medication prescriptions for atrial fibrillation
Chang A, Askari M, Fan J, Heidenreich P, Ho P, Mahaffey K, Perino A, Turakhia M. 2135 Impact of primary care physician gatekeeping on medication prescriptions for atrial fibrillation. Journal Of Clinical And Translational Science 2018, 2: 82-83. PMCID: PMC6799225, DOI: 10.1017/cts.2018.287.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrimary care physiciansReceipt of medicationsNon-vitamin K-dependent oral anticoagulantsCare physiciansHealth plansImpact of primary care physiciansAssociated with clinically meaningful differencesController medicationsOdds ratioRhythm control agentsAF diagnosisCalculate adjusted odds ratiosOral anticoagulantsRhythm control medicationsStatistically significant lower oddsStatistically significant odds ratiosAdjusted odds ratiosAtrial fibrillationRate control agentsMultivariate logistic regression modelPharmaceutical claims databaseSignificant odds ratioLogistic regression modelsSignificantly lower oddsOral anticoagulant prescriptions
2017
Outcomes of Primary and Secondary Carotid Artery Stenting
Arhuidese I, Rizwan M, Nejim B, Malas M. Outcomes of Primary and Secondary Carotid Artery Stenting. Stroke 2017, 48: 3086-3092. PMID: 28974632, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.117.016963.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAssociated with significantly lower oddsSymptomatic patientsSignificantly lower oddsLower oddsIpsilateral carotid endarterectomyCox regression analysisOdds of hypotensionCarotid artery stentingVascular Quality InitiativeAsymptomatic patientsOdds of hypertensionKaplan-MeierPeriprocedural stroke/deathCAS proceduresPeriprocedural hypotensionArtery stentingCarotid angioplastyCarotid endarterectomyPatientsStroke/deathEvaluate outcomesOddsHypotensionBradycardiaStent
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