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Blood pressure is associated with the presence and severity of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease across the spectrum of cardiometabolic risk
Aneni EC, Oni ET, Martin SS, Blaha MJ, Agatston AS, Feldman T, Veledar E, Conçeicao RD, Carvalho JA, Santos RD, Nasir K. Blood pressure is associated with the presence and severity of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease across the spectrum of cardiometabolic risk. Journal Of Hypertension 2015, 33: 1207-1214. PMID: 25693058, DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0000000000000532.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonobese hypertensive patientsPrevalence of NAFLDMetabolic risk factorsHypertensive patientsNormal BPRisk factorsHigh Blood Pressure classificationNonalcoholic fatty liver diseaseHealthy middle-aged menBlood pressure groupJoint National CommitteeDevelopment of hypertensionFatty liver diseaseYearly physical examinationMiddle-aged menBlood pressure classificationBP controlPrehypertensive patientsCardiometabolic riskCross-sectional relationshipBlood pressureNAFLD severityLiver diseaseNormotensive individualsPhysical examination
2022
Trends in age and sex-specific prevalence of cancer and cancer subtypes in acute ischemic stroke from 2007-2019
Otite F, Somani S, Aneni E, Akano E, Patel S, Anikpezie N, Lamikanra O, Masoud H, Latorre J, Chaturvedi S, Mehndiratta P. Trends in age and sex-specific prevalence of cancer and cancer subtypes in acute ischemic stroke from 2007-2019. Journal Of Stroke And Cerebrovascular Diseases 2022, 31: 106818. PMID: 36323171, DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2022.106818.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSex-specific prevalenceCancer prevalenceGenitourinary cancersAIS admissionsActive cancerGastrointestinal cancerMetastatic cancerSolid cancersPrimary central nervous system cancerRetrospective serial cross-sectional studyAcute ischemic stroke hospitalizationsSerial cross-sectional studyCentral nervous system cancerLung cancer prevalenceAcute ischemic strokeNational Inpatient SampleIschemic stroke hospitalizationsHead/neckNervous system cancersCommon solid cancersCross-sectional studyPrevalence of cancerCancer admissionsIschemic strokeStroke hospitalizations
2016
A Systematic Review of the Prevalence and Outcomes of Ideal Cardiovascular Health in US and Non-US Populations
Younus A, Aneni EC, Spatz ES, Osondu CU, Roberson L, Ogunmoroti O, Malik R, Ali SS, Aziz M, Feldman T, Virani SS, Maziak W, Agatston AS, Veledar E, Nasir K. A Systematic Review of the Prevalence and Outcomes of Ideal Cardiovascular Health in US and Non-US Populations. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2016, 91: 649-670. PMID: 27040086, DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2016.01.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdeal CVH metricsNon-CVD outcomesIdeal cardiovascular health metricsCVH metricsIdeal cardiovascular healthCardiovascular healthLow prevalenceAmerican Heart Association ideal cardiovascular health (CVH) metricsSystematic reviewMore ideal CVH metricsIncident cardiovascular eventsCardiovascular health metricsPopulation-based studyNon-US populationsCochrane RegisterCardiovascular eventsControlled TrialsUS cohortInverse associationCardiovascular diseaseCINAHL databasesMortality riskMortality studyCognitive impairmentUS population
2015
Prevalence of Ideal Cardiovascular Health Among Adults in the United States
Younus A, Aneni EC, Spatz ES, Osondu CU, Shaharyar S, Roberson L, Ali SS, Ogunmoroti O, Ahmad R, Post J, Feldman T, Maziak W, Agatston AS, Veledar E, Nasir K. Prevalence of Ideal Cardiovascular Health Among Adults in the United States. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2015, 66: 1633-1634. PMID: 26429090, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.06.1348.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchElevated serum uric acid is associated with vascular inflammation but not coronary artery calcification in the healthy octogenarians: the Brazilian study on healthy aging
Malik R, Aneni EC, Shahrayar S, Freitas WM, Ali SS, Veledar E, Latif MA, Aziz M, Ahmed R, Khan SA, Joseph J, Feiz H, Sposito A, Nasir K. Elevated serum uric acid is associated with vascular inflammation but not coronary artery calcification in the healthy octogenarians: the Brazilian study on healthy aging. Aging Clinical And Experimental Research 2015, 28: 359-362. PMID: 26084248, DOI: 10.1007/s40520-015-0395-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSerum uric acidElevated hs-CRPCoronary artery calcificationHs-CRPSUA tertilesCardiovascular diseaseCoronary atherosclerosisHealthy octogenariansArtery calcificationVascular inflammationAssociation of SUATertiles of SUAElevated serum uric acidSensitive C-reactive proteinMedian hs-CRPClinical cardiovascular diseaseHigher SUA levelsC-reactive proteinSubclinical cardiovascular diseaseUric acidCAC burdenCAC presenceSUA levelsOverall prevalenceElderly population
2014
Measuring coronary artery calcification: Is serum vitamin D relevant?
Malik R, Aneni EC, Roberson L, Ogunmoroti O, Ali SS, Shaharyar S, Younus A, Jamal O, Aziz MA, Martin SS, Blaha MJ, Feldman T, Agatston AS, Veledar E, Nasir K. Measuring coronary artery calcification: Is serum vitamin D relevant? Atherosclerosis 2014, 237: 734-738. PMID: 25463113, DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2014.10.087.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery calciumLow vitamin D levelsSubclinical coronary atherosclerosisVitamin D levelsCoronary atherosclerosisVitamin DD levelsFurther high-quality studiesVitamin D relevantLow vitamin DCoronary artery calcificationSystematic MEDLINE searchHigh-quality studiesCAC incidenceCAC progressionArtery calcificationArtery calciumCAC prevalenceCAC severityInclusion criteriaMEDLINE searchInsufficient evidenceConsistent associationSmall sample sizeOnly study