2017
Life's Simple 7 and Incident Heart Failure: The Multi‐Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Ogunmoroti O, Oni E, Michos ED, Spatz ES, Allen NB, Rana JS, Virani SS, Blankstein R, Aronis KN, Blumenthal RS, Veledar E, Szklo M, Blaha MJ, Nasir K. Life's Simple 7 and Incident Heart Failure: The Multi‐Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2017, 6: e005180. PMID: 28655734, PMCID: PMC5669160, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.116.005180.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overBiomarkersBlood GlucoseBlood PressureBody Mass IndexCholesterolDiet, HealthyExerciseFemaleHealthy LifestyleHeart FailureHumansIncidenceKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisProtective FactorsRisk FactorsRisk Reduction BehaviorSmoking CessationTime FactorsUnited StatesConceptsSimple 7 (LS7) metricsIncident heart failureHeart failureMulti-Ethnic StudyLS7 metricsHazard ratioSimple 7Cardiovascular healthBurden of HFLife's Simple 7 (LS7) metricsIncidence of HFIdeal cardiovascular healthProportional hazard ratiosLife's Simple 7American Heart AssociationRace/ethnicityLS7 scoreHeart AssociationIncidence rateCardiovascular diseaseMultiethnic cohortLower riskInadequate scoresIdeal metricsAtherosclerosis
2015
One‐year outcomes of an intense workplace cardio‐metabolic risk reduction program among high‐risk employees: The My Unlimited Potential
Rouseff M, Aneni EC, Guzman H, Das S, Brown D, Osondu CU, Spatz E, Shaffer B, Santiago-Charles J, Ochoa T, Mora J, Gilliam C, Lehn V, Sherriff S, Tran TH, Post J, Veledar E, Feldman T, Agatston AS, Nasir K. One‐year outcomes of an intense workplace cardio‐metabolic risk reduction program among high‐risk employees: The My Unlimited Potential. Obesity 2015, 24: 71-78. PMID: 26637983, DOI: 10.1002/oby.21324.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexDiastolic blood pressureSystolic blood pressureCardio-metabolic risk factorsMean body mass indexHigh-risk employeesBlood pressureRisk factorsHigh-sensitivity C-reactive proteinHigh cardiovascular disease riskCardio-metabolic outcomesPoor BP controlBaptist Health South FloridaLifestyle change programLifestyle intervention programOne-year outcomesCardiovascular disease riskC-reactive proteinBP controlCVD riskRisk reduction programsSerum lipidsHemoglobin A1cTotal cholesterolMass index