2015
Obesity Modifies the Effect of Fitness on Heart Rate Indices during Exercise Stress Testing in Asymptomatic Individuals
Aneni EC, Oni ET, Osondu CU, Martin SS, Blaha MJ, Veledar E, Agatston AS, Feldman T, Carvalho JA, Conceição RD, Santos RD, Nasir K. Obesity Modifies the Effect of Fitness on Heart Rate Indices during Exercise Stress Testing in Asymptomatic Individuals. Cardiology 2015, 132: 242-248. PMID: 26329389, DOI: 10.1159/000435907.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart rateHR recoveryDifferent body mass index (BMI) categoriesBody mass index categoriesExercise stress testExercise stress testingExercise heart ratePeak heart rateHeart rate indexCross-sectional analysisEffects of fitnessObesity modifiesAsymptomatic cohortPeak exerciseBMI categoriesObese subjectsAsymptomatic individualsMetabolic equivalentsIndex categoriesMultivariate analysisAerobic fitnessBrazilian subjectsWeight lossStatistical significanceStress testing
2014
Cigarette smoking worsens systemic inflammation in persons with metabolic syndrome
Jamal O, Aneni EC, Shaharyar S, Ali SS, Parris D, McEvoy JW, Veledar E, Blaha MJ, Blumenthal RS, Agatston AS, Conceição RD, Feldman T, Carvalho JA, Santos RD, Nasir K. Cigarette smoking worsens systemic inflammation in persons with metabolic syndrome. Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2014, 6: 79. PMID: 25960769, PMCID: PMC4424791, DOI: 10.1186/1758-5996-6-79.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHs-CRPSystemic inflammationCigarette smokingMetabolic syndromeHigh-sensitivity C-reactive proteinCardiovascular disease riskCombination of smokingC-reactive proteinLogistic regression modelsBackgroundEmerging dataSmoking statusSmoking cessationReactive proteinEntire populationSmokersSmokingInflammationDisease riskBrazilian subjectsMetSRegression analysisSignificant increaseSyndromeRiskAdditive effect