2024
Association between high risk of obstructive sleep apnea and inflammatory markers in a population sample of young and middle-aged adults in the Miami Heart Study.
Khosla A, Nasir K, Saxena A, Aneni E, Ali S, Valero-Elizondo J, Cainzos-Achirica M, Feldman T, Fialkow J, Walia H. Association between high risk of obstructive sleep apnea and inflammatory markers in a population sample of young and middle-aged adults in the Miami Heart Study. Journal Of Clinical Sleep Medicine 2024 PMID: 38975989, DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.11274.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigh risk of obstructive sleep apneaRisk of obstructive sleep apneaObstructive sleep apneaHs-CRPCardiovascular disease risk factorsFree of cardiovascular diseaseInflammatory markersHigh riskCardiovascular diseaseIL-6Sleep apneaLow risk of obstructive sleep apneaTNF-aObstructive sleep apnea screeningLow riskRisk factorsLevels of inflammatory markersLevels of hs-CRPTNF-a levelsCVD-free participantsHeart StudyBerlin questionnaireIndividuals free of cardiovascular diseaseSubclinical inflammationPoisson regression analysis
2020
Association of particles of lipoprotein subclasses with arterial stiffness in a high-risk working population: the Baptist Employee Healthy Heart Study (BEHHS)
Aziz M, Gannarapu S, Humayun C, Siddiqui U, Nasir K, Aneni EC. Association of particles of lipoprotein subclasses with arterial stiffness in a high-risk working population: the Baptist Employee Healthy Heart Study (BEHHS). The Egyptian Heart Journal 2020, 72: 12. PMID: 32193785, PMCID: PMC7082444, DOI: 10.1186/s43044-020-00046-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchArterial stiffnessLipoprotein subclassesLarge LDLHeart StudyLarge IDLArterial augmentation indexEndoPAT 2000 deviceInexpensive blood testCardiovascular disease morbidityLifestyle intervention studyHigh-risk personsSignificant independent associationLogistic regression analysisIndependent significant associationSignificant trend associationBackgroundArterial stiffnessCVD riskIndependent predictorsAugmentation indexTotal cholesterolAtherosclerosis processBlood testsTotal HDLDisease morbidityMean age