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Lipoprotein Sub-Fractions by Ion-Mobility Analysis and Its Association with Subclinical Coronary Atherosclerosis in High-Risk Individuals
Aneni EC, Osondu CU, De La Cruz J, Martin SS, Blaha MJ, Younus A, Feldman T, Agatston AS, Veledar E, Nasir K. Lipoprotein Sub-Fractions by Ion-Mobility Analysis and Its Association with Subclinical Coronary Atherosclerosis in High-Risk Individuals. Journal Of Atherosclerosis And Thrombosis 2018, 26: 50-63. PMID: 30224606, PMCID: PMC6308270, DOI: 10.5551/jat.40741.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery calcificationLipoprotein subfractionsCoronary atherosclerosisRisk of CACLipoprotein particlesLipoprotein subfraction analysisSubclinical coronary atherosclerosisBaptist Health South FloridaLarge LDL particlesHigh-risk personsHigh-risk populationHigh-risk individualsTriglyceride-rich lipoproteinsHigh-risk workersArtery calcificationIDL particlesMetabolic syndromeLipoprotein profileHDL lipoproteinsMean ageLipoprotein subclassesMedium LDLStudy populationRisk individualsVLDL particles
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 effectBeyond BMI: The “Metabolically healthy obese” phenotype & its association with clinical/subclinical cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality -- a systematic review
Roberson LL, Aneni EC, Maziak W, Agatston A, Feldman T, Rouseff M, Tran T, Blaha MJ, Santos RD, Sposito A, Al-Mallah MH, Blankstein R, Budoff MJ, Nasir K. Beyond BMI: The “Metabolically healthy obese” phenotype & its association with clinical/subclinical cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality -- a systematic review. BMC Public Health 2014, 14: 14. PMID: 24400816, PMCID: PMC3890499, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-14.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncident cardiovascular diseaseCoronary artery calciumSubclinical cardiovascular diseaseCause mortalityCardiovascular diseaseCVD mortalityCommon carotid artery intima-media thicknessAdult Treatment Panel III definitionCarotid artery intima-media thicknessArtery intima-media thicknessDefinition of MHOHealthy obese populationSubclinical CVD markersTypical metabolic disordersMetabolic syndrome componentsIntima-media thicknessRisk cardiovascular diseaseWeb of ScienceCVD markersHealthy obeseMHO groupArtery calciumCVD riskSyndrome componentsMetabolic syndrome