2023
Life’s Essential 8 Optimizing Health in Older Adults
Kumar M, Orkaby A, Tighe C, Villareal D, Billingsley H, Nanna M, Kwak M, Rohant N, Patel S, Goyal P, Hummel S, Al-Malouf C, Kolimas A, Krishnaswami A, Rich M, Kirkpatrick J, Damluji A, Kuchel G, Forman D, Alexander K. Life’s Essential 8 Optimizing Health in Older Adults. JACC Advances 2023, 2: 100560. PMID: 37664644, PMCID: PMC10470487, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2023.100560.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClinical cardiovascular diseaseOlder adultsPrevention targetsTraditional CVD risk factorsCVD-free survivalCVD risk factorsGoals of careAmerican Heart AssociationQuality of lifeGeriatric syndromesHeart AssociationRisk factorsCardiovascular diseaseHigh prevalenceCell exhaustionChronologic ageSleep healthOlder individualsMitochondrial dysfunctionStem cell exhaustionResult of advancesCellular senescenceAdultsPublic healthIntercellular communication
2019
The Association Between Low‐Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Incident Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in Older Adults: Results From the National Institutes of Health Pooled Cohorts
Nanna MG, Navar AM, Wojdyla D, Peterson ED. The Association Between Low‐Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Incident Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in Older Adults: Results From the National Institutes of Health Pooled Cohorts. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2019, 67: 2560-2567. PMID: 31411740, PMCID: PMC6898756, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16123.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAtherosclerotic cardiovascular diseaseLow-density lipoprotein cholesterolIncident atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseaseRisk factorsEvent ratesLipoprotein cholesterolPooled cohortCardiovascular diseaseMultivariable-adjusted Cox proportional hazards modelsElevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterolIndividual level cohort dataCox proportional hazards modelOlder adultsASCVD event ratesCVD risk factorsCVD event ratesProspective cohort studyPresence of hyperlipidemiaProportional hazards modelNational InstituteCohort studyCVD riskMedian ageMedian LDLUnadjusted analyses