2021
Post-9/11 Veterans’ Heart Disease Knowledge, Self-Perceived Risk, and Prevention Beliefs and Behaviors
Gaffey AE, Haskell SG, Brandt CA, Bastian LA, Meadows JL, Burg MM. Post-9/11 Veterans’ Heart Disease Knowledge, Self-Perceived Risk, and Prevention Beliefs and Behaviors. Health Psychology 2021, 40: 737-746. PMID: 34780203, PMCID: PMC10691753, DOI: 10.1037/hea0001110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelf-perceived riskHeart diseasePrevention beliefsExact testHeart disease risk factorsPrevention behaviorsNontraditional factorsHeart disease awarenessDisease risk factorsHeart disease riskDisease-related knowledgeHeart disease knowledgeFisher's exact testMental health treatmentPost-9/11 veteransRisk factorsDisease awarenessDisease knowledgeWomen veteransPrevention strategiesHealth treatmentDisease riskGreater riskPersonalized approachDisease
2016
Body Mass Index and Risk for Mental Stress-Induced Ischemia in Coronary Artery Disease
Soufer R, Fernandez AB, Meadows J, Collins D, Burg MM. Body Mass Index and Risk for Mental Stress-Induced Ischemia in Coronary Artery Disease. Molecular Medicine 2016, 22: 286-291. PMID: 27261777, PMCID: PMC5023512, DOI: 10.2119/molmed.2016.00128.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBody mass indexHigher body mass indexMental stressMass indexChronic inflammationAutonomic dysregulationMyocardial ischemiaTraditional coronary artery disease risk factorsConfidence intervalsCoronary artery disease risk factorsMean body mass indexGreater body mass indexLaboratory mental stressHistory of hypertensionIndependent risk markerDisease risk factorsProspective interventional studyCoronary artery diseaseMultivariate logistic regressionMyocardial blood flowSingle photon emissionStress–Induced IschemiaCAD mortalityElevated markersStable CAD