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Blood pressure is associated with the presence and severity of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease across the spectrum of cardiometabolic risk
Aneni EC, Oni ET, Martin SS, Blaha MJ, Agatston AS, Feldman T, Veledar E, Conçeicao RD, Carvalho JA, Santos RD, Nasir K. Blood pressure is associated with the presence and severity of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease across the spectrum of cardiometabolic risk. Journal Of Hypertension 2015, 33: 1207-1214. PMID: 25693058, DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0000000000000532.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonobese hypertensive patientsPrevalence of NAFLDMetabolic risk factorsHypertensive patientsNormal BPRisk factorsHigh Blood Pressure classificationNonalcoholic fatty liver diseaseHealthy middle-aged menBlood pressure groupJoint National CommitteeDevelopment of hypertensionFatty liver diseaseYearly physical examinationMiddle-aged menBlood pressure classificationBP controlPrehypertensive patientsCardiometabolic riskCross-sectional relationshipBlood pressureNAFLD severityLiver diseaseNormotensive individualsPhysical examination
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 testingElevated serum uric acid is associated with vascular inflammation but not coronary artery calcification in the healthy octogenarians: the Brazilian study on healthy aging
Malik R, Aneni EC, Shahrayar S, Freitas WM, Ali SS, Veledar E, Latif MA, Aziz M, Ahmed R, Khan SA, Joseph J, Feiz H, Sposito A, Nasir K. Elevated serum uric acid is associated with vascular inflammation but not coronary artery calcification in the healthy octogenarians: the Brazilian study on healthy aging. Aging Clinical And Experimental Research 2015, 28: 359-362. PMID: 26084248, DOI: 10.1007/s40520-015-0395-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSerum uric acidElevated hs-CRPCoronary artery calcificationHs-CRPSUA tertilesCardiovascular diseaseCoronary atherosclerosisHealthy octogenariansArtery calcificationVascular inflammationAssociation of SUATertiles of SUAElevated serum uric acidSensitive C-reactive proteinMedian hs-CRPClinical cardiovascular diseaseHigher SUA levelsC-reactive proteinSubclinical cardiovascular diseaseUric acidCAC burdenCAC presenceSUA levelsOverall prevalenceElderly population