2024
Life's Essential 8 and Poor Brain Health Outcomes in Middle-Aged Adults
Clocchiatti-Tuozzo S, Rivier C, Renedo D, Huo S, Hawkes M, de Havenon A, Schwamm L, Sheth K, Gill T, Falcone G. Life's Essential 8 and Poor Brain Health Outcomes in Middle-Aged Adults. Neurology 2024, 103: e209990. PMID: 39442069, PMCID: PMC11498939, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000209990.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLife's Essential 8Poor cardiovascular healthCardiovascular healthBrain healthLife's Essential 8 scoreUnadjusted riskEssential 8Determinants of cardiovascular healthUK Biobank (UKBCardiovascular health profileModifiable cardiovascular risk factorsBrain health outcomesRisk factorsComposite outcomePublic health constructsPopulation studiesMiddle-aged adultsCox modelLate-life depressionCox proportional hazards modelsBrain health benefitsMultivariate Cox modelCardiovascular risk factorsFollow-up timeAoU participants
2021
Mendelian Randomization in Stroke: A Powerful Approach to Causal Inference and Drug Target Validation
Acosta JN, Szejko N, Falcone GJ. Mendelian Randomization in Stroke: A Powerful Approach to Causal Inference and Drug Target Validation. Frontiers In Genetics 2021, 12: 683082. PMID: 34456968, PMCID: PMC8387928, DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.683082.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMendelian randomizationCardiovascular risk factorsRisk of strokeAvailable treatment optionsInflammation-related mechanismsIschemic strokeHemorrhagic strokeTreatment optionsRisk factorsLeading causeCurrent evidenceTherapeutic targetStrokeMR studiesNovel biological pathwaysDrug repurposingDrug developmentDrug target validationRandomizationTarget validationExposureBiological pathwaysCausal relationshipDisease