2023
Impact of Marital Stress on 1‐Year Health Outcomes Among Young Adults With Acute Myocardial Infarction
Zhu C, Dreyer R, Li F, Spatz E, Caraballo‐Cordovez C, Mahajan S, Raparelli V, Leifheit E, Lu Y, Krumholz H, Spertus J, D'Onofrio G, Pilote L, Lichtman J. Impact of Marital Stress on 1‐Year Health Outcomes Among Young Adults With Acute Myocardial Infarction. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2023, 12: e030031. PMID: 37589125, PMCID: PMC10547344, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.030031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionCardiac-specific qualityGeneric health statusMyocardial infarctionBaseline healthMarital stressHealth outcomesHealth statusWorse patient-reported outcomesMental healthYoung adultsObservational cohort studyPatient-reported outcomesSocioeconomic factorsWorse mental healthReadmission 1Cause readmissionCohort studyYounger patientsRoutine screeningDepressive symptomsGreater oddsAnginaMale participantsOutcomesQuantifying Blood Pressure Visit-to-Visit Variability in the Real-World Setting: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Lu Y, Linderman G, Mahajan S, Liu Y, Huang C, Khera R, Mortazavi B, Spatz E, Krumholz H. Quantifying Blood Pressure Visit-to-Visit Variability in the Real-World Setting: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2023, 16: e009258. PMID: 36883456, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.122.009258.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRetrospective cohort studyBlood pressure valuesPatient characteristicsReal-world settingCohort studyPatient subgroupsYale New Haven Health SystemMean body mass indexSystolic blood pressure valuesBlood pressure visitHistory of hypertensionCoronary artery diseaseManagement of patientsMultivariable linear regression modelsBlood pressure readingsBody mass indexPatient-level measuresBlood pressure variationAbsolute standardized differencesNon-Hispanic whitesAntihypertensive medicationsReal-world practiceVisit variabilityArtery diseaseRegression models
2022
Analysis of Dual Combination Therapies Used in Treatment of Hypertension in a Multinational Cohort
Lu Y, Van Zandt M, Liu Y, Li J, Wang X, Chen Y, Chen Z, Cho J, Dorajoo SR, Feng M, Hsu MH, Hsu JC, Iqbal U, Jonnagaddala J, Li YC, Liaw ST, Lim HS, Ngiam KY, Nguyen PA, Park RW, Pratt N, Reich C, Rhee SY, Sathappan SMK, Shin SJ, Tan HX, You SC, Zhang X, Krumholz HM, Suchard MA, Xu H. Analysis of Dual Combination Therapies Used in Treatment of Hypertension in a Multinational Cohort. JAMA Network Open 2022, 5: e223877. PMID: 35323951, PMCID: PMC8948532, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.3877.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDual combination therapyUse of ACEIAntihypertensive drug classesProportion of patientsKhoo Teck Puat HospitalCombination therapyUniversity Hospital databaseHospital databaseDrug classesDual combinationSouth Western Sydney Local Health DistrictWestern Sydney Local Health DistrictPatients age 65 yearsSydney Local Health DistrictElectronic health record databasePatients age 18Local Health DistrictAge 65 yearsTreatment of hypertensionHealth record databaseARB monotherapyTreatment escalationAdult patientsCohort studyCombination regimen
2015
Mediators of the Effect of Body Mass Index on Coronary Heart Disease
Lu Y, Hajifathalian K, Rimm EB, Ezzati M, Danaei G. Mediators of the Effect of Body Mass Index on Coronary Heart Disease. Epidemiology 2015, 26: 153-162. PMID: 25643095, DOI: 10.1097/ede.0000000000000234.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexCoronary heart diseaseExcess relative riskHigh-sensitive C-reactive proteinHigher body mass indexC-reactive proteinBlood pressureRelative riskMass indexBlood glucoseHeart diseaseRisk factorsMetabolic risk factorsProspective cohort studyPrevalence of overweightMajor risk factorRandom-effects modelProthrombotic biomarkersCHD eventsCohort studyInflammatory biomarkersObese participantsMetabolic mediatorsMetabolic factorsMultiplicative scale
2013
Metabolic mediators of the effects of body-mass index, overweight, and obesity on coronary heart disease and stroke: a pooled analysis of 97 prospective cohorts with 1·8 million participants
Lu Y, Hajifathalian K, Ezzati M, Woodward M, Rimm E, Danaei G. Metabolic mediators of the effects of body-mass index, overweight, and obesity on coronary heart disease and stroke: a pooled analysis of 97 prospective cohorts with 1·8 million participants. The Lancet 2013, 383: 970-983. PMID: 24269108, PMCID: PMC3959199, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(13)61836-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexCoronary heart diseaseHigher body mass indexHazard ratioBlood pressureExcess riskHeart diseaseEffect of BMIImperial College Healthcare NHS TrustMetabolic risk factorsProspective cohort studyAverage blood pressureHigh blood pressureCardiovascular disease preventionUK Medical Research CouncilNational InstituteRandom-effects modelMedical Research CouncilBiomedical Research CentreCohort studyProspective cohortStroke eventsNormal weightPooled analysisUS National Institutes