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Al-Khlaiwi T, Habib SS, Bayoumy N, Al-Khliwi H, Meo SA. Identifying risk factors and mortality rate of premature coronary artery disease in young Saudi population. Sci Rep 2024; 14:12727. [PMID: 38830947 PMCID: PMC11148092 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-62970-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2024] [Accepted: 05/23/2024] [Indexed: 06/05/2024] Open
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Coronary artery disease is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. It occurs due to a combination of genetics, lifestyle, and environmental factors. Premature coronary artery disease (PCAD) is a neglected clinical entity despite the rising number of cases worldwide. This study aimed to investigate the risk factors of premature coronary artery disease. In this study, we searched articles that had studied the risk factors of premature coronary artery diseases from January 2000 to July 2022 in Saudi Arabia in Web of Science, Pub Med, Scopus, Springer, and Wiley databases. The final analysis is based on seven articles. The smoking prevalence was 39%, diabetes mellitus 41%, hypertension 33%, overweight and obesity 18%, family history of coronary artery disease (CAD) 19%, dyslipidemia 37%, and the prevalence range of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol was 33.8-55.0%. The results revealed a mortality prevalence of 4% ranging from 2 to 8% which is similar to the prevalence in older patients which was 2-10%. Smoking, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, family history of CAD, dyslipidemia, and overweight/obesity are significantly and positively associated with premature coronary artery diseases. The health authorities should design and implement an intensive and effective prophylactic plan to minimize the subsequent impact of PCAD on the young population. In addition, early diagnosis of PCAD has great value in providing timely treatment, managing the patients, and minimizing the burden of the disease.
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- Thamir Al-Khlaiwi
- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Gullón P, Fontán-Vela M, Díez J, Nieuwenhuijsen M, Rojas-Rueda D, Escobar F, Franco M. Who benefits from green spaces? Surrounding greenness and incidence of cardiovascular disease in a population-based electronic medical records cohort in Madrid. Int J Hyg Environ Health 2023; 252:114221. [PMID: 37421937 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2023.114221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Revised: 05/06/2023] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 07/10/2023]
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The objective was to study the association between surrounding greenness and the incidence of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) with a four years follow-up in almost half a million high CVD-risk women and men, as well as its differential effect by area-level deprivation in Madrid. We analyzed 2015-2018 primary healthcare electronic medical records for 437,513 high CVD risk individuals representing more than 95% of the population of that age range residing in Madrid. The outcome variable was any cardiovascular event. We measured surrounding residence greenness at 200 m, 300 m, 500 m, and 1000 m through the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI). We assessed socioeconomic deprivation through a census-based deprivation index. We estimated the 4-year relative risk of CVD by an increase in 0.1 units of NDVI and then stratified the models by quintiles of deprivation (Q5 the most deprived). We found that for every increase in 0.1 units of NDVI at 1000 m there was a 16% decrease in CVD risk (RR = 0.84 95% CI 0.75-0.94). CVD risk for the remaining distance exposures (at 200 m, 300 m, and 500 m) were none statistically significant. In general, the protective effect of green spaces was present in medium-deprivation areas and males, but the associations were inconsistent across deprivation levels. This study highlights the relevance of evaluating the interaction between physical and social urban components to further understand possible population prevention approaches for cardiovascular diseases. Future studies should focus on the mechanisms of context-specific interactions between social inequalities and green spaces' effects on health.
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- Pedro Gullón
- Public Health and Epidemiology Research Group, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universidad de Alcala, Alcala de Henares, 28871, Madrid, Spain; Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.
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- Public Health and Epidemiology Research Group, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universidad de Alcala, Alcala de Henares, 28871, Madrid, Spain; Instituto de Lengua, Literatura y Antropología, Centro Superior de Investigaciones Sociológicas, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spain
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- Public Health and Epidemiology Research Group, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universidad de Alcala, Alcala de Henares, 28871, Madrid, Spain
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- ISGlobal, Center for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), 08036, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), 08002, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA; Colorado School of Public Health, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Geology, Geography and Environmental Sciences, University of Alcalá, Calle Colegios 2, Alcalá de Henares, 28801, Madrid, Spain
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- Public Health and Epidemiology Research Group, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universidad de Alcala, Alcala de Henares, 28871, Madrid, Spain; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Md, 21205-2217, USA
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Abba MS, Nduka CU, Anjorin S, Zanna FH, Uthman OA. Socioeconomic Macro-Level Determinants of Hypertension: Ecological Analysis of 138 Low- and Middle-Income Countries. J Cardiovasc Dev Dis 2023; 10:jcdd10020057. [PMID: 36826553 PMCID: PMC9958535 DOI: 10.3390/jcdd10020057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2022] [Revised: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 01/13/2023] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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AIM To assess the relative importance of major socioeconomic determinants of population health on the burden of hypertension in Low-and-Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). METHODS Country-level data from 138 countries based on World Development Indicators 2020 were used for correlation and linear regression analyses of eight socioeconomic predictors of hypertension: current health expenditure, domestic general government health expenditure per capita, GDP per capita, adult literacy rate, unemployment rate, urban population, multidimensional poverty index, and total population. RESULTS The median prevalence of age-standardised hypertension was 25.8% across the 138 countries, ranging from 13.7% in Peru to 33.4% in Niger. For every 10% increase in the unemployment rate, the prevalence of hypertension increased by 2.70%. For every 10% increase in the percentage of people living in urban areas, hypertension was reduced by 0.63%. CONCLUSIONS The findings revealed that countries with high GDP, more investment in health and an improved multidimensional poverty index have a lower prevalence of hypertension.
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- Mustapha S. Abba
- Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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- Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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- Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, Asokoro, Abuja 900103, Nigeria
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- Warwick Centre for Global Health, Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
- Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa
- Department of Public Health (IHCAR), Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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Ghaderi A, Khoshakhlagh AH, Irani M, Ghaseminezhad A, Gautam P, Mirzaei N, Banafshe HR, Nemati B, Ghalerashidi HM. Examining of Heavy Metal Concentrations in Hookah Smokers. Biol Trace Elem Res 2022; 201:3185-3192. [PMID: 36138261 DOI: 10.1007/s12011-022-03422-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2022] [Accepted: 09/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Hookah smoking has been spreading around the world, especially among young adults. The current study aimed to investigate the concentration of heavy metals and elements and clinical symptoms in hookah users in comparison with non-users. To the best of our knowledge, the present study represents the first scientific contribution indicating levels of several heavy metals and elements in urine and blood in hookah users and non-users as well as evaluating clinical symptoms. This research was implemented in Iran among 100 males divided into two groups (50/group): control and hookah users. Heavy metal contamination (lead, cadmium, arsenic, thallium, zinc, and copper) in blood and urine samples was assayed by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (GFAAS). Duration of hookah use was 7.06 ± 4.57 years. The mean ± SD of lead, arsenic, and thallium concentrations was 3.77 ± 2.22, 8.50 ± 4.34, and 4.22 ± 2.69 μg/L. The mean levels of blood for lead, arsenic, and urinary thallium in hookah users are significantly higher than the control group (p < 0.05). The most frequent clinical symptoms in hookah smokers were constipation and fatigue. Findings from this study might guide the development of policies to regulate hookah smoking and prevent adverse health effects associated with hookah smoking.
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- Amir Ghaderi
- Department of Addiction Studies, School of Medical, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran
- Clinical Research Development Unit-Matini/Kargarnejad Hospital, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran
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- Department of Occupational Health Engineering, School of Health, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran.
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- Student Research Committee, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran
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- Student Research Committee, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran
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- Department of Epidemiology, Robert Stempel College of Public Health, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
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- Social Determinants of Health (SDH) Research Center, Department of Environment Health, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran
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- Physiology Research Center, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran
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- Student Research Committee, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran
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Turan B, Durak A, Olgar Y, Tuncay E. Comparisons of pleiotropic effects of SGLT2 inhibition and GLP-1 agonism on cardiac glucose intolerance in heart dysfunction. Mol Cell Biochem 2022; 477:2609-2625. [DOI: 10.1007/s11010-022-04474-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2022] [Accepted: 05/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Overview of the Composition of Whole Grains’ Phenolic Acids and Dietary Fibre and Their Effect on Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph19053042. [PMID: 35270737 PMCID: PMC8910396 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19053042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2022] [Revised: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 02/26/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Chronic non-communicable diseases are the major cause of death globally. Whole grains are recommended in dietary guidelines worldwide due to increasing evidence that their consumption can improve health beyond just providing energy and nutrients. Epidemiological studies have suggested that the incorporation of whole grains, as part of a healthy diet, plays a key role in reducing one’s risk for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), obesity, type 2 diabetes (T2D) and cancer. Phenolic acids and dietary fibre are important components found in whole grains that are largely responsible for these health advantages. Both phenolic acids and dietary fibre, which are predominantly present in the bran layer, are abundant in whole-grain cereals and pseudo-cereals. Several studies indicate that whole grain dietary fibre and phenolic acids are linked to health regulation. The main focus of this study is two-fold. First, we provide an overview of phenolic acids and dietary fibres found in whole grains (wheat, barley, oats, rice and buckwheat). Second, we review existing literature on the linkages between the consumption of whole grains and the development of the following chronic non-communicable diseases: CVDs, obesity, T2D and cancer. Altogether, scientific evidence that the intake of whole grains reduces the risk of certain chronic non-communicable disease is encouraging but not convincing. Based on previous studies, the current review encourages further research to cover the gap between the emerging science of whole grains and human health.
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Mehmood K, Moin A, Hussain T, Rizvi SMD, Gowda DV, Shakil S, Kamal MA. Can manipulation of gut microbiota really be transformed into an intervention strategy for cardiovascular disease management? Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2021; 66:897-916. [PMID: 34699042 DOI: 10.1007/s12223-021-00926-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2021] [Accepted: 10/03/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Recent advancement in manipulation techniques of gut microbiota either ex vivo or in situ has broadened its plausible applicability for treating various diseases including cardiovascular disease. Several reports suggested that altering gut microbiota composition is an effective way to deal with issues associated with managing cardiovascular diseases. However, actual translation of gut microbiota manipulation-based techniques into cardiovascular-therapeutic approach is still questionable. This review summarized the evidence on challenges, opportunities, recent development, and future prospects of gut microbiota manipulation for targeting cardiovascular diseases. Initially, issues associated with current cardiovascular diseases treatment strategy, association of gut microbiota with cardiovascular disease, and its influence on cardiovascular drugs were discussed, followed by applicability of gut microbiota manipulation as a cardiovascular disease intervention strategy along with its challenges and future prospects. Despite the fact that the gut microbiota is rugged, interventions like probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics, fecal microbiota transplantation, fecal virome transplantation, antibiotics, diet changes, and exercises could manipulate it. Advanced techniques like administration of engineered bacteriophages and bacteria could also be employed. Intensive exploration revealed that if sufficiently controlled approach and proper monitoring were applied, gut microbiota could provide a compelling answer for cardiovascular therapy.
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- Khalid Mehmood
- Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Hail, Hail, KSA, Saudi Arabia.,Department of Pharmacy, Abbottabad University of Science and Technology, Havelian, Pakistan
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Hail, Hail, KSA, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, University of Hail, Hail, KSA, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Hail, Hail, KSA, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, JSS College of Pharmacy, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysuru, India
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- King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.,Center of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.,Enzymoics 7 Peterlee Place, NSW, 2770, Hebersham, Australia.,Novel Global Community, Educational Foundation, Hebersham, Australia
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Khwaja S, Hussain SI, Zahid M, Aziz Z, Akram A, Jabeen U, Rasheed A, Rasheed S, Baqa K, Basit A. Persistent organic pollutants distribution in plasma lipoprotein fractions. BRAZ J BIOL 2021; 83:e248910. [PMID: 34550288 DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.248910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Accepted: 05/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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This study determines the associations among serum lipid profiles, risk of cardiovascular disease, and persistent organic pollutants. Using Gas chromatography technique, the intensity of toxic pollutant residues in serum samples of Hypertensive patients were measured. Based on statistical analysis, the effects of different covariates namely pesticides, age, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, and lipid profile duration was checked using the logistic regression model. Statistical computation was performed on SPSS 22.0. The P-values of F-Statistic for each lipid profile class are greater than 0.01 (1%), therefore we cannot reject the null hypothesis for all cases. The estimated coefficients, their standard errors, Wald Statistic, and odds ratio of the binary logistic regression model for different lipid profile parameters indicate if pesticides increase then the logit value of different lipid profile parameters changes from -0.46 to -0.246 except LDL which increases by 0.135. The study reports a significantly increased threat of cardiovascular disease with increased concentrations of toxic pollutants.
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- S Khwaja
- Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science, and Technology, Department of Zoology, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science, and Technology, Department of Zoology, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science, and Technology, Department of Zoology, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science, and Technology, Department of Statistics, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science, and Technology, Department of Zoology, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science, and Technology, Department of Biochemistry, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science, and Technology, Department of Zoology, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science, and Technology, Department of Zoology, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science, and Technology, Department of Biochemistry, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Baqai Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan
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Fong BYF, Chiu WK, Chan WFM, Lam TY. A Review Study of a Green Diet and Healthy Ageing. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:8024. [PMID: 34360317 PMCID: PMC8345706 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18158024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2021] [Revised: 07/17/2021] [Accepted: 07/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Nowadays people are living longer, and there has been a substantial growth in the global elderly population in the past decades. While life expectancy is increasing, there are growing concerns towards the heavy financial and social burdens related to chronic diseases among the elderly. These have been critical health care issues, and healthy ageing is considered a top priority in public health. Diet and eating habits are crucial factors contributing to healthy ageing. These important aspects have attracted much attention in health research, particularly in consideration of the causes and management of chronic conditions which affect most elder adults in the world. Recently, a growing number of investigations have reported significant findings on the association of reduction in the risks of chronic non-communicable diseases with plant-based diets. Meanwhile, there have been worldwide initiatives and programmes implemented for reduction of salt intake. A green diet, which emphasises the consumption of a diet rich in plant foods with minimal portions of red or processed meat and reduced salt intake, is advocated with due consideration to the importance of sustainable environment and healthy ageing. This paper highlights a brief review of the recent advance of knowledge in diet and health, its effects on the elderly and the significance of a green diet on healthy ageing. Implications for a green diet and recommendations for future research are also discussed.
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- Ben Y. F. Fong
- Division of Science, Engineering and Health Studies, College of Professional and Continuing Education, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China; (B.Y.F.F.); (W.F.M.C.)
- Centre for Ageing and Healthcare Management Research, School of Professional Education and Executive Development, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China;
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- Division of Science, Engineering and Health Studies, College of Professional and Continuing Education, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China; (B.Y.F.F.); (W.F.M.C.)
- Centre for Ageing and Healthcare Management Research, School of Professional Education and Executive Development, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China;
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- Division of Science, Engineering and Health Studies, College of Professional and Continuing Education, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China; (B.Y.F.F.); (W.F.M.C.)
- Centre for Ageing and Healthcare Management Research, School of Professional Education and Executive Development, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China;
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- Centre for Ageing and Healthcare Management Research, School of Professional Education and Executive Development, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China;
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Gullón P, Díez J, Cainzos-Achirica M, Franco M, Bilal U. Social inequities in cardiovascular risk factors in women and men by autonomous regions in Spain. GACETA SANITARIA 2021; 35:326-332. [PMID: 32674863 PMCID: PMC7985704 DOI: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2020.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2020] [Revised: 04/23/2020] [Accepted: 04/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To describe social inequities in cardiovascular risk factors in women and men by autonomous regions in Spain. METHOD We used data from 20,406 individuals aged 18 or older from the 2017 Spanish National Health Survey. We measured socioeconomic position using occupational social class and used data on self-reported cardiovascular risk factors: high cholesterol, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, and smoking. We estimated the relative risk of inequality using Poisson regression models. Analyses were stratified by men and women and by region (autonomous communities). RESULTS Overall, the relative risk of inequality was 1.02, 1.13, 1.06, 1.17 and 1.09 for high cholesterol, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, and current smoking, respectively. Ocuupational social class inequities in diabetes, hypertension, and obesity was stronger for women. Results showed a large regional heterogeneity in these inequities; some regions (e.g. Asturias and Balearic Islands) presented wider social inequities in cardiovascular risk factors than others (e.g. Galicia, Navarra or Murcia). CONCLUSION In Spain, we found marked social inequities in the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors, with wide regional and women/men heterogeneity in these inequities. Education, social, economic and health policies at the regional level could reduce health inequities in cardiovascular risk factors and, thus, prevent cardiovascular disease.
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- Pedro Gullón
- Public Health and Epidemiology Research Group, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain; Urban Health Collaborative, Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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- Public Health and Epidemiology Research Group, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Public Health and Epidemiology Research Group, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Public Health and Epidemiology Research Group, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain; Urban Health Collaborative, Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Dornsife School of Public Health Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Gullon P, Bilal U, Hirsch JA, Rundle AG, Judd S, Safford MM, Lovasi GS. Does a physical activity supportive environment ameliorate or exacerbate socioeconomic inequities in incident coronary heart disease? J Epidemiol Community Health 2021; 75:637-642. [PMID: 33318134 PMCID: PMC8200362 DOI: 10.1136/jech-2020-215239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Revised: 10/30/2020] [Accepted: 11/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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BACKGROUND Efforts to reduce socioeconomic inequities in cardiovascular disease include interventions to change the built environment. We aimed to explore whether socioeconomic inequities in coronary heart disease (CHD) incidence are ameliorated or exacerbated in environments supportive of physical activity (PA). METHODS We used data from the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke study, which recruited US residents aged 45 or older between 2003 and 2007. Our analyses included participants at risk for incident CHD (n=20 808), followed until 31 December 2014. We categorised household income and treated it as ordinal: (1) US$75 000+, (2) US$35 000-US$74 000, (3) US$20 000-US$34 000 and (4) RESULTS We found a 25% (95% CI 1.17% to 1.34%) increased hazard of CHD per 1-category decrease in household income category. Adjusting for PA-supportive environments slightly reduced this association (HR=1.24). The income-CHD association was strongest in areas without walking destinations (HR=1.57), an interaction which reached statistical significance in analyses among men. In contrast, the income-CHD association showed a trend towards being strongest in areas with the highest percentage of green land cover. CONCLUSIONS Indicators of a PA supportive environment show divergent trends to modify socioeconomic inequities in CHD . Built environment interventions should measure the effect on socioeconomic inequities.
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- Pedro Gullon
- Public Health and Epidemiology Research Group, Universidad de Alcala de Henares Facultad de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Alcala de Henares, Spain
- Urban Health Collaborative, Drexel University School of Public Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Urban Health Collaborative, Drexel University School of Public Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Epidemiology and Statistics, Drexel University School of Public Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Urban Health Collaborative, Drexel University School of Public Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Epidemiology and Statistics, Drexel University School of Public Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham College of Arts and Sciences, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Joan and Sanford I Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, USA
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- Urban Health Collaborative, Drexel University School of Public Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Epidemiology and Statistics, Drexel University School of Public Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Wang Y, Chen H, Sheng R, Fu Z, Fan J, Wu W, Tu Q, Guo R. Synthesis and Bioactivities of Marine Pyran-Isoindolone Derivatives as Potential Antithrombotic Agents. Mar Drugs 2021; 19:218. [PMID: 33921137 PMCID: PMC8071544 DOI: 10.3390/md19040218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Revised: 04/09/2021] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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2,5-Bis-[8-(4,8-dimethyl-nona-3,7-dienyl)-5,7-dihydroxy-8-methyl-3-keto-1,2,7,8-teraahydro-6H-pyran[a]isoindol-2-yl]-pentanoic acid (FGFC1) is a marine pyran-isoindolone derivative isolated from a rare marine microorganism Stachybotrys longispora FG216, which showed moderate antithrombotic(fibrinolytic) activity. To further enhance its antithrombotic effect, a series of new FGFC1 derivatives (F1-F7) were synthesized via chemical modification at C-2 and C-2' phenol groups moieties and C-1″ carboxyl group. Their fibrinolytic activities in vitro were evaluated. Among the derivatives, F1-F4 and F6 showed significant fibrinolytic activities with EC50 of 59.7, 87.1, 66.6, 82.8, and 42.3 μM, respectively, via enhancement of urokinase activity. Notably, derivative F6 presented the most remarkable fibrinolytic activity (2.72-fold than that of FGFC1). Furthermore, the cytotoxicity of derivative F6 was tested as well as expression of Fas/Apo-1 and IL-1 on HeLa cells. The results showed that, compared to FGFC1, derivative F6 possessed moderate cytotoxicity and apoptotic effect on HeLa cells (statistical significance p > 0.1), making F6 a potential antithrombotic agent towards clinical application.
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- Yinan Wang
- College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China; (Y.W.); (Z.F.); (W.W.)
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hadal Science and Technology, College of Marine Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China;
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- CQM-Centro de Química da Madeira, Campus da Penteada, Universidade da Madeira, 9000-390 Funchal, Portugal;
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China; (Y.W.); (Z.F.); (W.W.)
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- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China;
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China; (Y.W.); (Z.F.); (W.W.)
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- School of Pharmacy, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330013, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China; (Y.W.); (Z.F.); (W.W.)
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Aquatic-Product Processing & Preservation, Shanghai 201306, China
- Laboratory of Quality and Safety Risk Assessment for Aquatic Products on Storage and Preservation (Shanghai), Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai 201306, China
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Bashirian S, Barati M, Karami M, Hamzeh B, Afshari M, Ezati E. Determinants of Waterpipe Smoking Among Women: A Systematic Review. Int J Prev Med 2021; 12:25. [PMID: 34249274 PMCID: PMC8218800 DOI: 10.4103/ijpvm.ijpvm_116_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2020] [Accepted: 09/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Background The present study aimed to assess the determinants of waterpipe smoking among women based on a systematic review regarding the increasing prevalence of waterpipe smoking in women and the tendency of them to this type of tobacco. Methods The present study was a systematic review. The search strategies were based on using a combination of MeSH and free-text terms. Searches were performed inIranian databasesand PubMed, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, EMBASE, Scopus and Medline. Databases inclusion criteria included articles and gray literature in English or Persian, published between January 2000 and December 2018. The keywords were related to women and waterpipe and related terms. The quality of the articles was assessed using the EPHPP tool. Results In the initial search, out of 1027 articles, 15 articles were studied. Inclusion criteria in this study were the target population of women and girl and descriptive and qualitative studies on waterpipe use among women. The mean prevalence of waterpipe smoking in quantitative studies was 13.980/0. Studies have shown that waterpipe smoking in women is influenced by several individual (awareness, favorable attitudes, and positive prototype), interpersonal (role of family and friends), and socio-political factors. Conclusions Due to the influence of various determinants on women's inclination to waterpipe smoking, there is a necessity to act and impose interventions such as lessening women's favorable attitude toward waterpipe, increasing women's awareness, encouraging negative prototype about waterpipe smoking, and restricting access to tobacco products that can be useful. Interpersonal factors such as the role of family and friends are one of the major determinants in waterpipe smoking. It seems that developing the skill of saying "no" to the pressure of friends can help prevent waterpipe use. Furthermore, educating the family about the risks of waterpipe use is an effective strategy in this respect.
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- Saeed Bashirian
- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, Hamedan, Iran
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, Hamedan, Iran
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- Research Center for Health Sciences, Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, Hamedan, Iran
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- Research Center for Environmental Determinacies of Health, School of Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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- Department of Public Health, School of Health, Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, Hamedan, Iran
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- Department of Public Health, School of Health, Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, Hamedan, Iran
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Rimondi E, Marcuzzi A, Casciano F, Tornese G, Pellati A, Toffoli B, Secchiero P, Melloni E. Role of vitamin D in the pathogenesis of atheromatosis. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2021; 31:344-353. [PMID: 33500110 PMCID: PMC7486169 DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2020.08.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2020] [Revised: 08/03/2020] [Accepted: 08/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of death worldwide, but the collective efforts to prevent this pathological condition are directed exclusively to individuals at higher risk due to hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, obesity, diabetes. Recently, vitamin D deficiency was identified as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease in healthy people, as it predisposes to different vascular dysfunctions that can result in plaque development and fragility. In this scenario, the fundamental aim of the study was to reproduce a disease model inducing vitamin D deficiency and atheromatosis in ApoE-/- mice and then to evaluate the impact of this vitamin D status on the onset/progression of atheromatosis, focusing on plaque formation and instability. METHODS AND RESULTS In our murine disease model, vitamin D deficiency was achieved by 3 weeks of vitamin D deficient diet along with intraperitoneal paricalcitol injections, while atheromatosis by western-type diet administration. Under these experimental conditions, vitamin D deficient mice developed more unstable atheromatous plaques with reduced or absent fibrotic cap. Since calcium and phosphorus metabolism and also cholesterol and triglycerides systemic concentration were not affected by vitamin D level, our results highlighted the role of vitamin D deficiency in the formation/instability of atheromatous plaque and, although further studies are needed, suggested a possible intervention with vitamin D to prevent or delay the atheromatous disease. CONCLUSIONS The data obtained open the question about the potential role of the vitamins in the pharmacological treatments of cardiovascular disorders as coadjutant of the primary drugs used for these pathologies.
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- Erika Rimondi
- Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy; LTTA Centre, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
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- Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy; LTTA Centre, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Institute for Maternal and Child Health-IRCCS "Burlo Garofolo'', Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Institute for Maternal and Child Health-IRCCS "Burlo Garofolo'', Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy; LTTA Centre, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy; LTTA Centre, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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Dillman A, Zoratti MJ, Park JJH, Hsu G, Dron L, Smith G, Harari O, Rayner CR, Zannat NE, Gupta A, Mackay E, Arora P, Lee Z, Mills EJ. The Landscape of Emerging Randomized Clinical Trial Evidence for COVID-19 Disease Stages: A Systematic Review of Global Trial Registries. Infect Drug Resist 2020; 13:4577-4587. [PMID: 33376364 PMCID: PMC7764888 DOI: 10.2147/idr.s288399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2020] [Accepted: 12/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Purpose A multitude of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have emerged in response to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Understanding the distribution of trials among various settings is important to guide future research priorities and efforts. The purpose of this review was to describe the emerging evidence base of COVID-19 RCTs by stages of disease progression, from pre-exposure to hospitalization. Methods We collated trial data across international registries: ClinicalTrials.gov; International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number Registry; Chinese Clinical Trial Registry; Clinical Research Information Service; EU Clinical Trials Register; Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials; Japan Primary Registries Network; German Clinical Trials Register (up to 7 October 2020). Active COVID-19 RCTs in international registries were eligible for inclusion. We extracted trial status, intervention(s), control, sample size, and clinical context to generate descriptive frequencies, network diagram illustrations, and statistical analyses including odds ratios and the Mann–Whitney U-test. Results Our search identified 11503 clinical trials registered for COVID-19 and identified 2388 RCTs. After excluding 45 suspended RCTs and 480 trials with unclear or unreported disease stages, 1863 active RCTs were included and categorized into four broad disease stages: pre-exposure (n=107); post-exposure (n=208); outpatient treatment (n=266); hospitalization, including the intensive care unit (n=1376). Across all disease stages, most trials had two arms (n=1500/1863, 80.52%), most often included (hydroxy)chloroquine (n=271/1863, 14.55%) and were US-based (n=408/1863, 21.90%). US-based trials had lower odds of including (hydroxy)chloroquine than trials in other countries (OR: 0.63, 95% CI: 0.45–0.90) and similar odds of having two arms compared to other geographic regions (OR: 1.05, 95% CI: 0.80–1.38). Conclusion There is a marked difference in the number of trials across settings, with limited studies on non-hospitalized persons. Focus on pre- and post-exposure, and outpatients, is worthwhile as a means of reducing infections and lessening the health, social, and economic burden of COVID-19.
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- Alison Dillman
- School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, England
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Physiology & Department of Neuroscience, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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Relationships between Renewable Energy Consumption, Social Factors, and Health: A Panel Vector Auto Regression Analysis of a Cluster of 12 EU Countries. SUSTAINABILITY 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/su12072915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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One of the key indicators of a population’s well-being and the economic development of a country is represented by health, the main proxy for which is life expectancy at birth. Some factors, such as industrialization and modernization, have allowed this to improve considerably. On the other hand, along with high global population growth, the factor which may jeopardize human health the most is environmental degradation, which can be tackled through the transition to renewable energy. The main purpose of our study is to investigate the relationship between renewable energy consumption, social factors, and health, using a Panel Vector Auto Regression (PVAR) technique. We explore the link between some proxy variables for renewable energy consumption, government policy, general public awareness, the market, lobbying activity, the energy dependence on third countries, and health, spanning the period from 1990 to 2015, for a cluster of 12 European countries characterized by common features. Specifically, our analysis shows the importance of having a stringent policy for the development of renewable energy consumption and its influence over other social factors, rather than the existence of causal relationships between health and renewable energy consumption for the analyzed countries. This kind of analysis has a great potential for policy-makers. Further, a deeper understanding of these relationships can create a more effective decision-making process.
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Alouffi S, Khan MWA, Alotabi N, Alsuggyair A, Alhassan I, Al Alwan I, Al Banyan E, Al-Twaijri YA, Tamim H, Al-Hussein F, Aljasser S, Alfwaz H, Tamimi W. Correlations between Direct and Calculated Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Measurements in Children and Adolescents. J Clin Lab Anal 2020; 34:e23236. [PMID: 32125729 PMCID: PMC7307368 DOI: 10.1002/jcla.23236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2019] [Revised: 01/07/2020] [Accepted: 01/16/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Background Low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL‐C), as a modifiable risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, should be assessed and monitored. This study compared directly measured and Friedewald‐estimated LDL‐C values in children and adolescents. Methods Blood samples were collected from 464 children and adolescents. Calculated LDL‐C (CLDL‐C) levels were estimated using the Friedewald formula for any triglyceride value below 4.6 mmol/L. Direct LDL‐C (DLDL‐C) levels were measured on an ARCHITECT c8000 Abbott Clinical Chemistry Analyzer. The differences in LDL‐C were then calculated. Results The correlation coefficients (R) between DLDL‐C and CLDL‐C were 0.978 (P = .148) and R = 0.970 (P = .052) for children and adolescents, respectively. Children with LDL‐C values above 4.92 mmol/L had a correlation value of 0.971 (P = .419). The correlation and agreement between DLDL‐C and CLDL‐C in adolescents were moderate for LDL‐C below 2.85 mmol/L (R = 0.806; 84.1%) and improved above 2.85 mmol/L (R = 0.978; 91.5%). In children, good correlations between DLDL‐C and CLDL‐C were observed for normal (<0.85 mmol/L), borderline (0.85‐1.12 mmol/L), and abnormal (≥1.13 mmol/L) triglyceride levels (R = 0.9782, 0.990, and 0.951, respectively). The rates of agreement were better for normal (80.5%) and borderline (82.9%) but not abnormal (68.2%) triglyceride levels. Conclusion We observed good agreement between DLDL‐C and CLDL‐C in both children and adolescents. The Friedewald formula provided an adequate estimate of LDL‐C for most fasting specimens. LDL‐C difference percentage can also be used as a quality indicator to check laboratory analyzer performance in healthy subjects.
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- Sultan Alouffi
- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia.,Molecular Diagnostic & Personalized Therapeutic Unit, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia
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- Molecular Diagnostic & Personalized Therapeutic Unit, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia.,Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia
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- Departments of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Departments of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Departments of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre (KAIMRC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Research Centre, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre (KAIMRC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Food Science & Nutrition, College of Food Science & Agriculture, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Departments of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre (KAIMRC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Ardestani MS, Bitarafan-Rajabi A, Mohammadzadeh P, Mortazavi-Derazkola S, Sabzevari O, Azar AD, Kazemi S, Hosseini SR, Ghoreishi SM. Synthesis and characterization of novel 99mTc-DGC nano-complexes for improvement of heart diagnostic. Bioorg Chem 2020; 96:103572. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2020.103572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2019] [Revised: 12/29/2019] [Accepted: 01/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Reid MJA, Goosby E. Improving quality is necessary to building a TB-free world: Lancet Commission on Tuberculosis. J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis 2020; 19:100156. [PMID: 32181371 PMCID: PMC7063261 DOI: 10.1016/j.jctube.2020.100156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The Lancet Commission on Tuberculosis (TB) set out to establish a roadmap for how high burden countries could get on track to meet the goals established by the UN High Level Meeting (UNHLM) in September 2018. The report sought to answer the question "How should TB high-burden countries and their development partners target their future investments to ensure that ending TB is achieved?" It provides a comprehensive analysis and specific recommendations to address this question and, ultimately, remove the barriers to building a TB-free World. Notably, the report highlights the importance of improving the quality of care as an essential component of ending the epidemic. Strategies for improving quality must be hard-wired into how National TB Programs are organized, to ensure greater equity in TB service provision and implementation of evidence-based practices and clinical guidelines. Investing in TB research and development, especially implementation, policy and programmatic research to determine how to deliver high quality care must also be high priority. In addition, improving the quality of TB programs is contingent on strategies that enhance accountability at all levels, from the level of Head of State to the local TB clinics. To this ends it is essential that TB survivors and their advocates have a voice to raise inconvenient truths and demand improvements in quality. The Commission concludes that the prospect of a TB-free world is a realistic objective that can be achieved with the right commitment of leadership and resources but will only be realized as and when quality of care is prioritized as a central tenet of all TB programs.
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- Michael J A Reid
- Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, Global Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA.,Global Health Delivery, Diplomacy & Economics, Institute for Global Health Sciences
- UCSF, 550 16th Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, Global Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA.,Global Health Delivery, Diplomacy & Economics, Institute for Global Health Sciences
- UCSF, 550 16th Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, California, USA
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Khani-jeihooni A, Razavi M, Kashfi M, Ansari M, Gholami T. Effect of Educational Intervention based on the Theory of Planned Behavior on Preventing Water Pipe Smoking in Secondary School Students. JOURNAL OF EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY HEALTH 2020. [DOI: 10.29252/jech.7.1.13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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Jin P, Gao Y, Liu L, Peng Z, Wu H. Maternal Health and Green Spaces in China: A Longitudinal Analysis of MMR Based on Spatial Panel Model. Healthcare (Basel) 2019; 7:E154. [PMID: 31810235 PMCID: PMC6956252 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare7040154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2019] [Revised: 11/14/2019] [Accepted: 11/29/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The positive impact of green spaces on public health has attracted increasing attention, and maternal health has also been shown to be related to green spaces. However, there are different kinds of green space indicators that represent different mechanisms for mitigating maternal health, and few studies have investigated the different relevance amongst them with longitudinal data. This study explores the correlation between various green space indicators and maternal health using spatial panel models with provincial data from China from 2007 to 2016. The results indicate that all kinds of green spaces could decrease maternal mortality, wherein public green spaces may play a key role. In terms of spatial correlation, an increase in green space coverage in adjacent provinces may also result in a slight decline in maternal mortality. This paper provides valuable insight into the correlation between maternal health and green spaces.
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- Ping Jin
- Department of Graphics and Digital Technology, School of Urban Design, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China; (P.J.); (Y.G.); (Z.P.); (H.W.)
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- Department of Graphics and Digital Technology, School of Urban Design, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China; (P.J.); (Y.G.); (Z.P.); (H.W.)
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- Department of Urban Planning, School of Urban Design, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Department of Graphics and Digital Technology, School of Urban Design, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China; (P.J.); (Y.G.); (Z.P.); (H.W.)
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- Department of Graphics and Digital Technology, School of Urban Design, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China; (P.J.); (Y.G.); (Z.P.); (H.W.)
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Reid MJA, Arinaminpathy N, Bloom A, Bloom BR, Boehme C, Chaisson R, Chin DP, Churchyard G, Cox H, Ditiu L, Dybul M, Farrar J, Fauci AS, Fekadu E, Fujiwara PI, Hallett TB, Hanson CL, Harrington M, Herbert N, Hopewell PC, Ikeda C, Jamison DT, Khan AJ, Koek I, Krishnan N, Motsoaledi A, Pai M, Raviglione MC, Sharman A, Small PM, Swaminathan S, Temesgen Z, Vassall A, Venkatesan N, van Weezenbeek K, Yamey G, Agins BD, Alexandru S, Andrews JR, Beyeler N, Bivol S, Brigden G, Cattamanchi A, Cazabon D, Crudu V, Daftary A, Dewan P, Doepel LK, Eisinger RW, Fan V, Fewer S, Furin J, Goldhaber-Fiebert JD, Gomez GB, Graham SM, Gupta D, Kamene M, Khaparde S, Mailu EW, Masini EO, McHugh L, Mitchell E, Moon S, Osberg M, Pande T, Prince L, Rade K, Rao R, Remme M, Seddon JA, Selwyn C, Shete P, Sachdeva KS, Stallworthy G, Vesga JF, Vilc V, Goosby EP. Building a tuberculosis-free world: The Lancet Commission on tuberculosis. Lancet 2019; 393:1331-1384. [PMID: 30904263 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(19)30024-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 216] [Impact Index Per Article: 43.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2018] [Revised: 12/20/2018] [Accepted: 12/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Michael J A Reid
- Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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- School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK; Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Tuberculosis Division, United States Agency for International Development, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Departments of Medicine, Epidemiology, and International Health, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Medicine, Centre for Global Health and Quality, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, US National Institutes of Health, Maryland, MA, USA
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- Department of Tuberculosis and HIV, The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France
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- School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK; Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Global TB Caucus, Houses of Parliament, London, UK
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of GLobal Health, Ministry of Heath, Labor and Welfare, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Interactive Research & Development, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Global Health Bureau, United States Agency for International Development, Washington, DC, USA
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- Resource Group for Education and Advocacy for Community Health, Chennai, India
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- South African National Department of Health, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; McGill International TB Center, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- University of Milan, Milan, Italy; Global Studies Institute, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Academy of Preventive Medicine of Kazakhstan, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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- Global Health Institute, School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MI, USA
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- Department of Global Health and Development, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK; Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Center for Policy Impact in Global Health, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Institutul de Ftiziopneumologie Chiril Draganiuc, Chisinau, Moldova
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Center for Health Policies and Studies, Chisinau, Moldova
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- Department of Tuberculosis and HIV, The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- McGill International TB Center, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Center for Health Policies and Studies, Chisinau, Moldova
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- Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; McGill International TB Center, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, New Delhi, India
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, US National Institutes of Health, Maryland, MA, USA
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, US National Institutes of Health, Maryland, MA, USA
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- T H Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA; Office of Public Health Studies, University of Hawaii, Mānoa, HI, USA
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- Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases & HIV Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Centers for Health Policy and Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Global Health and Development, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Department of Tuberculosis and HIV, The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France; Department of Paediatrics, Center for International Child Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Burnet Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Revised National TB Control Program, New Delhi, India
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- National Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Lung Disease Program, Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya
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- National Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Lung Disease Program, Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Office of the Secretary-General's Special Envoy on Tuberculosis, United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
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- International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Hague, Netherland
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- Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA; Global Health Centre, The Graduate Institute Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- McGill International TB Center, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Centers for Health Policy and Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, India
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- International Institute for Global Health, United Nations University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK; Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK; Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK; Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Flores-Reséndiz C, Soto-Piña AE, Valdés-Ramos R, Benítez-Arciniega AD, Tlatempa-Sotelo P, Guadarrama-López AL, Martínez-Carrillo BE, Pulido-Alvarado CC. Association Between Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Stress Hormones With Cognitive Performance in Mexican Adolescents. J Pediatr Psychol 2019; 44:208-219. [PMID: 30272242 DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsy074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2017] [Accepted: 08/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Objective The objective of this study was to determine whether cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and stress hormones are associated with cognitive performance in Mexican adolescents. Methods This was a cross-sectional study including 139 Mexican adolescents 10-14 years old. Participants were divided into three categories: 0, 1-2, and ≥3 CVD risk factors. These factors included: high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) <40 mg/dl; waist circumference (WC) ≥90th percentile for age and sex, systolic or diastolic blood pressure ≥90th percentile for age, sex, and height; and triacylglycerols (TGs) ≥110 mg/dl. Low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C), very low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (VLDL-C), total cholesterol, cortisol, and plasma catecholamines were measured as well. Furthermore, attention, memory, and executive functions were evaluated using a validated test for Spanish-speaking individuals (Neuropsi). Results Adolescents in the three risk categories did not show significant differences in Neuropsi test performance tasks; however, they presented different lipid and plasma norepinephrine concentrations. TG and VLDL-C were inversely associated with memory (r = -0.19, **p < .01). Multivariate regression analysis showed consistently that TG/HDL-C ratio was inversely related to attention-memory general score (standardized β = -0.99, t = -2.30, p = .023), memory (standardized β = -0.83, t = -2.08, p = .039), and attention-executive functions (standardized β = -1.02, t = -2.42, p = .017). Plasma epinephrine levels presented an inverse and weak relation to the attention-executive functions score (standardized β = -0.18, t = -2.19, p = .030). Conclusions Cognitive performance is not completely dependent on the accumulation of risk factors, but instead on the combination of strong predictors of CVD like waist to height ratio, TG/HDL-C, and VLDL-C. Plasma norepinephrine and epinephrine have a stronger association with cognition and CVD risk than dopamine and cortisol.
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Yao Y, Liao W, Yu R, Du Y, Zhang T, Peng Q. Potentials of combining nanomaterials and stem cell therapy in myocardial repair. Nanomedicine (Lond) 2018; 13:1623-1638. [PMID: 30028249 DOI: 10.2217/nnm-2018-0013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Cardiac diseases have become the leading cause of death worldwide. Developing efficient strategies to treat such diseases is of great urgency. Stem cell-based regeneration medicine offers a novel approach for heart repair. However, low retention and poor survival rate of engrafted cells limit its applications. Nanomaterials have shown great potentials in addressing above issues due to nanoparticles-bio interactions. Therefore, combining nanomaterials and stem cell therapy is of great interest and significance for heart repair. Herein, we provide a comprehensive understanding of the applications of four types of nanomaterials (nanogels, polymeric nanomaterials, inorganic nanomaterials and exosomes) in stem cell therapy for myocardial repair. In addition, we launch an initial discussion on current problems and more importantly, possible solutions for myocardial repair.
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- Yang Yao
- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.,Department of Oral Implant Center, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.,Department of Orthodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Pathophysiology & Molecular Pharmacology, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, 1 Joslin Place, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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Bauer S, Wa Mwanza M, Chilengi R, Holmes CB, Zyambo Z, Furrer H, Egger M, Wandeler G, Vinikoor MJ. Awareness and management of elevated blood pressure among human immunodeficiency virus-infected adults receiving antiretroviral therapy in urban Zambia: a call to action. Glob Health Action 2018; 10:1359923. [PMID: 28792285 PMCID: PMC5645688 DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2017.1359923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The prevalence of high blood pressure (HBP) and hypertension (HTN), awareness of the diagnoses, and use of anti-hypertensive drugs were examined among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Zambia's capital Lusaka. Within a prospective cohort based at two public sector ART clinics, BP was measured at ART initiation and every 6 months thereafter as a routine clinic procedure. Predictors of HBP (systolic BP ≥140 mmHg or diastolic BP ≥90 mmHg) during one year on ART were analyzed using logistic regression, and the proportion with HTN (2+ episodes of HBP >3 months apart) described. A phone survey was used to understand patient awareness of HBP, use of anti-hypertensive drugs, and history of cardiovascular events (CVE; myocardial infarction or stroke). Among 896 cohort participants, 887 (99.0%) had at least one BP measurement, 98 (10.9%) had HBP, and 57 (6.4%) had HTN. Increasing age (10-year increase in age: adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 1.50; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.20-1.93), male sex (AOR = 2.33, 95% CI 1.43-3.80), and overweight/obesity (AOR = 4.07; 95% CI 1.94-8.53) were associated with HBP. Among 66 patients with HBP, 35 (53.0%) reported awareness of the condition, and nine (25.7%) of these reported having had a CVE. Only 14 (21.2%) of those reached reported ever taking an anti-hypertensive drug, and one (1.5%) was currently on treatment. These data suggest that major improvements are needed in the management of HBP among HIV-infected individuals in settings such as Zambia.
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- Sophie Bauer
- a Department of Infectious Diseases , Bern University Hospital, University of Bern , Bern , Switzerland.,b Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Zambia , Lusaka , Zambia
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- b Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Zambia , Lusaka , Zambia
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- b Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Zambia , Lusaka , Zambia
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- b Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Zambia , Lusaka , Zambia.,c School of Medicine , Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore , USA
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- b Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Zambia , Lusaka , Zambia
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- a Department of Infectious Diseases , Bern University Hospital, University of Bern , Bern , Switzerland
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- d Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine , University of Bern , Bern , Switzerland
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- a Department of Infectious Diseases , Bern University Hospital, University of Bern , Bern , Switzerland.,d Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine , University of Bern , Bern , Switzerland
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- b Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Zambia , Lusaka , Zambia.,e Department of Medicine , University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham , USA.,f School of Medicine , University of Zambia , Lusaka , Zambia
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Carreño V, Franco M, Gullón P, Carreño V. Studying city life, improving population health. Int J Epidemiol 2018; 46:14-21. [PMID: 26604218 DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyv207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Víctor Carreño
- Social and Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Group, University of Alcalá, Madrid, Spain
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- Social and Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Group, University of Alcalá, Madrid, Spain
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- Social and Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Group, University of Alcalá, Madrid, Spain.,Escuela Nacional de Sanidad. Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Social and Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Group, University of Alcalá, Madrid, Spain
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Zeboudj L, Tharaux PL, Ait-Oufella H. [EGF receptor blockade in immune cells reduces experimental atherosclerosis]. Med Sci (Paris) 2018; 34:501-504. [PMID: 30067198 DOI: 10.1051/medsci/20183406002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Lynda Zeboudj
- Inserm U970, centre de recherches cardiovasculaires de Paris, université René Descartes, Paris 5, 75005 Paris, France
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- Inserm U970, centre de recherches cardiovasculaires de Paris, université René Descartes, Paris 5, 75005 Paris, France
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- Inserm U970, centre de recherches cardiovasculaires de Paris, université René Descartes, Paris 5, 75005 Paris, France - Service de réanimation médicale, hôpital Saint-Antoine, AP-HP, université Pierre-et-Marie Curie, Paris 6, 56, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France
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Lansberg P, Lee A, Lee ZV, Subramaniam K, Setia S. Nonadherence to statins: individualized intervention strategies outside the pill box. Vasc Health Risk Manag 2018; 14:91-102. [PMID: 29872306 PMCID: PMC5973378 DOI: 10.2147/vhrm.s158641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Poor adherence to statin therapy is linked to significantly increased risk of cardiovascular events and death. Unfortunately, adherence to statins is far from optimal. This is an alarming concern for patients prescribed potentially life-saving cholesterol-lowering medication, especially for those at high risk of cardiovascular events. Research on statin adherence has only recently garnered broader attention; hence, major reasons unique to adherence to statin therapy need to be identified as well as suggestions for countermeasures. An integrated approach to minimizing barriers and enhancing facilitation at the levels of the patient, provider, and health system can help address adherence issues. Health care professionals including physicians, pharmacists, and nurses have an obligation to improve patient adherence, as routine care. In order to achieve sustained results, a multifaceted approach is indispensable.
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- Peter Lansberg
- Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Center, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Cardiology Unit, Department of Medicine, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Global Medical Affairs, Asia-Pacific region, Pfizer Australia, West Ryde, NSW, Australia
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Havemann M, Bösner S. Global Health as "umbrella term" - a qualitative study among Global Health teachers in German medical education. Global Health 2018; 14:32. [PMID: 29587856 PMCID: PMC5870065 DOI: 10.1186/s12992-018-0352-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2017] [Accepted: 03/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Background The increasing impact of globalisation on healthcare demands new knowledge, skills and attitudes from healthcare professionals. One consequence of this is the rise of Global Health (GH) programs in health education all over the world. In Germany no consensus exists on what GH is and how it should be taught. This study used a grounded theory approach. We conducted eleven in-depth interviews with GH teachers in German medical education to ask them about their views on Global Health and the approaches they took in teaching these topics. Data collection and Analysis informed each other and followed an inductive approach. Results Our research identified three major questions: (1) What is GH? (2) What belongs to GH? (3) How can GH be taught? A central finding of our study is the understanding of GH as an umbrella term. We show how this understanding helps clarify the relation between GH and Public Health, International Health and Tropical medicine. At the core of GH we see the supraterritorial determinants of health. Surrounding the core, we describe a wide variety of topics that are a facultative, but not necessarily a compulsory part GH. One of the key characteristics of GH within all its aspects is its multidisciplinary nature. Based on this understanding we present models about the content of GH, how it can be taught and how GH teaching improves and strengthens overall medical education. Conclusions This is to our knowledge the first study that conducts in-depth interviews with GH teachers to explore the practical understanding of GH in medical education. While the generalisability of our results needs to be subject of further research, the models presented can help shape the future discourse around GH and its integration into medical education. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12992-018-0352-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Matthias Havemann
- Department of Family Medicine, Philipps-University Marburg, Karl-von-Fritsch-Straße 4, D-35043, Marburg, Germany. .,London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK.
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- Department of Family Medicine, Philipps-University Marburg, Karl-von-Fritsch-Straße 4, D-35043, Marburg, Germany
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Pablos-Méndez A, Raviglione MC. A New World Health Era. GLOBAL HEALTH, SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 2018; 6:8-16. [PMID: 29540441 PMCID: PMC5878081 DOI: 10.9745/ghsp-d-17-00297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2017] [Accepted: 01/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Unprecedented economic progress and demands for social protection have engendered an economic transition in health in many low- and middle-income countries, characterized by major increases in domestic health spending and growing national autonomy. At the global level, development assistance is refocusing on fragile states, the poorest communities, and cooperation on global public goods like health security, technical norms, and innovation. Intergovernmental organizations like WHO need the wherewithal and support to provide leadership and to properly advance this new world health era.
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- Ariel Pablos-Méndez
- Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA. Formerly the Assistant Administrator for Global Health, United States Agency for International Development, Washington, DC, USA.
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- University of Milan, Italy. Formerly Director of the Global Tuberculosis Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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Doonan R, Field P. How Nutrition Sensitive Are the Nutrition Policies of New Zealand Food Manufacturers? A Benchmarking Study. Nutrients 2017; 9:E1373. [PMID: 29257049 PMCID: PMC5748823 DOI: 10.3390/nu9121373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2017] [Revised: 12/13/2017] [Accepted: 12/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Nutrition sensitive policy addresses the underlying determinants of nutrition-related disease and is a powerful tool in reducing the incidence of non-communicable disease. Some members of the food industry have long standing commitments to health-oriented nutrition policies. The aim of this study was to develop and apply a balanced scorecard of nutrition sensitive indicators to the policies of influential New Zealand food and beverage manufacturers and explore factors affecting policy processes. RESULTS The average nutrition sensitivity score of the twenty influential manufacturers policies was 42 against a benchmark of 75. Some manufacturers performed well whilst others had substantial scope for improvement, the largest variation was in policy development and implementation, whereas nutrition quality was relatively consistent. Manufacturers with written policy (n = 11) scored on average three times higher than their counterparts with verbal policy. The value a manufacturer placed on nutrition influenced whether formal nutrition policies were developed. The reputational risk of failing to deliver on publicly declared nutrition commitments acted as an informal accountability mechanism. We conclude the balanced scorecard offers a useful tool for assessing the nutrition sensitivity of influential food and beverage manufacturers' policies. Our results provide a baseline for repeat assessments of the nutrition sensitivity of food manufacturers' policies.
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- Rebecca Doonan
- Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.
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- Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.
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Lear SA, Hu W, Rangarajan S, Gasevic D, Leong D, Iqbal R, Casanova A, Swaminathan S, Anjana RM, Kumar R, Rosengren A, Wei L, Yang W, Chuangshi W, Huaxing L, Nair S, Diaz R, Swidon H, Gupta R, Mohammadifard N, Lopez-Jaramillo P, Oguz A, Zatonska K, Seron P, Avezum A, Poirier P, Teo K, Yusuf S. The effect of physical activity on mortality and cardiovascular disease in 130 000 people from 17 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: the PURE study. Lancet 2017; 390:2643-2654. [PMID: 28943267 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(17)31634-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 724] [Impact Index Per Article: 103.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2016] [Revised: 05/27/2017] [Accepted: 05/31/2017] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Physical activity has a protective effect against cardiovascular disease (CVD) in high-income countries, where physical activity is mainly recreational, but it is not known if this is also observed in lower-income countries, where physical activity is mainly non-recreational. We examined whether different amounts and types of physical activity are associated with lower mortality and CVD in countries at different economic levels. METHODS In this prospective cohort study, we recruited participants from 17 countries (Canada, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Poland, Turkey, Malaysia, South Africa, China, Colombia, Iran, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Zimbabwe). Within each country, urban and rural areas in and around selected cities and towns were identified to reflect the geographical diversity. Within these communities, we invited individuals aged between 35 and 70 years who intended to live at their current address for at least another 4 years. Total physical activity was assessed using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPQA). Participants with pre-existing CVD were excluded from the analyses. Mortality and CVD were recorded during a mean of 6·9 years of follow-up. Primary clinical outcomes during follow-up were mortality plus major CVD (CVD mortality, incident myocardial infarction, stroke, or heart failure), either as a composite or separately. The effects of physical activity on mortality and CVD were adjusted for sociodemographic factors and other risk factors taking into account household, community, and country clustering. FINDINGS Between Jan 1, 2003, and Dec 31, 2010, 168 916 participants were enrolled, of whom 141 945 completed the IPAQ. Analyses were limited to the 130 843 participants without pre-existing CVD. Compared with low physical activity (<600 metabolic equivalents [MET] × minutes per week or <150 minutes per week of moderate intensity physical activity), moderate (600-3000 MET × minutes or 150-750 minutes per week) and high physical activity (>3000 MET × minutes or >750 minutes per week) were associated with graded reduction in mortality (hazard ratio 0·80, 95% CI 0·74-0·87 and 0·65, 0·60-0·71; p<0·0001 for trend), and major CVD (0·86, 0·78-0·93; p<0·001 for trend). Higher physical activity was associated with lower risk of CVD and mortality in high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries. The adjusted population attributable fraction for not meeting the physical activity guidelines was 8·0% for mortality and 4·6% for major CVD, and for not meeting high physical activity was 13·0% for mortality and 9·5% for major CVD. Both recreational and non-recreational physical activity were associated with benefits. INTERPRETATION Higher recreational and non-recreational physical activity was associated with a lower risk of mortality and CVD events in individuals from low-income, middle-income, and high-income countries. Increasing physical activity is a simple, widely applicable, low cost global strategy that could reduce deaths and CVD in middle age. FUNDING Population Health Research Institute, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario, Ontario SPOR Support Unit, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, AstraZeneca, Sanofi-Aventis, Boehringer Ingelheim, Servier, GSK, Novartis, King Pharma, and national and local organisations in participating countries that are listed at the end of the Article.
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- Scott A Lear
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby and Division of Cardiology, Providence Health Care, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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- Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences & McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences & McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences & McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences and Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences & McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- St John's Research Institute, St John's National Academy of Health Sciences, Bangalore, India
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- Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, Chennai, India
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- School of Public Health, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Medical Research & Biometrics Center, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fu Wai Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Medical Research & Biometrics Center, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fu Wai Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Medical Research & Biometrics Center, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fu Wai Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Center for Disease Control & Prevention, Mengla County, Xishuangbanna Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
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- Estudios Clinicos Latinoamerica ECLA, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Dubai Medical College, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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- Eternal Heart Care Centre & Research Institute, Mount Sinai New York Affiliate, Jaipur, India
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- Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Social Medicine, Medical University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Dante Pazzanese Institute of Cardiology, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Québec City, QC, Canada
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- Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences & McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences & McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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Weir-McCall JR, Villines TC, Shaw LJ, Abbara S, Ferencik M, Nieman K, Achenbach S, Nicol E. Highlights of the Twelfth Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr 2017; 12:3-7. [PMID: 29174217 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2017.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2017] [Revised: 10/31/2017] [Accepted: 11/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The 12th Annual Scientific Meeting of the SCCT, held from July 6 to July 9 in Washington, DC, was one of the largest to date with 724 attendants from 34 countries, 130 invited talks, 4 "Read with the Experts" sessions, 42 oral abstracts presented, 20 rapid fire posters and 164 poster presentations with the abstracts of all of these published in the JCCT. This article summarises the many themes and topics of presentation and discussion in this meeting, and the many technical advances that are likely to impact future clinical practice and feature in future meetings.
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- Cardiology Service, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Stanford University School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS FT, London, UK.
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The presence of nonfunctioning adrenal incidentalomas increases arterial hypertension frequency and severity, and is associated with cortisol levels after dexamethasone suppression test. J Hum Hypertens 2017; 32:3-11. [DOI: 10.1038/s41371-017-0011-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2017] [Revised: 09/20/2017] [Accepted: 10/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Sheng K, Zhang P, Lin W, Cheng J, Li J, Chen J. Association of Matrix Gla protein gene (rs1800801, rs1800802, rs4236) polymorphism with vascular calcification and atherosclerotic disease: a meta-analysis. Sci Rep 2017; 7:8713. [PMID: 28821877 PMCID: PMC5562806 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-09328-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2017] [Accepted: 07/04/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Association between the MGP gene rs1800801, rs1800802, rs4236 polymorphisms and vascular calcification and atherosclerotic disease was inconsistent. To clarify precise association, we performed this meta-analysis. Medline, Embase and China Knowledge Resource Integrated Database were systematically searched through December 2016. A total of 23 case-control studies, consisting of 5280 cases and 5773 controls, were included. The overall results suggested that the -7A polymorphism was associated with an increased risk for vascular calcification and atherosclerotic disease in the recessive model (OR = 1.50, 95% CI 1.01-2.24, P = 0.045). Subgroup analyses of Caucasians showed significant associations in the allelic model, recessive model, and homozygote model: allelic model (OR = 1.19, 95% CI 1.06-1.34, P = 0.004), recessive model (OR = 1.60, 95% CI 1.26-2.03, P < 0.001), homozygote model (OR = 1.83, 95% CI 1.18-2.81, P = 0.006). Subgroup analysis of the Asian population did not demonstrate any significant associations in any of the genetic models. No significant association was found in any genetic model amongst the rs1800802 and rs4236 polymorphisms. The findings of this meta-analysis indicate that the MGP gene rs1800801 polymorphism is significantly associated with vascular calcification and atherosclerotic disease, especially in the Caucasian population.
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- Kaixiang Sheng
- Kidney Disease Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Key Laboratory Of Nephropathy, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Kidney Disease Immunology Laboratory, the Third Grade Laboratory, State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Kidney Disease Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Key Laboratory Of Nephropathy, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Kidney Disease Immunology Laboratory, the Third Grade Laboratory, State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Kidney Disease Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Key Laboratory Of Nephropathy, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Kidney Disease Immunology Laboratory, the Third Grade Laboratory, State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Kidney Disease Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Key Laboratory Of Nephropathy, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Kidney Disease Immunology Laboratory, the Third Grade Laboratory, State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Kidney Disease Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Key Laboratory Of Nephropathy, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Kidney Disease Immunology Laboratory, the Third Grade Laboratory, State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Kidney Disease Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
- Key Laboratory Of Nephropathy, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
- Kidney Disease Immunology Laboratory, the Third Grade Laboratory, State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
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Zhang Q, Wang A, Zhang S, Li N, Chen S, Zhang Y, Zhou Y, Wu S, Zhao X. Asymptomatic polyvascular disease and the risks of cardiovascular events and all-cause death. Atherosclerosis 2017; 262:1-7. [PMID: 28463782 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2017.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2017] [Revised: 04/13/2017] [Accepted: 04/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Atherosclerosis is a diffuse and systemic disease. We aimed to assess prevalence and outcome of extracoronary polyvascular disease (polyVD) in the asymptomatic Chinese community population. METHODS A random sample of 5440 participants aged 40 years or older were enrolled in the Asymptomatic Polyvascular Abnormalities Community Study from 2010 to 2011. Intracranial artery stenosis, extracranial artery stenosis, and lower extremity artery disease were detected by transcranial Doppler and duplex sonography, and by calculating the ankle brachial index. The study endpoints included the first occurrence of stroke, myocardial infarction (MI) and all-cause death. RESULTS PolyVD (two or three affected vascular territories) was found in 3.0% of the participants, and was significantly higher in men (4.3%). Over a median follow-up of 4.1 years, we identified a total of 247 events (4.7%), including 83 strokes (68 ischemic), 45 MIs and 134 all-cause deaths. After adjusting for age, gender and other potential confounders, we found a significant increase in risk of major cardiovascular events as well as all-cause death in participants with polyVD. In multivariate Cox regression analyses, the adjusted hazard ratios (HR) (95% confidence interval, CI) for the composite of stroke, MI and all-cause death for single and poly-vascular disease (compared with 0 vascular disease) increased from 1.58 (1.19-2.12) to 1.95 (1.26-3.03). Similarly, the adjusted HR (95% CI) for all-cause death for single and poly-vascular disease increased from 1.53 (1.03-2.29) to 2.22 (1.27-3.86). CONCLUSIONS PolyVD significantly increased the risk of major cardiovascular events and all-cause death in the asymptomatic community population. Performing invasive screening tests for polyVD is useful in the high-risk asymptomatic population.
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- Qian Zhang
- Department of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, China; Center of Stroke, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine for Cerebrovascular Disease, China
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- Department of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, China; Center of Stroke, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine for Cerebrovascular Disease, China
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- Department of Neurology, The General Hospital of Chinese People's Armed Police Forces, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, China; Center of Stroke, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine for Cerebrovascular Disease, China
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- Department of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, China; Center of Stroke, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine for Cerebrovascular Disease, China
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- Department of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, China; Center of Stroke, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine for Cerebrovascular Disease, China
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- Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University and Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing, China.
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- Department of Cardiology, Kailuan Hospital, Tangshan, China.
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- Department of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, China; Center of Stroke, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine for Cerebrovascular Disease, China.
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McKee M, Greer SL, Stuckler D. What will Donald Trump's presidency mean for health? A scorecard. Lancet 2017; 389:748-754. [PMID: 28109540 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(17)30122-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2016] [Revised: 12/29/2016] [Accepted: 01/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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US Presidents make their mark on health, for better or worse. Donald Trump campaigned on a populist platform to "make America great again". While the actual policies his administration will pursue-and the priority he will place on each of them-remain in many ways uncertain, both his statements and his nominations for key government posts suggest that his presidency could have profound implications for health. His proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act with a "better reform", his stance on reproductive rights, and his approaches to other areas, such as science policy and climate change, coupled with his stated intention to put "America first" are creating anxiety and uncertainty about America's domestic health policies and its global leadership role in areas such as security and development. We propose criteria on which the global health community can judge the success or failure of a Trump presidency, based on a selection of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals that apply to health.
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- Martin McKee
- Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
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- University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Guo R, Zhang Y, Duan D, Fu Q, Zhang X, Yu X, Wang S, Bao B, Wu W. Fibrinolytic Evaluation of Compounds Isolated from a Marine FungusStachybotrys longisporaFG216. CHINESE J CHEM 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.201600623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Thornicroft G, Deb T, Henderson C. Community mental health care worldwide: current status and further developments. World Psychiatry 2016; 15:276-286. [PMID: 27717265 PMCID: PMC5032514 DOI: 10.1002/wps.20349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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This paper aims to give an overview of the key issues facing those who are in a position to influence the planning and provision of mental health systems, and who need to address questions of which staff, services and sectors to invest in, and for which patients. The paper considers in turn: a) definitions of community mental health care; b) a conceptual framework to use when evaluating the need for hospital and community mental health care; c) the potential for wider platforms, outside the health service, for mental health improvement, including schools and the workplace; d) data on how far community mental health services have been developed across different regions of the world; e) the need to develop in more detail models of community mental health services for low- and middle-income countries which are directly based upon evidence for those countries; f) how to incorporate mental health practice within integrated models to identify and treat people with comorbid long-term conditions; g) possible adverse effects of deinstitutionalization. We then present a series of ten recommendations for the future strengthening of health systems to support and treat people with mental illness.
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- Graham Thornicroft
- Centre for Global Mental Health, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, London, SE5 8AF, UK
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- Centre for Global Mental Health, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, London, SE5 8AF, UK
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- Centre for Global Mental Health, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, London, SE5 8AF, UK
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Rabbani F, Shipton L, White F, Nuwayhid I, London L, Ghaffar A, Ha BTT, Tomson G, Rimal R, Islam A, Takian A, Wong S, Zaidi S, Khan K, Karmaliani R, Abbasi IN, Abbas F. Schools of public health in low and middle-income countries: an imperative investment for improving the health of populations? BMC Public Health 2016; 16:941. [PMID: 27604901 PMCID: PMC5015344 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3616-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2016] [Accepted: 08/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Public health has multicultural origins. By the close of the nineteenth century, Schools of Public Health (SPHs) began to emerge in western countries in response to major contemporary public health challenges. The Flexner Report (1910) emphasized the centrality of preventive medicine, sanitation, and public health measures in health professional education. The Alma Ata Declaration on Primary Health Care (PHC) in 1978 was a critical milestone, especially for low and middle-income countries (LMICs), conceptualizing a close working relationship between PHC and public health measures. The Commission on Social Determinants of Health (2005-2008) strengthened the case for SPHs in LMICs as key stakeholders in efforts to reduce global health inequities. This scoping review groups text into public health challenges faced by LMICs and the role of SPHs in addressing these challenges. MAIN TEXT The challenges faced by LMICs include rapid urbanization, environmental degradation, unfair terms of global trade, limited capacity for equitable growth, mass displacements associated with conflicts and natural disasters, and universal health coverage. Poor governance and externally imposed donor policies and agendas, further strain the fragile health systems of LMICs faced with epidemiological transition. Moreover barriers to education and research imposed by limited resources, political and economic instability, and unbalanced partnerships additionally aggravate the crisis. To address these contextual challenges effectively, SPHs are offering broad based health professional education, conducting multidisciplinary population based research and fostering collaborative partnerships. SPHs are also looked upon as the key drivers to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs). CONCLUSION SPHs in LMICs can contribute to overcoming several public health challenges being faced by LMICs, including achieving SDGs. Most importantly they can develop cadres of competent and well-motivated public health professionals: educators, practitioners and researchers who ask questions that address fundamental health determinants, seek solutions as agents of change within their mandates, provide specific services and serve as advocates for multilevel partnerships. Funding support, human resources, and agency are unfortunately often limited or curtailed in LMICs, and this requires constructive collaboration between LMICs and counterpart institutions from high income countries.
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- Fauziah Rabbani
- Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Pacific Health & Development Sciences Inc., Victoria, Canada
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Division Public Health Medicine, School of Public Health and Family Medicine University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Hanoi School of Public Health, Giang Vo, Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Depts LIME & PHS, Karolinska Institutet Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Prevention and Community Health, George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Washington, USA
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- School of Health Policy and Management, York University, Toronto, Ontario Canada
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- Department of Global Health & Sustainable Development, School of Public Health-Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Sha Tin, Hong Kong
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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- School of Nursing & Midwifery and Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Medical College, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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Shi A, Tao Z, Wei P, Zhao J. Epidemiological aspects of heart diseases. Exp Ther Med 2016; 12:1645-1650. [PMID: 27602082 PMCID: PMC4998208 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2016.3541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2015] [Accepted: 07/25/2016] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of mortality worldwide. Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the main cause of mortality in heart patients following stroke, rheumatic heart disease and myocardial infarctions. Approximately 80% of individuals succumb to CVDs, due to poor living conditions in low and middle income families and malnutrition. Infectious diseases, human immunodeficiency, tuberculosis, malaria, high blood pressure or hypertension, obesity and overweight, and nutritional disorders including smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, high salt and sugar intake, as well as other factors are responsible for CVDs and CHDs in young as well as elderly individuals. The focus of the present review are recent epidemiological aspects of CVD and CHD as well as the usefulness of a Mediterranean diet for heart patients and the prevention of heart diseases.
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- Aimin Shi
- School of Public Health of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211166, P.R. China
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- Department of Science and Education, Xuzhou Central Hospital, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221009, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Xuzhou Central Hospital, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221009, P.R. China
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- Department of Science and Education Division, Xuzhou Central Hospital, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221009, P.R. China
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Bilal U, Díez J, Alfayate S, Gullón P, del Cura I, Escobar F, Sandín M, Franco M. Population cardiovascular health and urban environments: the Heart Healthy Hoods exploratory study in Madrid, Spain. BMC Med Res Methodol 2016; 16:104. [PMID: 27549991 PMCID: PMC4994419 DOI: 10.1186/s12874-016-0213-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2016] [Accepted: 08/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Our aim is to conduct an exploratory study to provide an in-depth characterization of a neighborhood's social and physical environment in relation to cardiovascular health. A mixed-methods approach was used to better understand the food, alcohol, tobacco and physical activity domains of the urban environment. METHODS We conducted this study in an area of 16,000 residents in Madrid (Spain). We obtained cardiovascular health and risk factors data from all residents aged 45 and above using Electronic Health Records from the Madrid Primary Health Care System. We used several quantitative audit tools to assess: the type and location of food outlets and healthy food availability; tobacco and alcohol points of sale; walkability of all streets and use of parks and public spaces. We also conducted 11 qualitative interviews with key informants to help understanding the relationships between urban environment and cardiovascular behaviors. We integrated quantitative and qualitative data following a mixed-methods merging approach. RESULTS Electronic Health Records of the entire population of the area showed similar prevalence of risk factors compared to the rest of Madrid/Spain (prevalence of diabetes: 12 %, hypertension: 34 %, dyslipidemia: 32 %, smoking: 10 %, obesity: 20 %). The food environment was very dense, with many small stores (n = 44) and a large food market with 112 stalls. Residents highlighted the importance of these small stores for buying healthy foods. Alcohol and tobacco environments were also very dense (n = 91 and 64, respectively), dominated by bars and restaurants (n = 53) that also acted as food services. Neighbors emphasized the importance of drinking as a socialization mechanism. Public open spaces were mostly used by seniors that remarked the importance of accessibility to these spaces and the availability of destinations to walk to. CONCLUSION This experience allowed testing and refining measurement tools, drawn from epidemiology, geography, sociology and anthropology, to better understand the urban environment in relation to cardiovascular health.
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- Usama Bilal
- Social and Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Group, School of Medicine, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, 28871 Spain
- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD USA
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- Social and Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Group, School of Medicine, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, 28871 Spain
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- Social and Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Group, School of Medicine, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, 28871 Spain
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- Social and Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Group, School of Medicine, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, 28871 Spain
- Unidad Docente Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, National School of Public Health, Madrid, Spain
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- Primary Care Research Unit. Gerencia de Atención Primaria, Madrid, Spain
- Department Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain
- Red de Investigación en servicios sanitarios en enfermedades crónicas (REDISSEC), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Geology, Geography and Environment, Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, 28871 Madrid Spain
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- Social and Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Group, School of Medicine, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, 28871 Spain
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- Social and Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Group, School of Medicine, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, 28871 Spain
- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD USA
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- Social and Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Group, School of Medicine, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, 28871 Spain
- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD USA
- Unidad Docente Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, National School of Public Health, Madrid, Spain
- Primary Care Research Unit. Gerencia de Atención Primaria, Madrid, Spain
- Department Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain
- Red de Investigación en servicios sanitarios en enfermedades crónicas (REDISSEC), Madrid, Spain
- Department of Geology, Geography and Environment, Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, 28871 Madrid Spain
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Salvo F, Bezin J, Bosco-Levy P, Letinier L, Blin P, Pariente A, Moore N. Pharmacological treatments of cardiovascular diseases: Evidence from real-life studies. Pharmacol Res 2016; 118:43-52. [PMID: 27503762 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2016.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2016] [Accepted: 08/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The management of chronic cardiovascular diseases has evolved greatly in the last decades. Over the last thirty years, the management of acute coronary syndrome has improved, leading to an important lowering of the mortality in the acute phase of the event. Consequently, the optimal management of the secondary prevention of acute coronary syndrome has greatly evolved. Moreover, the increased number of pharmacological alternatives for patients affected by chronic heart failure and by non-valvular atrial fibrillation reserves a number of challenges for their correct management. Moreover, these diseases are without any reasonable doubt the largest contributor to global mortality in the present and will continue to be it in the future. The aim of this study was to provide the most updated information of the real-life drug use and their effectiveness. This review was performed to assess the potential knowledge gaps in the treatments of these diseases and to indicate potential perspective of pharmaco-epidemiological research in this area.
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- Francesco Salvo
- University of Bordeaux, UMR1219, F-33000 Bordeaux, France; INSERM, UMR1219, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, Pharmacoepidemiology Team, Bordeaux, France; CHU Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.
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- University of Bordeaux, UMR1219, F-33000 Bordeaux, France; INSERM, UMR1219, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, Pharmacoepidemiology Team, Bordeaux, France; CHU Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- University of Bordeaux, UMR1219, F-33000 Bordeaux, France; INSERM, UMR1219, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, Pharmacoepidemiology Team, Bordeaux, France; CHU Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France; CIC Bordeaux CIC1401, Bordeaux, France
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- University of Bordeaux, UMR1219, F-33000 Bordeaux, France; INSERM, UMR1219, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, Pharmacoepidemiology Team, Bordeaux, France; CHU Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- CIC Bordeaux CIC1401, Bordeaux, France; ADERA, Pessac, France
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- University of Bordeaux, UMR1219, F-33000 Bordeaux, France; INSERM, UMR1219, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, Pharmacoepidemiology Team, Bordeaux, France; CHU Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- University of Bordeaux, UMR1219, F-33000 Bordeaux, France; INSERM, UMR1219, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, Pharmacoepidemiology Team, Bordeaux, France; CHU Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France; CIC Bordeaux CIC1401, Bordeaux, France; ADERA, Pessac, France
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Vahedian-Azimi A, Miller AC, Hajiesmaieli M, Kangasniemi M, Alhani F, Jelvehmoghaddam H, Fathi M, Farzanegan B, Ardehali SH, Hatamian S, Gahremani M, Mosavinasab SMM, Rostami Z, Madani SJ, Izadi M. Cardiac rehabilitation using the Family-Centered Empowerment Model versus home-based cardiac rehabilitation in patients with myocardial infarction: a randomised controlled trial. Open Heart 2016; 3:e000349. [PMID: 27110376 PMCID: PMC4838765 DOI: 10.1136/openhrt-2015-000349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2015] [Revised: 03/14/2016] [Accepted: 03/15/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Objective To determine if a hybrid cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programme using the Family-Centered Empowerment Model (FCEM) as compared with standard CR will improve patient quality of life, perceived stress and state anxiety of patients with myocardial infarction (MI). Methods We conducted a randomised controlled trial in which patients received either standard home CR or CR using the FCEM strategy. Patient empowerment was measured with FCEM questionnaires preintervention and postintervention for a total of 9 assessments. Quality of life, perceived stress, and state and trait anxiety were assessed using the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36), the 14-item Perceived Stress, and the 20-item State and 20-item Trait Anxiety questionnaires, respectively. Results 70 patients were randomised. Baseline characteristics were similar. Ejection fraction was significantly higher in the intervention group at measurements 2 (p=0.01) and 3 (p=0.001). Exercise tolerance measured as walking distance was significantly improved in the intervention group throughout the study. The quality of life results in the FCEM group showed significant improvement both within the group over time (p<0.0001) and when compared with control (p<0.0001). Similarly, the perceived stress and state anxiety results showed significant improvement both within the FCEM group over time (p<0.0001) and when compared with control (p<0.0001). No significant difference was found either within or between groups for trait anxiety. Conclusions The family-centred empowerment model may be an effective hybrid cardiac rehabilitation method for improving the physical and mental health of patients post-MI; however, further study is needed to validate these findings. Clinical Trials.gov identifier NCT02402582. Trial registration number NCT02402582.
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- Amir Vahedian-Azimi
- Trauma Research Center and Nursing Faculty , Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , Iran
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA; Critical Care Medicine Department, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine , Loghman Clinical Research Development Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , Iran
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- Department of Nursing Science , University of Eastern Finland , Kuopio , Finland
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- Department of Nursing , Tarbiat Modares University , Tehran , Iran
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- Department of Anesthesia , Shahid Modarres Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , Iran
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- Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine , Loghman Clinical Research Development Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , Iran
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- Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine Department , Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , Iran
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- Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine Department , Shohada Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , Iran
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- Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine Department , Alborz University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , Iran
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- Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine , Loghman Clinical Research Development Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , Iran
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- Trauma Research Center and Nursing Faculty , Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , Iran
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- Nephrology and Urology Research Center , Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , Iran
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- Trauma Research Center , Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , Iran
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- Health Research Center , Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , Iran
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El Haouari M, Rosado JA. Medicinal Plants with Antiplatelet Activity. Phytother Res 2016; 30:1059-71. [PMID: 27062716 DOI: 10.1002/ptr.5619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2016] [Revised: 02/29/2016] [Accepted: 03/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Blood platelets play an essential role in the hemostasis and wound-healing processes. However, platelet hyperactivity is associated to the development and the complications of several cardiovascular diseases. In this sense, the search for potent and safer antiplatelet agents is of great interest. This article provides an overview of experimental studies performed on medicinal plants with antiplatelet activity available through literature with particular emphasis on the bioactive constituents, the parts used, and the various platelet signaling pathways modulated by medicinal plants. From this review, it was suggested that medicinal plants with antiplatelet activity mainly belong to the family of Asteraceae, Rutaceae, Fabaceae, Lamiaceae, Zygophyllaceae, Rhamnaceae, Liliaceae, and Zingiberaceae. The antiplatelet effect is attributed to the presence of bioactive compounds such as polyphenols, flavonoids, coumarins, terpenoids, and other substances which correct platelet abnormalities by interfering with different platelet signalization pathways including inhibition of the ADP pathway, suppression of TXA2 formation, reduction of intracellular Ca(2+) mobilization, and phosphoinositide breakdown, among others. The identification and/or structure modification of the plant constituents and the understanding of their action mechanisms will be helpful in the development of new antiplatelet agents based on medicinal plants which could contribute to the prevention of thromboembolic-related disorders by inhibiting platelet aggregation. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Centre Régional des Métiers de l'Education et de la Formation de Taza (CRMEF - Taza), B.P. 1178, Taza Gare, Morocco.,Faculté Polydisciplinaire de Taza, Laboratoire des Matériaux, Substances Naturelles, Environnement et Modélisation (LMSNEM), Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, B.P. 1223, Taza Gare, Morocco
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- Department of Physiology (Cell Physiology Research Group), University of Extremadura, 10003, Cáceres, Spain
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Asare GA, Adjei S, Afriyie D, Appiah-Danquah AB, Asia J, Asiedu B, Santa S, Doku D. Croton membranaceus Improves Some Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes in Genetic Animal Models. J Clin Diagn Res 2016; 9:OF01-5. [PMID: 26816938 DOI: 10.7860/jcdr/2015/14844.6899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2015] [Accepted: 08/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Cardiovascular disease (CVD) accounts for 17.3 million deaths per year globally. In Ghana, CVD accounts for 22.2% of deaths. Croton membranaceus (CM) Mull. Arg. (Euphorbiaceae), a medicinal plant in Ghana is mainly used traditionally for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia and measles. However, some hypoglycaemic and hypotensive effects have recently been reported but not scientifically examined. AIM The study aimed at establishing whether Croton membranaceus (CM) used for prostatitis had any effect on CVD markers. MATERIALS AND METHODS In experiment 1, lipid profile changes were determined. Twenty four male Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHR) were divided into 4 groups. Low (LD), intermediate (ID) and high dose (HD) groups received 25, 50 and 100 mg/kg b.wt. CM aqueous root extracts (CMARE) for 60 days, respectively, the controls received distilled water. In experiment 2, blood glucose levels (BGL) were determined. 21 db/db mice were divided into 3 groups of 7 mice each alongside db/+ mice (7) (negative control). Groups 1 and 2 received 250 mg/kg b.wt CMARE and metformin, respectively. Group 3 (positive control) and db/+ mice (negative control) received distilled water. Mice were monitored for 15 hours. Data collected were analysed using SPSS version 20. RESULTS Hypotriglyceridaemic effect was observed (p=0.005). High Density Lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL) and Low Density Lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL) showed significant increases (p=0.013) and decreases (p=0.003), respectively. A significant CRP reduction was observed for ID and HD groups (p = 0.010, p = 0.011, respectively). BGL was reduced in Metformin and Croton groups (p=0.000; p= 0.006, respectively) after 3 hours. CONCLUSION In conclusion, CMARE has positive effects on some CVD biomarkers and a hypoglycaemic effect.
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- George Awuku Asare
- Faculty, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana , P.O. Box KB 143, Korle bu, Accra, Ghana
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- Faculty, Department of Animal Experimentation, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), University of Ghana , Legon, Ghana
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- Faculty, Department of Pharmacy, Ghana Police Hospital , Cantonments, Accra, Ghana
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- Faculty, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana , P.O. Box KB 143, Korle bu, Accra, Ghana
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- Faculty, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana , P.O. Box KB 143, Korle bu, Accra, Ghana
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- Faculty, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana , P.O. Box KB 143, Korle bu, Accra, Ghana
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- Faculty, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana , P.O. Box KB 143, Korle bu, Accra, Ghana
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- Faculty, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana , P.O. Box KB 143, Korle bu, Accra, Ghana
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Monocyte Activation in Immunopathology: Cellular Test for Development of Diagnostics and Therapy. J Immunol Res 2016; 2016:4789279. [PMID: 26885534 PMCID: PMC4739459 DOI: 10.1155/2016/4789279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2015] [Revised: 12/20/2015] [Accepted: 12/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Several highly prevalent human diseases are associated with immunopathology. Alterations in the immune system are found in such life-threatening disorders as cancer and atherosclerosis. Monocyte activation followed by macrophage polarization is an important step in normal immune response to pathogens and other relevant stimuli. Depending on the nature of the activation signal, macrophages can acquire pro- or anti-inflammatory phenotypes that are characterized by the expression of distinct patterns of secreted cytokines and surface antigens. This process is disturbed in immunopathologies resulting in abnormal monocyte activation and/or bias of macrophage polarization towards one or the other phenotype. Such alterations could be used as important diagnostic markers and also as possible targets for the development of immunomodulating therapy. Recently developed cellular tests are designed to analyze the phenotype and activity of living cells circulating in patient's bloodstream. Monocyte/macrophage activation test is a successful example of cellular test relevant for atherosclerosis and oncopathology. This test demonstrated changes in macrophage activation in subclinical atherosclerosis and breast cancer and could also be used for screening a panel of natural agents with immunomodulatory activity. Further development of cellular tests will allow broadening the scope of their clinical implication. Such tests may become useful tools for drug research and therapy optimization.
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Singh M, Kanoujia J, Singh P, Tripathi CB, Arya M, Parashar P, Sinha VR, Saraf SA. Development of an α-linolenic acid containing soft nanocarrier for oral delivery: in vitro and in vivo evaluation. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra15166c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Use of α-linolenic acid as an oil phase for microemulsion preparation with synergistic effect of oil in lowering of lipid levels in combination with simvastatin.
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- Mahendra Singh
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University)
- Lucknow-226025
- India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University)
- Lucknow-226025
- India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University)
- Lucknow-226025
- India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University)
- Lucknow-226025
- India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University)
- Lucknow-226025
- India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University)
- Lucknow-226025
- India
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- University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Panjab University
- Chandigarh-160014 (UT)
- India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University)
- Lucknow-226025
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Olson AC, Coleman CN, Hahn SM, DeWeese TL, Shulman LN, Chabner BA, Chao N, Martei YM, Mundt AJ, Grover S. A Roadmap for a New Academic Pathway for Global Radiation Oncology. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2015; 93:493-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.06.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2015] [Accepted: 06/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Audit tools are useful for exploring the urban environment and its association with physical activity. Virtual auditing options are becoming increasingly available potentially reducing the resources needed to conduct these assessments. Only a few studies have explored the use of virtual audit tools. Our objective is to test if the Madrid Systematic Pedestrian and Cycling Environment Scan (M-SPACES) discriminates between areas with different urban forms and to validate virtual street auditing using M-SPACES. Three areas (N = 500 street segments) were selected for variation in population density. M-SPACES was used to audit street segments physically and virtually (Google Street View) by two researchers in 2013-2014. For both physical and virtual audits, all analyzed features score significantly different by area (p < 0.05). Most of the features showed substantial (ICC = 0.6-0.8) or almost perfect (ICC ≥ 0.8) agreement between virtual and physical audits, especially neighborhood permeability walking infrastructure, traffic safety, streetscape aesthetics, and destinations. Intra-rater agreement was generally acceptable (ICC > 0.6). Inter-rater agreement was generally poor (ICC < 0.4). Virtual auditing provides a valid and feasible way of measuring residential urban environments. Comprehensive auditor training may be needed to guarantee good inter-rater agreement.
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