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Nichol PF, Saari MJ, Navas N, Aguilar D, Bliesner RK, Brunner PJ, Caceres JC, Chen M, VanDommelen AR, Fischer M, Garcha S, Ghawas EA, Hackinson GR, Hitzeman A, Jabbour M, Jentsch AM, Kurth MM, Leyden M, Luo Q, McGrain AC, Nytes G, O'Brien OR, Philavong JK, Villegas N, Walsh SR, Wisdorf SS. Observed rates of surgical instrument errors point to visualization tasks as being a critically vulnerable point in sterile processing and a significant cause of lost chargeable OR minutes. BMC Surg 2024; 24:110. [PMID: 38622597 PMCID: PMC11017563 DOI: 10.1186/s12893-024-02407-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2024] [Accepted: 04/08/2024] [Indexed: 04/17/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND The reporting of surgical instrument errors historically relies on cumbersome, non-automated, human-dependent, data entry into a computer database that is not integrated into the electronic medical record. The limitations of these reporting systems make it difficult to accurately estimate the negative impact of surgical instrument errors on operating room efficiencies. We set out to determine the impact of surgical instrument errors on a two-hospital healthcare campus using independent observers trained in the identification of Surgical Instrument Errors. METHODS This study was conducted in the 7 pediatric ORs at an academic healthcare campus. Direct observations were conducted over the summer of 2021 in the 7 pediatric ORs by 24 trained student observers during elective OR days. Surgical service line, error type, case type (inpatient or outpatient), and associated length of delay were recorded. RESULTS There were 236 observed errors affecting 147 individual surgical cases. The three most common errors were Missing+ (n = 160), Broken/poorly functioning instruments (n = 44), and Tray+ (n = 13). Errors arising from failures in visualization (i.e. inspection, identification, function) accounted for 88.6% of all errors (Missing+/Broken/Bioburden). Significantly more inpatient cases (42.73%) had errors than outpatient cases (22.32%) (p = 0.0129). For cases in which data was collected on whether an error caused a delay (103), over 50% of both IP and OP cases experienced a delay. The average length of delays per case was 10.16 min. The annual lost charges in dollars for surgical instrument associated delays in chargeable minutes was estimated to be between $6,751,058.06 and $9,421,590.11. CONCLUSIONS These data indicate that elimination of surgical instrument errors should be a major target of waste reduction. Most observed errors (88.6%) have to do with failures in the visualization required to identify, determine functionality, detect the presence of bioburden, and assemble instruments into the correct trays. To reduce these errors and associated waste, technological advances in instrument identification, inspection, and assembly will need to be made and applied to the process of sterile processing.
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- Peter F Nichol
- Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, and Public Health, H4/746 CSC 600 Highland Ave. Madison, Madison, WI, 53792, USA.
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- University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, and Public Health, Madison, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA
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Brown SA, Winter MA, Becker HA, García AA, Velasquez MM, Tanaka H, Perkison WB, Brown EL, Aguilar D, Hanis CL. Transitioning From an In-Person Intervention to Augmented Text Messaging During COVID-19 in Mexican Americans With Prediabetes: The Starr County Diabetes Prevention Randomized Clinical Trial. Sci Diabetes Self Manag Care 2024; 50:107-115. [PMID: 38454633 PMCID: PMC11062239 DOI: 10.1177/26350106241233475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/09/2024]
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PURPOSE The purpose of the study was to explore the feasibility of using commonly available technology, such as text messaging, for diabetes prevention in rural Mexican American communities during COVID-19. METHODS Participants were selected from a diabetes prevention study funded by the National Institutes of Health that, prior to COVID-19, involved in-person group intervention sessions. Participants were predominantly female adults born in Mexico and Spanish-speaking. A subsample (n = 140) was divided into 3 cohorts: (1) 50 who completed the initial in-person intervention prior to the COVID-19 research pause, (2) 60 who needed additional support sessions to complete the intervention and thus received 10 text messages with links to relevant online diabetes prevention videos (TM+), and (3) 30 who received enhanced usual care involving health guidance offered during data collection (control). Repeated measures analysis of covariance was used to evaluate cohort differences at 24 months post baseline. RESULTS No significant cohort differences were found for depression, eating self-efficacy, alcohol intake, fat avoidance, or sedentary behaviors. Differences in A1C showed both in-person and TM+ cohorts having lower mean A1C levels (5.5%) than the control cohort (5.7%). The TM+ cohort had lower body mass index than other cohorts and a lower diabetes conversion rate (22.2%) compared to the control cohort (28%). Participants indicated preferences for in-person/TM+ combination interventions. The strongest positive feedback was for the TM+ intervention cooking demonstration videos. CONCLUSIONS Augmented text messaging combined with in-person sessions had similar outcomes to the all in-person strategy and thus has the potential for expanding the reach of diabetes prevention to many Mexican American communities.
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- Sharon A. Brown
- The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, Austin, Texas
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- The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, Austin, Texas
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- The University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work, Austin, Texas
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- The University of Texas at Austin Department of Kinesiology & Health Education, Austin, Texas
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- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), School of Public Health, Houston, Texas
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- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), School of Public Health, Houston, Texas
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- LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), School of Public Health, Houston, Texas
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Li F, Rasmy L, Xiang Y, Feng J, Abdelhameed A, Hu X, Sun Z, Aguilar D, Dhoble A, Du J, Wang Q, Niu S, Dang Y, Zhang X, Xie Z, Nian Y, He J, Zhou Y, Li J, Prosperi M, Bian J, Zhi D, Tao C. Dynamic Prognosis Prediction for Patients on DAPT After Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation: Model Development and Validation. J Am Heart Assoc 2024; 13:e029900. [PMID: 38293921 PMCID: PMC11056175 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.029900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2023] [Accepted: 12/01/2023] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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BACKGROUND The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) in conjunction with recent updates in dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) management guidelines emphasizes the necessity for innovative models to predict ischemic or bleeding events after drug-eluting stent implantation. Leveraging AI for dynamic prediction has the potential to revolutionize risk stratification and provide personalized decision support for DAPT management. METHODS AND RESULTS We developed and validated a new AI-based pipeline using retrospective data of drug-eluting stent-treated patients, sourced from the Cerner Health Facts data set (n=98 236) and Optum's de-identified Clinformatics Data Mart Database (n=9978). The 36 months following drug-eluting stent implantation were designated as our primary forecasting interval, further segmented into 6 sequential prediction windows. We evaluated 5 distinct AI algorithms for their precision in predicting ischemic and bleeding risks. Model discriminative accuracy was assessed using the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve, among other metrics. The weighted light gradient boosting machine stood out as the preeminent model, thus earning its place as our AI-DAPT model. The AI-DAPT demonstrated peak accuracy in the 30 to 36 months window, charting an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 90% [95% CI, 88%-92%] for ischemia and 84% [95% CI, 82%-87%] for bleeding predictions. CONCLUSIONS Our AI-DAPT excels in formulating iterative, refined dynamic predictions by assimilating ongoing updates from patients' clinical profiles, holding value as a novel smart clinical tool to facilitate optimal DAPT duration management with high accuracy and adaptability.
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- Fang Li
- McWilliams School of Biomedical InformaticsUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonHoustonTXUSA
- Department of Artificial Intelligence and InformaticsMayo ClinicJacksonvilleFLUSA
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- McWilliams School of Biomedical InformaticsUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonHoustonTXUSA
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- Peng Cheng LaboratoryShenzhenGuangdongChina
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- McWilliams School of Biomedical InformaticsUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonHoustonTXUSA
- Department of Artificial Intelligence and InformaticsMayo ClinicJacksonvilleFLUSA
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- McWilliams School of Biomedical InformaticsUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonHoustonTXUSA
- Department of Artificial Intelligence and InformaticsMayo ClinicJacksonvilleFLUSA
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- McWilliams School of Biomedical InformaticsUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonHoustonTXUSA
- Department of Artificial Intelligence and InformaticsMayo ClinicJacksonvilleFLUSA
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- McWilliams School of Biomedical InformaticsUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonHoustonTXUSA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, McGovern Medical SchoolUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonHoustonTXUSA
- LSU School of Medicine, LSU Health New OrleansNew OrleansLAUSA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, McGovern Medical SchoolUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonHoustonTXUSA
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- McWilliams School of Biomedical InformaticsUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonHoustonTXUSA
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- McWilliams School of Biomedical InformaticsUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonHoustonTXUSA
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- McWilliams School of Biomedical InformaticsUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonHoustonTXUSA
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- McWilliams School of Biomedical InformaticsUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonHoustonTXUSA
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- McWilliams School of Biomedical InformaticsUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonHoustonTXUSA
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- McWilliams School of Biomedical InformaticsUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonHoustonTXUSA
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- McWilliams School of Biomedical InformaticsUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonHoustonTXUSA
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- McWilliams School of Biomedical InformaticsUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonHoustonTXUSA
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- McWilliams School of Biomedical InformaticsUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonHoustonTXUSA
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- McWilliams School of Biomedical InformaticsUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonHoustonTXUSA
- Department of Artificial Intelligence and InformaticsMayo ClinicJacksonvilleFLUSA
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- Data Intelligence Systems Lab, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health and Health Professions & College of MedicineUniversity of FloridaGainesvilleFLUSA
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- Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, College of MedicineUniversity of FloridaGainesvilleFLUSA
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- McWilliams School of Biomedical InformaticsUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonHoustonTXUSA
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- McWilliams School of Biomedical InformaticsUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonHoustonTXUSA
- Department of Artificial Intelligence and InformaticsMayo ClinicJacksonvilleFLUSA
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Leonards O, Aguilar D. Cardiometabolic Health: Actionable Prevention Strategies and New Care Models. Tex Heart Inst J 2024; 51:238275. [PMID: 38287668 DOI: 10.14503/thij-23-8275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2024]
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- Omar Leonards
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Louisiana State University Health New Orleans School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Louisiana State University Health New Orleans School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
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Purtle B, Wagner J, Zarker A, Patel V, Aguilar D. Heart Failure in a Young Adult with a Fine-Lubinsky Syndrome: An Unknown Comorbidity. Case Rep Cardiol 2024; 2024:5596010. [PMID: 38205069 PMCID: PMC10776188 DOI: 10.1155/2024/5596010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2023] [Revised: 10/30/2023] [Accepted: 11/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
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The Fine-Lubinsky syndrome (FLS) is a rare congenital disorder. Heart failure has not been described in young adults with this condition. Here, we report the first case of heart failure in a young adult patient with FLS. This finding highlights the need for further investigation into cardiac complications in this illness.
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- Blake Purtle
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin, MSB 1.150, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin, MSB 1.150, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin, MSB 1.150, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin, MSB 1.150, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin, MSB 1.150, Houston, TX, USA
- Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin, MSB 1.150, Houston, TX, USA
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Aguilar D, Davis BR. Aspirin Dosing in Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes: Insights From ADAPTABLE. Diabetes Care 2024; 47:52-53. [PMID: 38117997 DOI: 10.2337/dci23-0078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2023]
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- David Aguilar
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, Houston, TX
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Brown EL, Essigmann HT, Hoffman KL, Petrosino J, Jun G, Brown SA, Aguilar D, Hanis CL. C-Reactive Protein Levels Correlate with Measures of Dysglycemia and Gut Microbiome Profiles. Curr Microbiol 2023; 81:45. [PMID: 38127093 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-023-03560-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2023] [Accepted: 11/14/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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C-reactive protein (CRP) is a commonly used marker of low-grade inflammation as well as a marker of acute infection. CRP levels are elevated in those with diabetes and increased CRP concentrations are a risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes. Gut microbiome effects on metabolism and immune responses can impact chronic inflammation, including affecting CRP levels, that in turn can lead to the development and maintenance of dysglycemia. Using a high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) assay capable of detecting subtle changes in C-reactive protein, we show that higher hsCRP levels specifically correlate with worsening glycemia, reduced microbial richness and evenness, and with a reduction in the Firmicutes/Bacteroidota ratio. These data demonstrate a pivotal role for CRP not only in the context of worsening glycemia and changes to the gut microbiota, but also highlight CRP as a potential target for mitigating type 2 diabetes progression or as a therapeutic target that could be manipulated through the microbiome. Understanding these processes will provide insights into the etiology of type 2 diabetes in addition to opening doors leading to possible novel diagnostic strategies and therapeutics.
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- Eric L Brown
- Center for Infectious Disease, Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
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- Center for Infectious Disease, Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Human Genetics Center, Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, Cardiology, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
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- Human Genetics Center, Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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Troppoli TA, Yang C, Katsuki F, Uygun DS, Lin I, Aguilar D, Spratt T, Basheer R, McNally JM, Chan CS, McKenna JT, Brown RE. Neuronal PAS domain 1 identifies a major subpopulation of wakefulness-promoting GABAergic neurons in basal forebrain. bioRxiv 2023:2023.11.09.566065. [PMID: 37986953 PMCID: PMC10659409 DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.09.566065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
Abstract
Here we describe a novel group of basal forebrain (BF) neurons expressing neuronal PAS domain 1 (Npas1), a developmental transcription factor linked to neuropsychiatric disorders. Immunohistochemical staining in Npas1-cre-2A-TdTomato mice revealed BF Npas1 + neurons are distinct from well-studied parvalbumin or cholinergic neurons. Npas1 staining in GAD67-GFP knock-in mice confirmed that the vast majority of Npas1 + neurons are GABAergic, with minimal colocalization with glutamatergic neurons in vGlut1-cre-tdTomato or vGlut2-cre-tdTomato mice. The density of Npas1 + neurons was high, 5-6 times that of neighboring cholinergic, parvalbumin or glutamatergic neurons. Anterograde tracing identified prominent projections of BF Npas1 + neurons to brain regions involved in sleep-wake control, motivated behaviors and olfaction such as the lateral hypothalamus, lateral habenula, nucleus accumbens shell, ventral tegmental area and olfactory bulb. Chemogenetic activation of BF Npas1 + neurons in the light (inactive) period increased the amount of wakefulness and the latency to sleep for 2-3 hr, due to an increase in long wake bouts and short NREM sleep bouts. Non-REM slow-wave (0-1.5 Hz) and sigma (9-15 Hz) power, as well as sleep spindle density, amplitude and duration, were reduced, reminiscent of findings in several neuropsychiatric disorders. Together with previous findings implicating BF Npas1 + neurons in stress responsiveness, the anatomical projections of BF Npas1 + neurons and the effect of activating them suggest a possible role for BF Npas1 + neurons in motivationally-driven wakefulness and stress-induced insomnia. Identification of this major subpopulation of BF GABAergic neurons will facilitate studies of their role in sleep disorders, dementia and other neuropsychiatric conditions involving BF. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT We characterize a group of basal forebrain (BF) neurons in the mouse expressing neuronal PAS domain 1 (Npas1), a developmental transcription factor linked to neuropsychiatric disorders. BF Npas1 + neurons are a major subset of GABAergic neurons distinct and more numerous than cholinergic, parvalbumin or glutamate neurons. BF Npas1 + neurons target brain areas involved in arousal, motivation and olfaction. Activation of BF Npas1 + neurons in the light (inactive) period increased wakefulness and the latency to sleep due to increased long wake bouts. Non-REM sleep slow waves and spindles were reduced reminiscent of findings in several neuropsychiatric disorders. Identification of this major subpopulation of BF GABAergic wake-promoting neurons will allow studies of their role in insomnia, dementia and other conditions involving BF.
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Al Rifai M, Taffet GE, Matsushita K, Virani SS, De Lemos J, Khera A, Berry J, Ndumele C, Aguilar D, Sun C, Hoogeveen RC, Selvin E, Ballantyne CM, Nambi V. Age-Related Differences in the Contribution of Systolic Blood Pressure and Biomarkers to Cardiovascular Disease Risk Prediction: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Am J Cardiol 2023; 204:295-301. [PMID: 37567021 PMCID: PMC10528351 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.07.118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2023] [Revised: 07/02/2023] [Accepted: 07/21/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023]
Abstract
We sought to determine how biomarkers known to be associated with hypertension-induced end-organ injury complement the use of systolic blood pressure (SBP) for cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk prediction at different ages. Using data from visits 2 (1990 to 1992) and 5 (2011 to 2013) of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study, 3 models were used to predict CVD (composite of coronary heart disease, stroke, and heart failure). Model A included traditional risk factors (TRFs) except SBP, model B-TRF plus SBP, and model C-TRF plus biomarkers (high-sensitivity troponin T [hsTnT] and N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide [NT-proBNP]). Harrel's C-statistics were used to assess risk discrimination for CVD comparing models B and A and C and B. At visit 2, the addition of SBP to TRF (model B vs model A) significantly improved the C-statistic (∆C-statistic, 95% confidence interval 0.010, 0.007 to 0.013) whereas the addition of hsTnT to TRF (model C vs model B) decreased the C-statistic (∆C-statistic -0.0038, -0.0075 to -0.0001) compared with SBP. At visit 5, the addition of SBP to TRF did not significantly improve the C-statistic (∆C-statistic 0.001, -0.002 to 0.005) whereas the addition of both hsTnT and NT-proBNP to TRF significantly improved the C-statistic compared with SBP (∆C-statistic 0.028, 0.015 to 0.041 and 0.055, 0.036 to 0.074, respectively). In summary, the incremental value of SBP for CVD risk prediction diminishes with age whereas the incremental value of hsTnT and NT-proBNP increases with age.
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- Mahmoud Al Rifai
- Division of Cardiology, Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiovascular Research and Center for Cardiometabolic Disease Prevention, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX
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- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Baltimore, Maryland; Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health New Orleans School of Medicine, New Orleans, Los Angeles
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiovascular Research and Center for Cardiometabolic Disease Prevention, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX; Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiovascular Research and Center for Cardiometabolic Disease Prevention, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX; Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiovascular Research and Center for Cardiometabolic Disease Prevention, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX; Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiovascular Research and Center for Cardiometabolic Disease Prevention, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX; Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; Michael E. DeBakey Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center , Section of Cardiology, Houston, Texas.
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Weiss MC, Shih YH, Bryan MS, Jackson BP, Aguilar D, Brown EL, Jun G, Hanis CL, Argos M, Sargis RM. Arsenic metabolism, diabetes prevalence, and insulin resistance among Mexican Americans: A mendelian randomization approach. Environ Adv 2023; 12:100361. [PMID: 37426694 PMCID: PMC10328543 DOI: 10.1016/j.envadv.2023.100361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/11/2023]
Abstract
Background Differences in arsenic metabolism capacity may influence risk for type 2 diabetes, but the mechanistic drivers are unclear. We evaluated the associations between arsenic metabolism with overall diabetes prevalence and with static and dynamic measures of insulin resistance among Mexican Americans living in Starr County, Texas. Methods We utilized data from cross-sectional studies conducted in Starr County, Texas, from 2010-2014. A Mendelian randomization approach was utilized to evaluate the associations between arsenic metabolism and type 2 diabetes prevalence using the intronic variant in the arsenic methylating gene, rs9527, as the instrumental variable for arsenic metabolism. To further assess mechanisms for diabetes pathogenesis, proportions of the urinary arsenic metabolites were employed to assess the association between arsenic metabolism and insulin resistance among participants without diabetes. Urinary biomarkers of arsenic metabolites were modeled as individual proportions of the total. Arsenic metabolism was evaluated both with a static outcome of insulin resistance, homeostatic measure of assessment (HOMA-IR), and a dynamic measure of insulin sensitivity, Matsuda Index. Results Among 475 Mexican American participants from Starr County, higher metabolism capacity for arsenic is associated with higher diabetes prevalence driven by worse insulin resistance. Presence of the minor T allele of rs9527 is independently associated with an increase in the proportion of monomethylated arsenic (MMA%) and is associated with an odds ratio of 0.50 (95% CI: 0.24, 0.90) for type 2 diabetes. This association was conserved after potential covariate adjustment. Furthermore, among participants without type 2 diabetes, the highest quartile of MMA% was associated with 22% (95% CI: -33.5%, -9.07%) lower HOMA-IR and 56% (95% CI: 28.3%, 91.3%) higher Matsuda Index for insulin sensitivity. Conclusions Arsenic metabolism capacity, indicated by a lower proportion of monomethylated arsenic, is associated with increased diabetes prevalence driven by an insulin resistant phenotype among Mexican Americans living in Starr County, Texas.
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- Margaret C. Weiss
- School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America
- College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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- School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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- Institute for Minority Health Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States of America
- Center for Infectious Disease, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States of America
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, LSU Health School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Center for Infectious Disease, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States
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- Human Genetics Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States
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- Human Genetics Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States
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- School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America
- Chicago Center for Health and Environment, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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- College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America
- Chicago Center for Health and Environment, Chicago, IL, United States of America
- Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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Brown SA, Becker HA, García AA, Velasquez MM, Tanaka H, Winter MA, Perkison WB, Brown EL, Aguilar D, Hanis CL. The effects of gender and country of origin on acculturation, psychological factors, lifestyle factors, and diabetes-related physiological outcomes among Mexican Americans: The Starr County diabetes prevention initiative. Chronic Illn 2023; 19:444-457. [PMID: 35331025 PMCID: PMC9508285 DOI: 10.1177/17423953221089315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES Examine acculturation and psychological, lifestyle, and physiological factors based on gender and country of origin (U.S. vs. Mexico). METHODS Baseline data from the Starr County diabetes prevention study (N = 300) were analyzed - acculturation (language), psychological factors (depression), lifestyle factors (sedentary behaviors), and diabetes-related physiological outcomes (insulin resistance). MANOVA and linear regression were used to examine variable relationships based on gender and country of origin and identify predictors of depression and insulin resistance. RESULTS Participants were: predominantly female (73%); 51 years of age, on average; born in Mexico (71%); and Spanish-speaking. Individuals spent 11 of their waking hours (range = 0-18 h) in sedentary activities. Compared to females, more males spoke English and reported fewer hours in sedentary activities. Compared to participants born in Mexico, those born in the U.S. were more likely to: speak English; report depressive symptoms; and exhibit elevated BMI and insulin resistance rates. Two distinct models significantly predicted depression (R2 = 14.5%) and insulin resistance (R2 = 26.8%), with acculturation-language entering into both models. DISCUSSION Significant gender and country-of-origin differences were found. Future research on diabetes prevention should examine other Hispanic subgroups and strategies for addressing individual differences, while employing cost-effective group interventions that incorporate these differences and reach more at-risk individuals.
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- Sharon A Brown
- School of Nursing, 12330The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- School of Nursing, 12330The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- School of Nursing, 12330The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- 143057School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology & Health Education, College of Education, 12330The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- School of Nursing, 12330The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- 49219School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, TX, USA
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- 49219School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, TX, USA
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- UK HealthCare, Department of Internal Medicine, 12252University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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- 49219School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, TX, USA
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Aguilar D. Preventing Heart Failure in People With Hypertension: The Time Is Now. JACC Heart Fail 2023:S2213-1779(23)00190-7. [PMID: 37178087 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2023.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2023] [Accepted: 04/04/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- David Aguilar
- LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
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Bousquet J, Melén E, Haahtela T, Koppelman GH, Togias A, Valenta R, Akdis CA, Czarlewski W, Rothenberg M, Valiulis A, Wickmann M, Aguilar D, Akdis M, Ansotegui IJ, Barbara C, Bedbrook A, Bindslev Jensen C, Bosnic-Anticevich S, Boulet LP, Brightling CE, Brussino L, Burte E, Bustamante M, Canonica GW, Cecchi L, Celedon JC, Chaves-Loureiro C, Costa E, Cruz AA, Erhola M, Gemicioglu B, Fokkens WJ, Garcia Aymerich J, Guerra S, Heinrich J, Ivancevich JC, Keil T, Klimek L, Kuna P, Kupczyk M, Kvedariene V, Larenas-Linnemann DE, Lemonnier N, Lodrup Carlsen KC, Louis R, Makris M, Maurer M, Momas I, Morais-Almeida M, Mullol J, Naclerio RN, Nadeau K, Nadif R, Niedoszytko M, Okamoto Y, Ollert M, Papadopoulos NG, Passalacqua G, Patella V, Pawankar R, Pham-Thi N, Pfaar O, Regateiro FS, Ring J, Rouadi PW, Samolinski B, Sastre J, Savouré M, Scichilone N, Shamji MH, Sheikh A, Siroux V, Sousa-Pinto B, Standl M, Sunyer J, Taborda-Barata L, Toppila-Salmi S, Torres MJ, Tsiligianni I, Valovirta E, Vandenplas O, Ventura MT, Weiss S, Yorgancioglu A, Zhang L, Abdul Latiff AH, Aberer W, Agache I, Al-Ahmad M, Alobid I, Arshad HS, Asayag E, Baharudin A, Battur L, Bennoor KS, Berghea EC, Bergmann KC, Bernstein D, Bewick M, Blain H, Bonini M, Braido F, Buhl R, Bumbacea R, Bush A, Calderon M, Calvo G, Camargos P, Caraballo L, Cardona V, Carr W, Carreiro-Martins P, Casale T, Cepeda Sarabia AM, Chandrasekharan R, Charpin D, Chen YZ, Cherrez-Ojeda I, Chivato T, Chkhartishvili E, Christoff G, Chu DK, Cingi C, Correia da Sousa J, Corrigan C, Custovic A, D'Amato G, Del Giacco S, De Blay F, Devillier P, Didier A, do Ceu Teixeira M, Dokic D, Douagui H, Doulaptsi M, Durham S, Dykewicz M, Eiwegger T, El-Sayed ZA, Emuzyte R, Emuzyte R, Fiocchi A, Fyhrquist N, Gomez RM, Gotua M, Guzman MA, Hagemann J, Hamamah S, Halken S, Halpin DMG, Hofmann M, Hossny E, Hrubiško M, Irani C, Ispayeva Z, Jares E, Jartti T, Jassem E, Julge K, Just J, Jutel M, Kaidashev I, Kalayci O, Kalyoncu O, Kardas P, Kirenga B, Kraxner H, Kull I, Kulus M, La Gruta S, Lau S, Le Tuyet Thi L, Levin M, Lipworth B, Lourenço O, Mahboub B, Mäkelä MJ, Martinez-Infante E, Matricardi P, Miculinic N, Migueres N, Mihaltan F, Mohamad Y, Moniusko M, Montefort S, Neffen H, Nekam K, Nunes E, Nyembue Tshipukane D, O'Hehir RE, Ogulur I, Ohta K, Okubo K, Ouedraogo S, Olze H, Pali-Schöll I, Palomares O, Palosuo K, Panaitescu C, Panzner P, Park HS, Pitsios C, Plavec D, Popov TA, Puggioni F, Quirce S, Recto M, Repka-Ramirez R, Roballo-Cordeiro C, Roche N, Rodriguez-Gonzales M, Romantowski J, Rosario Filho N, Rottem M, Sagara H, Sarquis-Serpa F, Sayah Z, Scheire S, Schmid-Grendelmeier P, Sisul JC, Sole D, Soto-Martinez M, Sova M, Sperl A, Spranger O, Stelmach R, Suppli Ulrik C, Thomas M, To T, Todo-Bom A, Tomazic PV, Urrutia-Pereira M, Valentin-Rostan M, van Ganse E, Van Hage M, Vasankari T, Vichyanond P, Viegi G, Wallace D, Wang DY, Williams S, Worm M, Yiallouros P, Yiallouros P, Yusuf O, Zaitoun F, Zernotti M, Zidarn M, Zuberbier J, Fonseca JA, Zuberbier T, Anto JM. Rhinitis associated with asthma is distinct from rhinitis alone: The ARIA-MeDALL hypothesis. Allergy 2023; 78:1169-1203. [PMID: 36799120 DOI: 10.1111/all.15679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2022] [Revised: 02/06/2023] [Accepted: 02/12/2023] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
Abstract
Asthma, rhinitis and atopic dermatitis (AD) are interrelated clinical phenotypes that partly overlap in the human interactome. The concept of "one-airway-one-disease", coined over 20 years ago, is a simplistic approach of the links between upper- and lower-airway allergic diseases. With new data, it is time to reassess the concept. This article reviews (i) the clinical observations that led to Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA), (ii) new insights into polysensitisation and multimorbidity, (iii) advances in mHealth for novel phenotype definition, (iv) confirmation in canonical epidemiologic studies, (v) genomic findings, (vi) treatment approaches and (vii) novel concepts on the onset of rhinitis and multimorbidity. One recent concept, bringing together upper- and lower-airway allergic diseases with skin, gut and neuropsychiatric multimorbidities, is the "Epithelial Barrier Hypothesis". This review determined that the "one-airway-one-disease" concept does not always hold true and that several phenotypes of disease can be defined. These phenotypes include an extreme "allergic" (asthma) phenotype combining asthma, rhinitis and conjunctivitis. Rhinitis alone and rhinitis and asthma multimorbidity represent two distinct diseases with the following differences: (i) genomic and transcriptomic background (Toll-Like Receptors and IL-17 for rhinitis alone as a local disease; IL-33 and IL-5 for allergic and non-allergic multimorbidity as a systemic disease), (ii) allergen sensitisation patterns (mono- or pauci-sensitisation versus polysensitisation), (iii) severity of symptoms and (iv) treatment response. In conclusion, rhinitis alone (local disease) and rhinitis with asthma multimorbidity (systemic disease) should be considered as two distinct diseases, possibly modulated by the microbiome, and may be a model for understanding the epidemics of chronic and auto-immune diseases.
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Affiliation(s)
- J Bousquet
- Institute of Allergology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Allergology and Immunology, Berlin, Germany.,University Hospital Montpellier, Montpellier, France.,Inserm, Equipe d'Epidémiologie Respiratoire Intégrative, CESP, Villejuif, France
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- Sach´s Children and Youth Hospital, Södersjukhuset, and Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Skin and Allergy Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Beatrix Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Pediatric Allergology, GRIAC Research Institute, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation (DAIT), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, USA
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- Division of Immunopathology, Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), University of Zurich, Davos, Switzerland
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- Medical Consulting Czarlewski, Levallois, France.,MASK-air, Montpellier, France
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine and Institute of Health Sciences, Vilnius, Lithuania.,Medical Faculty of Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Institute of Environmental medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Biomedical Research Networking Center in Hepatic and Digestive Diseases (CIBEREHD), Barcelona, Spain
| | - M Akdis
- Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), University of Zurich, Davos, Switzerland
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- Department of Allergy and Immunology, Hospital Quironsalud Bizkaia, Bilbao, Spain
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- Portuguese Nacional Programme for Respiratory Diseases, Direção -Geral da Saúde, Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, Instituto de Saúde Ambiental, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Odense Research Center for Anaphylaxis (ORCA), and Department of Dermatology and Allergy Centre, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Finland
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- Quality Use of Respiratory Medicine Group, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.,Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Quebec Heart and Lung Institute, Laval University, Québec City, Quebec, Canada
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- Institute of Lung Health, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Department of Respiratory and Infection Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Allergy and Clinical Immunology Unit, University of Torino, Torino, Italy.,Mauriziano Hospital, Torino, Italy
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- Inserm, Equipe d'Epidémiologie Respiratoire Intégrative, CESP, Villejuif, France.,Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, Univ. Paris-Sud, Villejuif, France
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- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain.,ISGlobal, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain
| | - G W Canonica
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy.,Personalized Medicine, Asthma and Allergy, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center IRCCS, Rozzano, Italy
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- SOS Allergology and Clinical Immunology, USL Toscana Centro, Prato, Italy
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- Division of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Pneumology Unit, Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- UCIBIO, REQUINTE, Faculty of Pharmacy and Competence Center on Active and Healthy Ageing of University of Porto (Porto4Ageing), Porto, Portugal
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- Fundaçao ProAR, Federal University of Bahia and GARD/WHO Planning Group, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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- Pirkanmaa Welfare district, Tampere, Finland
| | - B Gemicioglu
- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain.,ISGlobal, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain
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- Asthma and Airway Disease Research Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
| | - J Heinrich
- Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, University Hospital Munich - Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Munich
| | - J C Ivancevich
- Servicio de Alergia e Immunologia, Clinica Santa Isabel, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Institute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.,State Institute of Health, Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Universitätsmedizin Mainz, Germany.,Center for Rhinology and Allergology, Wiesbaden, Germany
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- Division of Internal Medicine, Asthma and Allergy, Barlicki University Hospital, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
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- Division of Internal Medicine, Asthma and Allergy, Barlicki University Hospital, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
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- Institute of Clinical medicine, Clinic of Chest diseases and Allergology, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.,Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Center of Excellence in Asthma and Allergy, Médica Sur Clinical Foundation and Hospital, México City, Mexico
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- Institute for Advanced Biosciences, UGA - INSERM U1209 - CNRS UMR5309, Site Santé, Allée des Alpes, La Tronche, France
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, CHU, Liege, Liège, Belgium.,GIGA I3 research group, University of Liege, Belgium
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- Allergy Unit "D Kalogeromitros", 2nd Dpt of Dermatology and Venereology, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, "Attikon" University Hospital, Greece
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- Institute of Allergology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Public health and health products, Paris Descartes University-Sorbonne Paris Cité, EA 4064 and Paris Municipal Department of social action, childhood, and health, Paris, France
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- Rhinology Unit & Smell Clinic, ENT Department, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain.,Clinical & Experimental Respiratory Immunoallergy, IDIBAPS, CIBERES, University of Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery - Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Stanford University School of Medicine, Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research, Stanford, USA
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- Inserm, Equipe d'Epidémiologie Respiratoire Intégrative, CESP, Villejuif, France.,Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, Univ. Paris-Sud, Villejuif, France
| | - M Niedoszytko
- Department of Allergology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdansk, Poland
| | - Y Okamoto
- Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan.,Chiba Rosai Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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- Odense Research Center for Anaphylaxis (ORCA), and Department of Dermatology and Allergy Centre, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Finland.,Department of Infection and Immunity, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
| | - N G Papadopoulos
- Allergy Department, 2nd Pediatric Clinic, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
| | - G Passalacqua
- Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, IRCCS Policlinico San Martino, University of Genoa, Italy
| | - V Patella
- Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, "Santa Maria della Speranza" Hospital, Battipaglia, Salerno, Italy.,Agency of Health ASL, Salerno, Italy
| | - R Pawankar
- Department of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
| | - N Pham-Thi
- Ecole Polytechnique Palaiseau, IRBA (Institut de Recherche bio-Médicale des Armées), Bretigny, France
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- Section of Rhinology and Allergy, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
| | - F S Regateiro
- Allergy and Clinical Immunology Unit, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.,Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (ICBR), Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.,Institute of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
| | - J Ring
- Department of Dermatology and Allergy Biederstein, School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.,Christine Kühne Center for Allergy Research and Education (CK-Care), Davos, Switzerland
| | - P W Rouadi
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Eye and Ear University Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon.,Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Dar Al Shifa Hospital, Salmiya, Kuwait
| | - B Samolinski
- Department of Prevention of Environmental Hazards, Allergology and Immunology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
| | - J Sastre
- Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, CIBERES, Faculty of Medicine, Autonoma University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
| | - M Savouré
- Inserm, Equipe d'Epidémiologie Respiratoire Intégrative, CESP, Villejuif, France.,Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, Univ. Paris-Sud, Villejuif, France
| | - N Scichilone
- PROMISE Department, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
| | - M H Shamji
- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, and NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK
| | - A Sheikh
- Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
| | - V Siroux
- INSERM, Université Grenoble Alpes, IAB, U 1209, Team of Environmental Epidemiology applied to Reproduction and Respiratory Health, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
| | - B Sousa-Pinto
- MEDCIDS - Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences; Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.,CINTESIS - Center for Health Technology and Services Research; University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.,RISE - Health Research Network; University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
| | - M Standl
- Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
| | - J Sunyer
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain.,ISGlobal, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain.,IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain.,CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain
| | - L Taborda-Barata
- Department of Immunoallergology, Cova da Beira University Hospital Centre, Covilhã, Portugal.,UBIAir - Clinical & Experimental Lung Centre and CICS-UBI Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal
| | - S Toppila-Salmi
- Skin and Allergy Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
| | - M J Torres
- Allergy Unit, Málaga Regional University Hospital-IBIMA, Málaga, Spain
| | - I Tsiligianni
- International Primary Care Respiratory Group IPCRG, Aberdeen, Scotland.,Health Planning Unit, Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Greece
| | - E Valovirta
- Department of Lung Diseases and Clinical Immunology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.,Terveystalo Allergy Clinic, Turku, Finland
| | - O Vandenplas
- Department of Chest Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire UCL, Namur, and Université Catholique de Louvain, Yvoir, Belgium
| | - M T Ventura
- Unit of Geriatric Immunoallergology, University of Bari Medical School, Bari, Italy
| | - S Weiss
- Harvard Medical School and Channing Division of Network Medicine, Boston, USA
| | - A Yorgancioglu
- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Celal Bayar University, Faculty of Medicine, Manisa, Turkey
| | - L Zhang
- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing TongRen Hospital and Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, Beijing, China
| | - A H Abdul Latiff
- Allergy & Immunology Centre, Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
| | - W Aberer
- Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
| | - I Agache
- Faculty of Medicine, Transylvania University, Brasov, Romania
| | - M Al-Ahmad
- Microbiology Department, College of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait
| | - I Alobid
- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain.,Centro Médico Teknon, Barcelona, Spain
| | - H S Arshad
- Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton.,David Hide Asthma and Allergy Research Centre, Isle of Wight, UK
| | - E Asayag
- Argentine Society of Allergy and Immunopathology, Buenos Ayres, Argentian
| | - A Baharudin
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia
| | - L Battur
- Mongolian Association of Hospital Managers, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
| | - K S Bennoor
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
| | - E C Berghea
- Department of Pediatrics, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
| | - K C Bergmann
- Institute of Allergology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
| | - D Bernstein
- Division of Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
| | - M Bewick
- University of Central Lancashire Medical School, Preston, UK
| | - H Blain
- Department of Geriatrics, Montpellier University hospital, MUSE, Montpellier, France
| | - M Bonini
- Department of Clinical and Surgical Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy and National Heart and Lung Institute, Royal Brompton Hospital & Imperial College London, UK
| | - F Braido
- University of Genoa, Department of Internal Medicine (DiMI), and IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
| | - R Buhl
- Dept of Pulmonary Medicine, Mainz University Hospital, Mainz, Germany
| | - R Bumbacea
- Department of Allergy, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, Romania
| | - A Bush
- Imperial College and Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
| | - M Calderon
- Imperial College and National Heart and Lung Institute, London, UK
| | - G Calvo
- Pediatrics Department, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valvidia, Chile
| | - P Camargos
- Federal University of Minas Gerais, Medical School, Department of Pediatrics, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
| | - L Caraballo
- Institute for Immunological Research, University of Cartagena, Campus de Zaragocilla, Edificio Biblioteca Primer piso, Cartagena, Colombia
| | - V Cardona
- Allergy Section, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.,ARADyAL research network, Barcelona, Spain
| | - W Carr
- Allergy & Asthma Associates of Southern California, A Medical Group , Southern California Research, Mission Viejo, CA, USA
| | - P Carreiro-Martins
- NOVA Medical School/Comprehensive Health Research Centre (CHRC), Lisbon, Portugal.,Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Hospital de Dona Estefânia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Lisbon, Portugal
| | - T Casale
- Division of Allergy/immunology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FLA, USA
| | - A M Cepeda Sarabia
- Allergy and Immunology Laboratory, Metropolitan University, Simon Bolivar University, Barranquilla, Colombia and SLaai, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Allergia, Asma e Immunologia, Branquilla, Columbia
| | - R Chandrasekharan
- Department of ENT, Badr al Samaa Hospital, Salalah, Sultanate of Oman
| | - D Charpin
- Clinique des bronches, allergie et sommeil, Hôpital Nord, Marseille, France
| | - Y Z Chen
- The capital institute of pediatrics, Beijing, China
| | - I Cherrez-Ojeda
- Universidad Espíritu Santo, Samborondón, Ecuador.,Respiralab Research Group, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador
| | - T Chivato
- School of Medicine, University CEU San Pablo, Madrid, Spain
| | - E Chkhartishvili
- David Tatishvili Medical Center; David Tvildiani Medical University-AIETI Medical School, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Medical University - Sofia, Faculty of Public Health, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact & Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- skisehir Osmangazi University, Medical Faculty, ENT Department, Eskisehir, Turkey
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
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- Division of Asthma, Allergy & Lung Biology, MRC & Asthma UK Centre in Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma, King's College London, London, UK
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, UK
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- Division of Respiratory and Allergic Diseases,Hospital 'A Cardarelli', University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health and Unit of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital "Duilio Casula", University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Allergy Division, Chest Disease Department, University Hospital of Strasbourg, and Federation of translational medicine, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- VIM Suresnes, UMR 0892, Pôle des Maladies des Voies Respiratoires, Hôpital Foch, Université Paris-Saclay, Suresnes, France
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- Department of Respiratory Diseases, Larrey Hospital, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France
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- Hospital Dr Agostinho Neto,Praia, Faculdade de Medicina de Cabo Verde
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- University Clinic of Pulmology and Allergy, Medical Faculty Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
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- Service de Pneumo-Allergologie, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Béni-Messous, Algiers, Algeria
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital of Crete, Heraklion, Crete
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- Allergy and Clinical Immunology, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Section of Allergy and Immunology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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- The Hospital for Sick Children, Department of Paediatrics, Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Food allergy and Anaphylaxis Program, The University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology Unit, Children's Hospital, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Clinic of Children's Diseases, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Clinic of Children's Diseases, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Allergy, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- School of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Salta, Salta, Argentina
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- Center of Allergy and Immunology, Georgian Association of Allergology and Clinical Center of Allergy and Immunology, David Tvildiani Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Immunology and Allergy Division, Clinical Hospital, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Universitätsmedizin Mainz, Germany
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- Biology of reproduction department, INSERM 1203, University hospital, Montpellier, France
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- Hans Christian Andersen Children's Hospital, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- University of Exeter, Medical School, College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, UK
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- Institute of Allergology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology Unit, Children's Hospital, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Oncology Institute of St Elisabeth, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, St Joseph University, Hotel Dieu de France Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon
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- President of Kazakhstan Association of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Allergology and clinical immunology of the Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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- Servicio de Alergia, Consultorios Médicos Privados, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- EDEGO Research Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Medical University of Gdańsk, Department of Pneumology, Gdansk, Poland
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- Tartu University Institute of Clinical Medicine, Children's Clinic, Tartu, Estonia
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- Sorbonne université, Hôpital américain de Paris, Neuilly, France
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Wrocław Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland.,ALL-MED Medical Research Institute, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Pediatric Allergy and Asthma Unit, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Hacettepe University, School of Medicine, Department of Chest Diseases, Immunology and Allergy Division, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
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- Makerere University Lung Institute, Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Sach´s Children and Youth Hospital, Södersjukhuset, and Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Pediatric Respiratory Diseases and Allergology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Translational Pharmacology, National Research Council, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Immunology and Crital Care Medicine, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hochiminh City, Vietnam
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- Division Paediatric Allergology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Scottish Centre for Respiratory Research, Cardiovascular & Diabetes Medicine, Medical Research Institute, Ninewells Hospital, University of Dundee, UK
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- Faculty of Health Sciences and CICS - UBI, Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE
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- Skin and Allergy Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Pediatric Pulmonology, Immunology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Allergy Division, Chest Disease Department, University Hospital of Strasbourg, and Federation of translational medicine, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- National Institute of Pneumology M Nasta, Bucharest, Romania
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- National Center for Research in Chronic Respiratory Diseases, Tishreen University School of Medicine, Latakia and Syrian Private University-, Damascus, Syria
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- Department of Regenerative Medicine and Immune Regulation, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystock, Poland
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Malta, Msida, MSD, Malta
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- Director of Center of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Diseases, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Hungarian Allergy Association, Budapest, Hungary
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- Eduardo Mondlane University · Faculty of Medicine, Maputo, Mozambique
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- Department of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Alfred Hospital and Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), University of Zurich, Davos, Switzerland
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- National Hospital Organization Tokyo National Hospital, and JATA Fukujuji Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Dept of Otolaryngology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pédiatrique Charles de Gaulle, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Dept of Comparative Medicine; Messerli Research Institute of the University of Veterinary Medicine, Medical University, and University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Chemistry, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Helsinki and Hospital for Skin and Allergic Diseases, Helsinki, Finland
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- OncoGen Center, County Clinical Emergency Hospital "Pius Branzeu," and University of Medicine and Pharmacy V Babes, Timisoara, Romania
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- Department of Immunology and Allergology, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty Hospital in Pilsen, Charles University in Prague, Pilsen, Czech Republic
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- Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, South Korea
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- Medical School, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Srebrnjak Children's Hospital, Zagreb; Medical Faculty, University JJ Strossmayer of Osijek, Croatia
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- Clinic of Occupational Diseases, University Hospital Sveti Ivan Rilski, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy
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- QDepartment of Allergy, Hospital La Paz Institute for Health Research (IdiPAZ), Madrid, Spain
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- Asian Hospital And Medical Center, Manilla, Philippines
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- Division of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, Clinics Hospital, San Lorenzo, Paraguay
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- Pneumologie, AP-HP, Centre Université de Paris Cité, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France.,UMR 1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France
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- Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Hospital Espanol de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Allergology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Pediatrics, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Division of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology, Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel
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- Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Asthma Reference Center - School of Medicine of Santa Casa de Misericórdia of Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil
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- SMAIC Société Marocaine d' Allergologie et Immunologie Clinique, Rabat, Morocco
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- Pharmaceutical Care Unit, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Allergy Unit, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Allergy & Asthma, Medical Director, CLINICA SISUL, FACAAI, SPAAI, Asuncion, Paraguay
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- Division of Allergy, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Nacional de Niños, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Tuberculosis, University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Universitätsmedizin Mainz, Germany
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- Global Allergy and Asthma Platform GAAPP, Vienna, Austria
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- Pulmonary Division, Heart Institute (InCor), Hospital da Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital-Hvidovre, and Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- The Hospital for Sick Children, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Imunoalergologia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Coimbra, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Portugal
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- Dept of General ORL, H&NS, Medical University of Graz, ENT-University Hospital Graz, Austria
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- Research on Healthcare Performance (RESHAPE), INSERM U1290, Université Claude Bernard Lyon1, Lyon, France
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- Division of Immunology and Allergy, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Fihla, Finnish Lung Association, Helsinki, Finland.,University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University Faculty of Medicine, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Pulmonary Environmental Epidemiology Unit, CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa
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- Nova Southeastern University, Florida, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- International Primary Care Respiratory Group IPCRG, Aberdeen, Scotland
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology Department of Dermatology, Allergy and Venerology Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin Berlin, Germany
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- Medical School, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Medical School, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- The Allergy and Asthma Institute, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Lebanese-American University, Clemenceau Medical Center DHCC, Dubai, UAE
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- Universidad Católica de Córdoba, Universidad Nacional de Villa Maria, Argentina
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- University Clinic of Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Golnik, Slovenia.,University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- MEDCIDS - Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences; Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.,CINTESIS - Center for Health Technology and Services Research; University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.,RISE - Health Research Network; University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Institute of Allergology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Allergology and Immunology, Berlin, Germany
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- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain.,ISGlobal, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain.,IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain.,CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain
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Brown SA, Becker HA, García AA, Velasquez MM, Tanaka H, Winter MA, Perkison WB, Brown EL, Aguilar D, Hanis CL. Acculturation, Dietary Behaviors, and Macronutrient Intake Among Mexican Americans With Prediabetes: The Starr County Diabetes Prevention Initiative. Sci Diabetes Self Manag Care 2023; 49:65-76. [PMID: 36683588 PMCID: PMC9937503 DOI: 10.1177/26350106221146473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
Abstract
PURPOSE The purpose of the study was to examine the influences of sex and acculturation on dietary behaviors, macronutrient intake, and dietary quality in participants enrolled in a diabetes prevention initiative in Starr County, Texas. METHODS Baseline data from the Starr County diabetes prevention study (N = 300) were analyzed-acculturation (country of origin, years in Starr County, language and food preferences), depressive symptoms (Patient Health Questionnaire-9), healthy eating self-efficacy (Weight Efficacy Lifestyle Questionnaire-Short Form), diet quality (USDA Healthy Eating Index), fat avoidance (Fat Avoidance Scale, Spanish version), and macronutrients. Descriptive statistics and univariate analysis of covariance were used to examine differences based on acculturation, controlling for sex. RESULTS Participants were predominantly female (73%) and, on average, 51 years of age. Language and food preferences favored Spanish language and Hispanic foods, respectively. The majority (71%) was born in Mexico but had resided in Starr County for 33 years, on average. Depressive symptoms were moderate, and eating self-efficacy scores suggested low confidence in making healthy food choices, particularly for saturated fats. Spanish language preference was associated with worse dietary habits. The mean dietary quality score was lower than the national average (54 vs 59 nationally); females had slightly higher dietary quality than males and a higher mean fat avoidance score, although differences were not clinically significant. Intakes of carbohydrate, saturated fats, and cholesterol were higher than recommended daily allowances. CONCLUSIONS The overall preference for speaking Spanish and the influence of language on dietary intake should inform future dietary interventions. Accommodating cultural norms and food preferences remain major challenges to improving dietary quality among the diverse Hispanic ethnic groups.
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- Sharon A. Brown
- The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing 1710
Red River Street, Austin TX 78712
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- The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing 1710
Red River Street, Austin TX 78712
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- The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing 1710
Red River Street, Austin TX 78712
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- The University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work
1925 San Jacinto Blvd., Austin TX 78712
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- The University of Texas at Austin Department of Kinesiology
& Health Education, College of Education, 2109 San Jacinto Blvd., Austin TX
78712
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- The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing 1710
Red River Street, Austin TX 78712
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- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
(UTHealth), School of Public Health 1200 Pressler St., Houston TX 77030
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- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
(UTHealth), School of Public Health 1200 Pressler St., Houston TX 77030
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- LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, Division of
Cardiovascular Medicine 2020 Gravier Street, New Orleans, LA 70112
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- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
(UTHealth), School of Public Health 1200 Pressler St., Houston TX 77030
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Weiss MC, Shih YH, Bryan MS, Jackson BP, Aguilar D, Hanis CL, Argos M, Sargis RM. Relationships Between Urinary Metals and Diabetes Traits Among Mexican Americans in Starr County, Texas, USA. Biol Trace Elem Res 2023; 201:529-538. [PMID: 35247137 PMCID: PMC10766113 DOI: 10.1007/s12011-022-03165-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2021] [Accepted: 02/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Abstract
Hispanics/Latinos have higher rates of type 2 diabetes (T2D), and the origins of these disparities are poorly understood. Environmental endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), including some metals and metalloids, are implicated as diabetes risk factors. Data indicate that Hispanics/Latinos may be disproportionately exposed to EDCs, yet they remain understudied with respect to environmental exposures and diabetes. The objective of this study is to determine how metal exposures contribute to T2D progression by evaluating the associations between 8 urinary metals and measures of glycemic status in 414 normoglycemic or prediabetic adults living in Starr County, Texas, a Hispanic/Latino community with high rates of diabetes and diabetes-associated mortality. We used multivariable linear regression to quantify the differences in homeostatic model assessments for pancreatic β-cell function, insulin resistance, and insulin sensitivity (HOMA-β, HOMA-IR, HOMA-S, respectively), plasma insulin, plasma glucose, and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) associated with increasing urinary metal concentrations. Quantile-based g-computation was utilized to assess mixture effects. After multivariable adjustment, urinary arsenic and molybdenum were associated with lower HOMA-β, HOMA-IR, and plasma insulin levels and higher HOMA-S. Additionally, higher urinary copper levels were associated with a reduced HOMA-β. Lastly, a higher concentration of the 8 metal mixtures was associated with lower HOMA-β, HOMA-IR, and plasma insulin levels as well as higher HOMA-S. Our data indicate that arsenic, molybdenum, copper, and this metal mixture are associated with alterations in measures of glucose homeostasis among non-diabetics in Starr County. This study is one of the first to comprehensively evaluate associations of urinary metals with glycemic measures in a high-risk Mexican American population.
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- Margaret C Weiss
- School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
- College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Institute for Minority Health Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
- Chicago Center for Health and Environment, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA
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- Human Genetics Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Human Genetics Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
- Chicago Center for Health and Environment, Chicago, IL, USA
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- College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
- Chicago Center for Health and Environment, Chicago, IL, USA.
- Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, University of Illinois at Chicago, 835 S. Wolcott, Suite E625, M/C 640, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.
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Ynsaurralde-Rivolta A, Alberio V, Dellavalle F, Benitez J, Aguilar D, Salamone D. 74 Dimethyl sulfoxide supplementation increases twin rates and. Reprod Fertil Dev 2022. [DOI: 10.1071/rdv35n2ab74] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Musana J, Cohen CR, Kuppermann M, Gerona R, Wanyoro A, Aguilar D, Santos N, Temmerman M, Weiss SJ. Obstetric risk in pregnancy interacts with hair cortisone levels to reduce gestational length. Front Glob Womens Health 2022; 3:878538. [PMID: 35936818 PMCID: PMC9354598 DOI: 10.3389/fgwh.2022.878538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2022] [Accepted: 06/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Maternal psychological stress has been linked to preterm birth. However, the differential contribution of psychological stress versus stress hormones is not clear. Studies focus primarily on perceived stress and cortisol, with few assessing its inter-convertible hormone cortisone. Furthermore, little is known about the potential moderating roles of obstetric risk and fetal sex in the relationship between maternal stress and gestational length. This gap in knowledge is particularly evident for rural women who typically experience chronic multiple stressors during pregnancy. We explored the relationship of hormonal and psychological stress to gestational length and the effects of obstetric risks and fetal sex on this relationship among Kenyan pregnant women. Methods The sample included 130 women recruited between 22 to 28 weeks gestation. They completed a clinical and sociodemographic questionnaire together with the Perceived Stress Scale and provided a hair sample for cortisol and cortisone assay. Women underwent an ultrasound to assess weeks of gestation. At delivery, their pregnancy-related health problems were identified using information extracted from medical records to compile each woman's number of pregnancy risks on the Obstetric Medical Risk Index (OMRI). Results Perceived stress and hair cortisol were not significant predictors of gestational length. However, a greater number of obstetric risks on the OMRI was associated with shorter gestational length. This effect was further explained by the interaction between obstetric risk and hair cortisone (B = 0.709, p = 0.02). Hair cortisone levels of mothers who had a shorter gestation were significantly higher in mothers with 2 or more risks on the OMRI but not among mothers with only one or no risks (t = 2.39, p = 0.02). Fetal sex had no relationship to gestational length and also had no moderating effect on the relationship between any stress-related metric and gestational length. Conclusion Cortisone levels may increase in anticipation of shorter gestation as a compensatory response to increased obstetric risk. Elevated cortisone may be a more sensitive marker of risk for early delivery than cortisol or psychological stress, with salience for both the male and female fetus.
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- Joseph Musana
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
- *Correspondence: Joseph Musana
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Clinical Toxicology and Environmental Biomonitoring Lab, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Department of Community Health Systems, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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Diaz P, Coughlin W, Lam W, Ermis P, Aguilar D, Ganduglia Cazaban CM, Agopian AJ. Describing characteristics of adults with and without congenital heart defects hospitalized with COVID-19. Birth Defects Res 2022; 114:652-661. [PMID: 35689527 PMCID: PMC9349963 DOI: 10.1002/bdr2.2052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2022] [Revised: 05/19/2022] [Accepted: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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Background We sought to describe patient characteristics in adults with and without congenital heart defects (CHDs) during hospitalization for COVID‐19. Methods We analyzed data collected by Optum®, a nationally representative database of electronic medical records, for 369 adults with CHDs and 41,578 without CHDs hospitalized for COVID‐19 between January 1, 2020, and December 10, 2020. We used Poisson regression to describe and compare epidemiologic characteristics, heart‐related conditions, and severe outcomes between these two groups. Results The distributions of many epidemiologic characteristics were similar between the two groups, but patients with CHDs were significantly more likely to be current or former smokers compared to patients without CHDs (risk ratio [RR]: 1.5, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.2, 1.8). Patients with CHDs were also significantly more likely to have heart failure, stroke, acute arrhythmia, myocardial injury, acute pulmonary hypertension, venous thromboembolism, and obesity documented at the time of the COVID‐19 hospitalization (RR range: 1.5–4.7) but not respiratory failure. Patients with CHDs (7 days) had a significantly longer median length of stay than those without CHDs (5 days; p < .001) and were significantly more likely to have an intensive care unit (ICU) admission (RR: 1.6, 95 CI: 1.2–1.9). Conclusions Our description of patients among a large population improves our understanding of the clinical course of COVID‐19 among adults with CHDs. Adults with CHD appear to be at greater risk for more severe CHD, including greater risk of ICU admission and longer length of hospital stays.
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- Perla Diaz
- Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, UTHealth School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Management, Policy and Community Health, The University of Texas Health Science Centre at Houston
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- Section of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Section of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, UTHealth School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA.,Division of Cardiology, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, UTHealth School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA
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Heidenreich PA, Bozkurt B, Aguilar D, Allen LA, Byun JJ, Colvin MM, Deswal A, Drazner MH, Dunlay SM, Evers LR, Fang JC, Fedson SE, Fonarow GC, Hayek SS, Hernandez AF, Khazanie P, Kittleson MM, Lee CS, Link MS, Milano CA, Nnacheta LC, Sandhu AT, Stevenson LW, Vardeny O, Vest AR, Yancy CW. 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Circulation 2022; 145:e895-e1032. [PMID: 35363499 DOI: 10.1161/cir.0000000000001063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 549] [Impact Index Per Article: 274.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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AIM The "2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure" replaces the "2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure" and the "2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure." The 2022 guideline is intended to provide patient-centric recommendations for clinicians to prevent, diagnose, and manage patients with heart failure. METHODS A comprehensive literature search was conducted from May 2020 to December 2020, encompassing studies, reviews, and other evidence conducted on human subjects that were published in English from MEDLINE (PubMed), EMBASE, the Cochrane Collaboration, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and other relevant databases. Additional relevant clinical trials and research studies, published through September 2021, were also considered. This guideline was harmonized with other American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology guidelines published through December 2021. Structure: Heart failure remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally. The 2022 heart failure guideline provides recommendations based on contemporary evidence for the treatment of these patients. The recommendations present an evidence-based approach to managing patients with heart failure, with the intent to improve quality of care and align with patients' interests. Many recommendations from the earlier heart failure guidelines have been updated with new evidence, and new recommendations have been created when supported by published data. Value statements are provided for certain treatments with high-quality published economic analyses.
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- ACC/AHA Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines Liaison
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Kwak MJ, Chang M, Chiadika S, Aguilar D, Avritscher E, Deshmukh A, Goyal P, Kim DH, Aparasu R, Holmes HM. Healthcare Expenditure Associated With Polypharmacy in Older Adults With Cardiovascular Diseases. Am J Cardiol 2022; 169:156-158. [PMID: 35168755 PMCID: PMC9313779 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2022.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2022] [Accepted: 01/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Min Ji Kwak
- Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center, McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas.
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Women's Health, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
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- Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center, McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
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- Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Health Science Center, McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Management, Policy and Community Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center, School of Public Health, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York
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- Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center, McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas
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Heidenreich PA, Bozkurt B, Aguilar D, Allen LA, Byun JJ, Colvin MM, Deswal A, Drazner MH, Dunlay SM, Evers LR, Fang JC, Fedson SE, Fonarow GC, Hayek SS, Hernandez AF, Khazanie P, Kittleson MM, Lee CS, Link MS, Milano CA, Nnacheta LC, Sandhu AT, Stevenson LW, Vardeny O, Vest AR, Yancy CW. 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: Executive Summary. J Am Coll Cardiol 2022; 79:1757-1780. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Heidenreich PA, Bozkurt B, Aguilar D, Allen LA, Byun JJ, Colvin MM, Deswal A, Drazner MH, Dunlay SM, Evers LR, Fang JC, Fedson SE, Fonarow GC, Hayek SS, Hernandez AF, Khazanie P, Kittleson MM, Lee CS, Link MS, Milano CA, Nnacheta LC, Sandhu AT, Stevenson LW, Vardeny O, Vest AR, Yancy CW, Beckman JA, O'Gara PT, Al-Khatib SM, Armbruster AL, Birtcher KK, Cigarroa JE, de las Fuentes L, Deswal A, Dixon DL, Fleisher LA, Gentile F, Goldberger ZD, Gorenek B, Haynes N, Hernandez AF, Hlatky MA, Joglar JA, Jones WS, Marine JE, Mark DB, Mukherjee D, Palaniappan LP, Piano MR, Rab T, Spatz ES, Tamis-Holland JE, Wijeysundera DN, Woo YJ. 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure. J Card Fail 2022; 28:e1-e167. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2022.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Heidenreich PA, Bozkurt B, Aguilar D, Allen LA, Byun JJ, Colvin MM, Deswal A, Drazner MH, Dunlay SM, Evers LR, Fang JC, Fedson SE, Fonarow GC, Hayek SS, Hernandez AF, Khazanie P, Kittleson MM, Lee CS, Link MS, Milano CA, Nnacheta LC, Sandhu AT, Stevenson LW, Vardeny O, Vest AR, Yancy CW. 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure. J Am Coll Cardiol 2022; 79:e263-e421. [PMID: 35379503 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 636] [Impact Index Per Article: 318.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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AIM The "2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure" replaces the "2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure" and the "2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure." The 2022 guideline is intended to provide patient-centric recommendations for clinicians to prevent, diagnose, and manage patients with heart failure. METHODS A comprehensive literature search was conducted from May 2020 to December 2020, encompassing studies, reviews, and other evidence conducted on human subjects that were published in English from MEDLINE (PubMed), EMBASE, the Cochrane Collaboration, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and other relevant databases. Additional relevant clinical trials and research studies, published through September 2021, were also considered. This guideline was harmonized with other American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology guidelines published through December 2021. STRUCTURE Heart failure remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally. The 2022 heart failure guideline provides recommendations based on contemporary evidence for the treatment of these patients. The recommendations present an evidence-based approach to managing patients with heart failure, with the intent to improve quality of care and align with patients' interests. Many recommendations from the earlier heart failure guidelines have been updated with new evidence, and new recommendations have been created when supported by published data. Value statements are provided for certain treatments with high-quality published economic analyses.
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Heidenreich PA, Bozkurt B, Aguilar D, Allen LA, Byun JJ, Colvin MM, Deswal A, Drazner MH, Dunlay SM, Evers LR, Fang JC, Fedson SE, Fonarow GC, Hayek SS, Hernandez AF, Khazanie P, Kittleson MM, Lee CS, Link MS, Milano CA, Nnacheta LC, Sandhu AT, Stevenson LW, Vardeny O, Vest AR, Yancy CW. 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Circulation 2022; 145:e876-e894. [PMID: 35363500 DOI: 10.1161/cir.0000000000001062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 51.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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AIM The "2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure" replaces the "2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure" and the "2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure." The 2022 guideline is intended to provide patient-centric recommendations for clinicians to prevent, diagnose, and manage patients with heart failure. METHODS A comprehensive literature search was conducted from May 2020 to December 2020, encompassing studies, reviews, and other evidence conducted on human subjects that were published in English from MEDLINE (PubMed), EMBASE, the Cochrane Collaboration, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and other relevant databases. Additional relevant clinical trials and research studies, published through September 2021, were also considered. This guideline was harmonized with other American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology guidelines published through December 2021. Structure: Heart failure remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally. The 2022 heart failure guideline provides recommendations based on contemporary evidence for the treatment of these patients. The recommendations present an evidence-based approach to managing patients with heart failure, with the intent to improve quality of care and align with patients' interests. Many recommendations from the earlier heart failure guidelines have been updated with new evidence, and new recommendations have been created when supported by published data. Value statements are provided for certain treatments with high-quality published economic analyses.
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- ACC/AHA Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines Liaison
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Hasbani NR, Ligthart S, Brown MR, Heath AS, Bebo A, Ashley KE, Boerwinkle E, Morrison AC, Folsom AR, Aguilar D, De Vries PS. American Heart Association's Life's Simple 7: Lifestyle Recommendations, Polygenic Risk, and Lifetime Risk of Coronary Heart Disease. Circulation 2022; 145:808-818. [PMID: 35094551 PMCID: PMC8912968 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.121.053730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background: Understanding the effect of lifestyle and genetic risk on the lifetime risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) is important to improving public health initiatives. Our objective was to quantify remaining lifetime risk and years free of CHD according to polygenic risk and the American Heart Association's Life's Simple 7 (LS7) guidelines in a population-based cohort study. Methods: Our analysis included data from participants of the ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities) study: 8372 White and 2314 Black participants; 45 years of age and older; and free of CHD at baseline examination. A polygenic risk score (PRS) comprised more than 6 million genetic variants was categorized into low (<20th percentile), intermediate, and high (>80th percentile). An overall LS7 score was calculated at baseline and categorized into "poor," "intermediate," and "ideal" cardiovascular health. Lifetime risk and CHD-free years were computed according to polygenic risk and LS7 categories. Results: The overall remaining lifetime risk was 27%, ranging from 16.6% in individuals with an ideal LS7 score to 43.1% for individuals with a poor LS7 score. The association of PRS with lifetime risk differed according to ancestry. In White participants, remaining lifetime risk ranged from 19.8% to 39.3% according to increasing PRS categories. Individuals with a high PRS and poor LS7 had a remaining lifetime risk of 67.1% and 15.9 fewer CHD-free years than did those with intermediate polygenic risk and LS7 scores. In the high-PRS group, ideal LS7 was associated with 20.2 more CHD-free years compared with poor LS7. In Black participants, remaining lifetime risk ranged from 19.1% to 28.6% according to increasing PRS category. Similar lifetime risk estimates were observed for individuals of poor LS7 regardless of PRS category. In the high-PRS group, an ideal LS7 score was associated with only 4.5 more CHD-free years compared with a poor LS7 score. Conclusions: Ideal adherence to LS7 recommendations was associated with lower lifetime risk of CHD for all individuals, especially in those with high genetic susceptibility. In Black participants, adherence to LS7 guidelines contributed to lifetime risk of CHD more so than current PRSs. Improved PRSs are needed to properly evaluate genetic susceptibility for CHD in diverse populations.
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- Natalie R Hasbani
- Human Genetics Center, Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
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- Department of Epidemiology and Adult Intensive Care, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Human Genetics Center, Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
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- Human Genetics Center, Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
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- Human Genetics Center, Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
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- Department of Interventional Cardiovascular Disease, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS; Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
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- Human Genetics Center, Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX; Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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- Human Genetics Center, Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
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- Human Genetics Center, Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
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Joseph JJ, Deedwania P, Acharya T, Aguilar D, Bhatt DL, Chyun DA, Di Palo KE, Golden SH, Sperling LS. Comprehensive Management of Cardiovascular Risk Factors for Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation 2022; 145:e722-e759. [PMID: 35000404 DOI: 10.1161/cir.0000000000001040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 85.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in patients with diabetes. Cardiovascular disease in diabetes is multifactorial, and control of the cardiovascular risk factors leads to substantial reductions in cardiovascular events. The 2015 American Heart Association and American Diabetes Association scientific statement, "Update on Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Light of Recent Evidence," highlighted the importance of modifying various risk factors responsible for cardiovascular disease in diabetes. At the time, there was limited evidence to suggest that glucose-lowering medications reduce the risk of cardiovascular events. At present, several large randomized controlled trials with newer antihyperglycemic agents have been completed, demonstrating cardiovascular safety and reduction in cardiovascular outcomes, including cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, stroke, and heart failure. This AHA scientific statement update focuses on (1) the evidence and clinical utility of newer antihyperglycemic agents in improving glycemic control and reducing cardiovascular events in diabetes; (2) the impact of blood pressure control on cardiovascular events in diabetes; and (3) the role of newer lipid-lowering therapies in comprehensive cardiovascular risk management in adults with diabetes. This scientific statement addresses the continued importance of lifestyle interventions, pharmacological therapy, and surgical interventions to curb the epidemic of obesity and metabolic syndrome, important precursors of prediabetes, diabetes, and comorbid cardiovascular disease. Last, this scientific statement explores the critical importance of the social determinants of health and health equity in the continuum of care in diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
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Brady V, Whisenant M, Wang X, Ly VK, Zhu G, Aguilar D, Wu H. Characterization of Symptoms and Symptom Clusters for Type 2 Diabetes Using a Large Nationwide Electronic Health Record Database. Diabetes Spectr 2022; 35:159-170. [PMID: 35668892 PMCID: PMC9160545 DOI: 10.2337/ds21-0064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE A variety of symptoms may be associated with type 2 diabetes and its complications. Symptoms in chronic diseases may be described in terms of prevalence, severity, and trajectory and often co-occur in groups, known as symptom clusters, which may be representative of a common etiology. The purpose of this study was to characterize type 2 diabetes-related symptoms using a large nationwide electronic health record (EHR) database. METHODS We acquired the Cerner Health Facts, a nationwide EHR database. The type 2 diabetes cohort (n = 1,136,301 patients) was identified using a rule-based phenotype method. A multistep procedure was then used to identify type 2 diabetes-related symptoms based on International Classification of Diseases, 9th and 10th revisions, diagnosis codes. Type 2 diabetes-related symptoms and co-occurring symptom clusters, including their temporal patterns, were characterized based the longitudinal EHR data. RESULTS Patients had a mean age of 61.4 years, 51.2% were female, and 70.0% were White. Among 1,136,301 patients, there were 8,008,276 occurrences of 59 symptoms. The most frequently reported symptoms included pain, heartburn, shortness of breath, fatigue, and swelling, which occurred in 21-60% of the patients. We also observed over-represented type 2 diabetes symptoms, including difficulty speaking, feeling confused, trouble remembering, weakness, and drowsiness/sleepiness. Some of these are rare and difficult to detect by traditional patient-reported outcomes studies. CONCLUSION To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to use a nationwide EHR database to characterize type 2 diabetes-related symptoms and their temporal patterns. Fifty-nine symptoms, including both over-represented and rare diabetes-related symptoms, were identified.
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- Veronica Brady
- Cizik School of Nursing, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
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- Cizik School of Nursing, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
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- School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
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- School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
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- School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
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- McGovern School of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
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- School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
- Corresponding author: Hulin Wu,
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Jia X, Sun C, Tanaka H, Rifai MA, Aguilar D, Ndumele C, Selvin E, Virani SS, Hoogeveen RC, Heiss G, Ballantyne CM, Nambi V. Association between circulating Galectin-3 and arterial stiffness in older adults. VASA 2021; 50:439-445. [PMID: 34346252 PMCID: PMC8620155 DOI: 10.1024/0301-1526/a000968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Background: Galectin-3 (gal-3) is a β-galactoside-binding lectin associated tissue fibrosis and inflammation. There is limited understanding of the relationship between gal-3 and vascular health. Our aim was to assess the association between gal-3 and arterial stiffness in older adults. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of 4275 participants (mean age of 75 years) from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Central arterial stiffness was measured by carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV). We evaluated the association of gal-3 with cfPWV using multivariable linear regression. Results: The median (interquartile range) gal-3 concentration was 16.5 (13.8, 19.8) ng/mL and mean cfPWV was 1163±303 cm/s. Higher gal-3 concentration was associated with greater central arterial stiffness after adjustment for age, sex, race-center, heart rate, systolic blood pressure, anti-hypertensive medication use, and current smoking status (β=36.4 cm/s change in cfPWV per log unit change in gal-3; 95% CI: 7.2, 65.5, p=0.015). The association was attenuated after adjusting for additional cardiovascular risk factors (β=17.3, 95% CI: -14.4, 49.0). Conclusions: In community-dwelling older adults, gal-3 concentration was associated with central arterial stiffness, likely sharing common pathways with traditional cardiovascular risk factors.
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- University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
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- Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
- Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX
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- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
- Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX
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Ibarra JC, Gutierrez AA, Weitzel J, Villarreal-Garza C, Aguilar D. 1867P An overview of RAD51C pathogenic variants in Mexican patients with breast cancer. Ann Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.08.754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Kobayashi M, Kwak MJ, Aguilar D, Goyal P, Holmes HM, Deshmukh AA, Aparasu RR. Prescribing Trend of Inappropriate Medications in Outpatient Clinics for Older Adults With Heart Failure in the United States: NAMCS 2012 to 2016. Am J Cardiol 2021; 152:168. [PMID: 34045051 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2021.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2021] [Revised: 04/04/2021] [Accepted: 04/06/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Nolan MS, Aguilar D, Misra A, Gunter SM, Erickson T, Gorchakov R, Rivera H, Montgomery SP, Murray KO. Trypanosoma cruzi in Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy Patients, Houston, Texas, USA. Emerg Infect Dis 2021; 27:1958-1960. [PMID: 34152952 PMCID: PMC8237890 DOI: 10.3201/eid2707.203244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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To investigate possible cardiac manifestations of Chagas disease, we tested 97 Latinx patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy in Houston, Texas, USA, for Trypanosoma cruzi infection. We noted a high prevalence of underdiagnosed infection and discrepant results in clinical diagnostic assays. Latinx cardiac patients in the United States would benefit from laboratory screening for T. cruzi infection.
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Tortolero GA, Brown MR, Sharma SV, de Oliveira Otto MC, Yamal JM, Aguilar D, Gunther MD, Mofleh DI, Harris RD, John JC, de Vries PS, Ramphul R, Serbo DM, Kiger J, Banerjee D, Bonvino N, Merchant A, Clifford W, Mikhail J, Xu H, Murphy RE, Wei Q, Vahidy FS, Morrison AC, Boerwinkle E. Leveraging a health information exchange for analyses of COVID-19 outcomes including an example application using smoking history and mortality. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0247235. [PMID: 34081724 PMCID: PMC8174716 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2020] [Accepted: 02/03/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Understanding sociodemographic, behavioral, clinical, and laboratory risk factors in patients diagnosed with COVID-19 is critically important, and requires building large and diverse COVID-19 cohorts with both retrospective information and prospective follow-up. A large Health Information Exchange (HIE) in Southeast Texas, which assembles and shares electronic health information among providers to facilitate patient care, was leveraged to identify COVID-19 patients, create a cohort, and identify risk factors for both favorable and unfavorable outcomes. The initial sample consists of 8,874 COVID-19 patients ascertained from the pandemic's onset to June 12th, 2020 and was created for the analyses shown here. We gathered demographic, lifestyle, laboratory, and clinical data from patient's encounters across the healthcare system. Tobacco use history was examined as a potential risk factor for COVID-19 fatality along with age, gender, race/ethnicity, body mass index (BMI), and number of comorbidities. Of the 8,874 patients included in the cohort, 475 died from COVID-19. Of the 5,356 patients who had information on history of tobacco use, over 26% were current or former tobacco users. Multivariable logistic regression showed that the odds of COVID-19 fatality increased among those who were older (odds ratio = 1.07, 95% CI 1.06, 1.08), male (1.91, 95% CI 1.58, 2.31), and had a history of tobacco use (2.45, 95% CI 1.93, 3.11). History of tobacco use remained significantly associated (1.65, 95% CI 1.27, 2.13) with COVID-19 fatality after adjusting for age, gender, and race/ethnicity. This effort demonstrates the impact of having an HIE to rapidly identify a cohort, aggregate sociodemographic, behavioral, clinical and laboratory data across disparate healthcare providers electronic health record (HER) systems, and follow the cohort over time. These HIE capabilities enable clinical specialists and epidemiologists to conduct outcomes analyses during the current COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. Tobacco use appears to be an important risk factor for COVID-19 related death.
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- Guillermo A. Tortolero
- School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America
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- School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America
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- School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America
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- School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America
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- School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America
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- School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America
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- School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America
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- School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America
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- School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America
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- School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America
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- School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America
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- School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America
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- School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America
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- Harris County Public Health, Houston Texas, United States of America
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- City of Houston Health Department, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Greater Houston Healthconnect, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Greater Houston Healthconnect, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Greater Houston Healthconnect, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Greater Houston Healthconnect, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America
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- School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America
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- School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America
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- Center for Outcomes Research, Houston Methodist, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America
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- School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America
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Mave V, Kadam D, Gaikwad S, Kinikar A, Aguilar D, Chavan A, Paradkar M, Yogendra SVB, Bharadwaj R, Kagal A, Suryavanshi N, Golub J, Kulkarni V, Dooley KE, Gupta A, Bacchetti P, Gerona R, Gupte N, Gandhi M. Measuring TB drug levels in the hair in adults and children to monitor drug exposure and outcomes. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2021; 25:52-60. [PMID: 33384045 DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.20.0574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION: Testing for anti-TB drugs in small hair samples may serve as a non-invasive tool to measure cumulative drug exposure and/or adherence, as these determine treatment success. We aimed to assess how well hair assays of TB drugs predict TB treatment outcomes.METHODS: A small thatch of hair, ~30 strands, was cut from the occipital region in adults and children from a prospective TB cohort in India. Isoniazid (INH), acetyl-INH and pyrazinamide (PZA) were extracted from the hair samples and quantified using liquid-chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. The relationship between drug concentrations in hair and time to unfavourable outcomes was assessed using Cox-proportional hazards regression models.RESULTS: A two-fold increase in hair acetyl-INH concentrations in the 264 participants in our cohort with hair assays for TB drugs indicated a lower hazard of unfavourable TB treatment outcomes (aHR 0.67, 95%CI 0.44-1.02) and TB treatment failure (aHR 0.65, 95%CI 0.42-1.01). Higher summed concentrations (a summed measure of INH and acetyl-INH) indicated a lower hazard of treatment failure (aHR 0.69, 95%CI 0.45-1.05)CONCLUSION: Hair levels of INH and its metabolite may predict TB treatment outcomes, indicating the potential utility of this measure to assess and optimise TB treatment outcomes.
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- V Mave
- Byramjee-Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College-Johns Hopkins University Clinical Research Site, Pune, India, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Byramjee-Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College-Johns Hopkins University Clinical Research Site, Pune, India
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- Byramjee-Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College-Johns Hopkins University Clinical Research Site, Pune, India
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- Byramjee-Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College-Johns Hopkins University Clinical Research Site, Pune, India
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- University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Byramjee-Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College-Johns Hopkins University Clinical Research Site, Pune, India
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- Byramjee-Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College-Johns Hopkins University Clinical Research Site, Pune, India
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- Byramjee-Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College-Johns Hopkins University Clinical Research Site, Pune, India
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- Byramjee-Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College-Johns Hopkins University Clinical Research Site, Pune, India
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- Byramjee-Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College-Johns Hopkins University Clinical Research Site, Pune, India
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- Byramjee-Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College-Johns Hopkins University Clinical Research Site, Pune, India
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Byramjee-Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College-Johns Hopkins University Clinical Research Site, Pune, India
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Byramjee-Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College-Johns Hopkins University Clinical Research Site, Pune, India, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Byramjee-Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College-Johns Hopkins University Clinical Research Site, Pune, India, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Liu G, Nguyen Q, Agarwal SK, Aguilar D, Boerwinkle E, Chang P, Claggett B, Loehr LR, Matsushita K, Rodriguez C, Rossi J, Russell SD, Stacey B, Heiss GM, Shah A, Yu B. Abstract MP07: Metabolic Signature Improves Heart Failure Risk Prediction In Older Adults. Circulation 2021. [DOI: 10.1161/circ.143.suppl_1.mp07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Introduction:
Circulating metabolome profiling holds promise in predicting HF risk, but its prediction performance among older adults is not well established.
Hypothesis:
We hypothesize that metabolic signatures are associated with the risk of HF and its subtypes (HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF)), and they can improve HF risk prediction beyond established risk factors.
Methods:
We measured 828 serum metabolites among 4,030 African and European Americans free of HF from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study visit 5 (2011-2013). We regressed incident HF on each metabolite using Cox proportional hazards models. A metabolite risk score (MRS) was derived by summing individual metabolite levels weighted by beta coefficients estimated from least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regularized regressions. We regressed incident HF, HFpEF and HFrEF on the MRS. Harrell’s C-statistics were calculated to evaluate risk discrimination. We replicated the association between MRS and HF in 3,697 independent ARIC participants with metabolite measured at visit 1 (1987-1989).
Results:
Among 4,030 participants, the mean (SD) age was 76 (5) years. Adjusting for HF risk factors, 302 metabolites were associated with incident HF (false discovery rate < 0.05). One SD increase of the MRS, constructed from 51 metabolites selected by LASSO, was associated with two to three-fold high risk of HF, HFpEF and HFrEF in the fully adjusted models (
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). Five-year risk prediction analysis showed that C statistics improved from 0.850 to 0.884 by adding MRS over ARIC HF risk factors, kidney function and NT-proBNP (ΔC (95%CI) = 0.034 (0.017,0.052)). In the replication analysis, a more parsimonious MRS constructed using 15 metabolites, was associated with incident HF (
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Conclusions:
We identified a metabolic signature that was associated with the risk of HF and improved HF risk prediction. Our findings may shed light on pathways in HF development and at-risk populations.
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- Guning Liu
- Dept of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, Sch of Public Health, Univ of Texas Health Science Cntr at Houston, Houston, TX
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- Dept of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, Sch of Public Health, Univ of Texas Health Science Cntr at Houston, Houston, TX
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- Sch of Medicine, Univ of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Cardiovascular Medicine Section, Dept of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest Sch of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
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- Div of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hosp, Boston, MA
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- UNIV OF TX HEALTH SCI CTR HOUSTON, Houston, TX
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Williams G, Maroufy V, Rasmy L, Brown D, Yu D, Zhu H, Talebi Y, Wang X, Thomas E, Zhu G, Yaseen A, Miao H, Leon Novelo L, Zhi D, DeSantis SM, Zhu H, Yamal JM, Aguilar D, Wu H. Vasopressor treatment and mortality following nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage: a nationwide electronic health record analysis. Neurosurg Focus 2021; 48:E4. [PMID: 32357322 DOI: 10.3171/2020.2.focus191002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2019] [Accepted: 02/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a devastating cerebrovascular condition, not only due to the effect of initial hemorrhage, but also due to the complication of delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI). While hypertension facilitated by vasopressors is often initiated to prevent DCI, which vasopressor is most effective in improving outcomes is not known. The objective of this study was to determine associations between initial vasopressor choice and mortality in patients with nontraumatic SAH. METHODS The authors conducted a retrospective cohort study using a large, national electronic medical record data set from 2000-2014 to identify patients with a new diagnosis of nontraumatic SAH (based on ICD-9 codes) who were treated with the vasopressors dopamine, phenylephrine, or norepinephrine. The relationship between the initial choice of vasopressor therapy and the primary outcome, which was defined as in-hospital death or discharge to hospice care, was examined. RESULTS In total, 2634 patients were identified with nontraumatic SAH who were treated with a vasopressor. In this cohort, the average age was 56.5 years, 63.9% were female, and 36.5% of patients developed the primary outcome. The incidence of the primary outcome was higher in those initially treated with either norepinephrine (47.6%) or dopamine (50.6%) than with phenylephrine (24.5%). After adjusting for possible confounders using propensity score methods, the adjusted OR of the primary outcome was higher with dopamine (OR 2.19, 95% CI 1.70-2.81) and norepinephrine (OR 2.24, 95% CI 1.80-2.80) compared with phenylephrine. Sensitivity analyses using different variable selection procedures, causal inference models, and machine-learning methods confirmed the main findings. CONCLUSIONS In patients with nontraumatic SAH, phenylephrine was significantly associated with reduced mortality in SAH patients compared to dopamine or norepinephrine. Prospective randomized clinical studies are warranted to confirm this finding.
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- 3School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas
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- 2School of Public Health, and
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- 2School of Public Health, and
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- 2School of Public Health, and
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- 2School of Public Health, and.,3School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas
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- 1McGovern Medical School.,2School of Public Health, and
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- 2School of Public Health, and.,3School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas
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Bolli R, Mitrani RD, Hare JM, Pepine CJ, Perin EC, Willerson JT, Traverse JH, Henry TD, Yang PC, Murphy MP, March KL, Schulman IH, Ikram S, Lee DP, O’Brien C, Lima JA, Ostovaneh MR, Ambale-Venkatesh B, Lewis G, Khan A, Bacallao K, Valasaki K, Longsomboon B, Gee AP, Richman S, Taylor DA, Lai D, Sayre SL, Bettencourt J, Vojvodic RW, Cohen ML, Simpson L, Aguilar D, Loghin C, Moyé L, Ebert RF, Davis BR, Simari RD. A Phase II study of autologous mesenchymal stromal cells and c-kit positive cardiac cells, alone or in combination, in patients with ischaemic heart failure: the CCTRN CONCERT-HF trial. Eur J Heart Fail 2021; 23:661-674. [PMID: 33811444 PMCID: PMC8357352 DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.2178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Revised: 03/19/2021] [Accepted: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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AIMS CONCERT-HF is an NHLBI-sponsored, double-blind, placebo-controlled, Phase II trial designed to determine whether treatment with autologous bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) and c-kit positive cardiac cells (CPCs), given alone or in combination, is feasible, safe, and beneficial in patients with heart failure (HF) caused by ischaemic cardiomyopathy. METHODS AND RESULTS Patients were randomized (1:1:1:1) to transendocardial injection of MSCs combined with CPCs, MSCs alone, CPCs alone, or placebo, and followed for 12 months. Seven centres enrolled 125 participants with left ventricular ejection fraction of 28.6 ± 6.1% and scar size 19.4 ± 5.8%, in New York Heart Association class II or III. The proportion of major adverse cardiac events (MACE) was significantly decreased by CPCs alone (-22% vs. placebo, P = 0.043). Quality of life (Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire score) was significantly improved by MSCs alone (P = 0.050) and MSCs + CPCs (P = 0.023) vs. placebo. Left ventricular ejection fraction, left ventricular volumes, scar size, 6-min walking distance, and peak oxygen consumption did not differ significantly among groups. CONCLUSIONS This is the first multicentre trial assessing CPCs and a combination of two cell types from different tissues in HF patients. The results show that treatment is safe and feasible. Even with maximal guideline-directed therapy, both CPCs and MSCs were associated with improved clinical outcomes (MACE and quality of life, respectively) in ischaemic HF without affecting left ventricular function or structure, suggesting possible systemic or paracrine cellular mechanisms. Combining MSCs with CPCs was associated with improvement in both these outcomes. These results suggest potential important beneficial effects of CPCs and MSCs and support further investigation in HF patients.
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- Roberto Bolli
- University of Louisville, School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA
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- University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Texas Heart Institute, CHI St. Luke’s Health Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Texas Heart Institute, CHI St. Luke’s Health Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, and University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- The Carl and Edyth Lindner Center for Research and Education, The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- University of Louisville, School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University, Cardiovascular Imaging, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute, Miami, FL, USA
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- University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute, Miami, FL, USA
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- University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute, Miami, FL, USA
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- University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute, Miami, FL, USA
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- Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Texas Heart Institute, CHI St. Luke’s Health Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- UTHealth University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA
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- UTHealth University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA
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- UTHealth University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA
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- UTHealth University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA
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- UTHealth University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA
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- UTHealth University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA
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- UTHealth University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA
- UTHealth University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, USA
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- UTHealth University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, USA
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- UTHealth University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA
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- NIH, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- UTHealth University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA
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Hussain A, Sun W, Deswal A, de Lemos JA, McEvoy JW, Hoogeveen RC, Matsushita K, Aguilar D, Bozkurt B, Virani SS, Shah AM, Selvin E, Ndumule C, Ballantyne CM, Nambi V. Association of NT-ProBNP, Blood Pressure, and Cardiovascular Events: The ARIC Study. J Am Coll Cardiol 2021; 77:559-571. [PMID: 33538254 PMCID: PMC7945981 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.11.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2020] [Revised: 11/17/2020] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Although intensive blood pressure reduction has cardiovascular benefits, the absolute benefit is greater in those at higher cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. OBJECTIVES This study examined whether N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) helps identify subjects at higher risk for CVD events across systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), or pulse pressure (PP) categories. METHODS Participants from the ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities) study visit 4 (1996 to 98) were grouped according to SBP, DBP, or PP categories and further stratified by NT-proBNP categories. Cox regression models were used to estimate hazard ratios for incident CVD (coronary heart disease, ischemic stroke, or heart failure hospitalization) and mortality across combined NT-proBNP and/or BP categories, adjusting for CVD risk factors. RESULTS There were 9,309 participants (age: 62.6 ± 5.6 years; 58.3% women) with 2,416 CVD events over a median follow-up of 16.7 years. Within each SBP, DBP, or PP category, a higher category of NT-proBNP (100 to <300 or 300 pg/ml, compared with NT-proBNP <100 pg/ml) was associated with a graded increased risk for CVD events and mortality. Participants with SBP 130 to 139 mm Hg but NT-proBNP ≥300 pg/ml had a hazards ratio of 3.4 for CVD (95% confidence interval: 2.44 to 4.77) compared with a NT-proBNP of <100 pg/ml and SBP of 140 to 149 mm Hg. CONCLUSIONS Elevated NT-proBNP is independently associated with CVD and mortality across SBP, DBP, and PP categories and helps identify subjects at the highest risk. Participants with stage 1 hypertension but elevated NT-proBNP had greater cardiovascular risk compared with those with stage 2 SBP but lower NT-proBNP. Future studies are needed to evaluate use of biomarker-based strategies for CVD risk assessment to assist with initiation or intensification of BP treatment.
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- Aliza Hussain
- Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA. https://twitter.com/AlizaHussainMD
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- Section of Cardiovascular Research, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA; Center for Cardiometabolic Disease Prevention, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Section of Cardiovascular Research, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA; Center for Cardiometabolic Disease Prevention, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences School of Public Health University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA; Section of Cardiology, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA; Section of Cardiovascular Research, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA; Section of Cardiology, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA; Section of Cardiovascular Research, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA; Center for Cardiometabolic Disease Prevention, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA; Section of Cardiovascular Research, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA; Center for Cardiometabolic Disease Prevention, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA; Section of Cardiology, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
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Metcalfe J, Bacchetti P, Esmail A, Reckers A, Aguilar D, Wen A, Huo S, Muyindike WR, Hahn JA, Dheda K, Gandhi M, Gerona R. Diagnostic accuracy of a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry assay in small hair samples for rifampin-resistant tuberculosis drug concentrations in a routine care setting. BMC Infect Dis 2021; 21:99. [PMID: 33482745 PMCID: PMC7821664 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-020-05738-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2019] [Accepted: 12/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Background Treatment monitoring of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) in resource-limited settings is challenging. We developed a multi-analyte assay for eleven anti-TB drugs in small hair samples as an objective metric of drug exposure. Methods Small hair samples were collected from participants at various timepoints during directly observed RR-TB treatment at an inpatient tertiary referral facility in South Africa (DR-TB cohort). We assessed qualitative determination (i.e., detection above limit of detection) of bedaquiline, linezolid, clofazimine, pretomanid, levofloxacin, moxifloxacin, pyrazinamide, isoniazid, ethambutol, ethionamide, and prothionamide in an LC-MS/MS index panel assay against a reference standard of inpatient treatment records. Because treatment regimens prior to hospitalization were not available, we also analyzed specificity (for all drugs except isoniazid) using an external cohort of HIV-positive patients treated for latent TB infection with daily isoniazid (HIV/LTBI cohort) in Uganda. Results Among the 57 DR-TB patients (58% with pre-XDR/XDR-TB; 70% HIV-positive) contributing analyzable hair samples, the sensitivity of the investigational assay was 94% or higher for all drugs except ethionamide (58.5, 95% confidence interval [CI], 40.7–99.9). Assay specificity was low across all tested analytes within the DR-TB cohort; conversely, assay specificity was 100% for all drugs in the HIV/LTBI cohort. Conclusions Hair drug concentrations reflect long-term exposure, and multiple successive regimens commonly employed in DR-TB treatment may result in apparent false-positive qualitative and falsely elevated quantitative hair drug levels when prior treatment histories within the hair growth window are not known.
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- John Metcalfe
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, University of California, San Francisco, 1001 Potrero Avenue, Rm 5K1, San Francisco, CA, 94110-0111, USA.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Maternal-Fetal Medicine Division, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Maternal-Fetal Medicine Division, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Maternal-Fetal Medicine Division, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, University of California, San Francisco, 1001 Potrero Avenue, Rm 5K1, San Francisco, CA, 94110-0111, USA
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- Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine, Department of Medicine, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine, Department of Medicine, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Maternal-Fetal Medicine Division, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Wijkman MO, Claggett B, Diaz R, Gerstein HC, Køber L, Lewis E, Maggioni AP, Wolsk E, Aguilar D, Bentley-Lewis R, McMurray JJ, Probstfield J, Riddle M, Tardif JC, Solomon SD, Pfeffer MA. Blood pressure and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes and a recent coronary event in the ELIXA trial. Cardiovasc Diabetol 2020; 19:175. [PMID: 33046070 PMCID: PMC7552471 DOI: 10.1186/s12933-020-01150-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Accepted: 10/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The relationship between blood pressure and mortality in type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is controversial, with concern for increased risk associated with excessively lowered blood pressure. METHODS We evaluated whether prior cardiovascular disease (CVD) altered the relationship between baseline blood pressure and all-cause mortality in 5852 patients with T2DM and a recent acute coronary syndrome (ACS) who participated in the ELIXA (Evaluation of Lixisenatide in Acute Coronary Syndrome) trial. Risk of death was assessed in Cox models adjusted for age, sex, race, heart rate, BMI, smoking, diabetes duration, insulin use, HbA1c, eGFR, brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), urine albumin/creatinine ratio, treatment allocation and prior coronary revascularization. RESULTS Although overall there was no significant association between systolic blood pressure (SBP) and mortality (hazard ratio per 10 mmHg lower SBP 1.05 (95% CI 0.99-1.12) P = 0.10), lower SBP was significantly associated with higher risk of death (hazard ratio per 10 mmHg lower SBP 1.13 (95% CI 1.04-1.22) P = 0.002) in 2325 patients with additional CVD (index ACS+ at least one of the following prior to randomization: myocardial infarction other than the index ACS, stroke or heart failure). In 3527 patients with only the index ACS no significant association was observed (hazard ratio per 10 mmHg lower SBP 0.95 (0.86-1.04) P = 0.26; P for interaction 0.005). CONCLUSIONS The association between blood pressure and mortality was modified by additional CVD history in patients with type 2 diabetes and a recent coronary event. When blood pressures measured after an acute coronary event are used to assess the risk of death in patients with type 2 diabetes, the cardiovascular history needs to be taken into consideration. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov number NCT01147250, first posted June 22, 2010.
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- Magnus O Wijkman
- Cardiovascular Division, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. .,Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden.
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- Cardiovascular Division, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Estudios Clínicos Latinoamérica, Instituto Cardiovascular de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina
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- The Population Health Research Institute and the Department of Medicine, McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Canada
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- Rigshospitalet Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, USA
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- Maria Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care & Research, Cotignola, Italy.,Research Center of the Italian Association of Hospital Cardiologists, Florence, Italy
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- Rigshospitalet Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- McGovern Medical School, University of Texas, Houston, USA
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- British Heart Foundation Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Cardiovascular Division, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Cardiovascular Division, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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Callister A, Aguilar D. Associations Between Sugar Consumption, Body Fat Distribution, and Metabolic Syndrome Markers in College Students. J Acad Nutr Diet 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2020.08.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Callister A, Chan J, Aguilar C, Aguilar D. Effects of Indigenous Diet and Geographical Location on Hemoglobin Levels of Ghanaians. J Acad Nutr Diet 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2020.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Bolli R, Perin EC, Willerson JT, Yang PC, Traverse JH, Henry TD, Pepine CJ, Mitrani RD, Hare JM, Murphy MP, March KL, Ikram S, Lee DP, O’Brien C, Durand JB, Miller K, Lima JA, Ostovaneh MR, Ambale-Venkatesh B, Gee AP, Richman S, Taylor DA, Sayre SL, Bettencourt J, Vojvodic RW, Cohen ML, Simpson LM, Lai D, Aguilar D, Loghin C, Moyé L, Ebert RF, Davis BR, Simari RD. Allogeneic Mesenchymal Cell Therapy in Anthracycline-Induced Cardiomyopathy Heart Failure Patients: The CCTRN SENECA Trial. JACC CardioOncol 2020; 2:581-595. [PMID: 33403362 PMCID: PMC7781291 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccao.2020.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Anthracycline-induced cardiomyopathy (AIC) may be irreversible with a poor prognosis, disproportionately affecting women and young adults. Administration of allogeneic bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (allo-MSCs) is a promising approach to heart failure (HF) treatment. OBJECTIVES SENECA (Stem Cell Injection in Cancer Survivors) was a phase 1 study of allo-MSCs in AIC. METHODS Cancer survivors with chronic AIC (mean age 56.6 years; 68% women; NT-proBNP 1,426 pg/ml; 6 enrolled in an open-label, lead-in phase and 31 subjects randomized 1:1) received 1 × 108 allo-MSCs or vehicle transendocardially. Primary objectives were safety and feasibility. Secondary efficacy measures included cardiac function and structure measured by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR), functional capacity, quality of life (Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire), and biomarkers. RESULTS A total of 97% of subjects underwent successful study product injections; all allo-MSC-assigned subjects received the target dose of cells. Follow-up visits were well-attended (92%) with successful collection of endpoints in 94% at the 1-year visit. Although 58% of subjects had non-CMR compatible devices, CMR endpoints were successfully collected in 84% of subjects imaged at 1 year. No new tumors were reported. There were no significant differences between allo-MSC and vehicle groups with regard to clinical outcomes. Secondary measures included 6-min walk test (p = 0.056) and Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire score (p = 0.048), which tended to favor the allo-MSC group. CONCLUSIONS In this first-in-human study of cell therapy in patients with AIC, transendocardial administration of allo-MSCs appears safe and feasible, and CMR was successfully performed in the majority of the HF patients with devices. This study lays the groundwork for phase 2 trials aimed at assessing efficacy of cell therapy in patients with AIC.
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- Roberto Bolli
- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Louisville, School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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- Division of Cardiology Research, Texas Heart Institute, CHI St. Luke’s Health Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Division of Cardiology Research, Texas Heart Institute, CHI St. Luke’s Health Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Medicine and Cardiovascular Institute, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, and University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- The Carl and Edyth Lindner Center for Research and Education, The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Division of Cardiology, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Louisville, School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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- Department of Medicine and Cardiovascular Institute, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine and Cardiovascular Institute, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Division of Internal Medicine, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Regenerative Medicine Research, Texas Heart Institute, CHI St. Luke's Health Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics & Data Science, UTHealth University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics & Data Science, UTHealth University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics & Data Science, UTHealth University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics & Data Science, UTHealth University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics & Data Science, UTHealth University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics & Data Science, UTHealth University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, UTHealth University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, UTHealth University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics & Data Science, UTHealth University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Basic & Early Translational Research Program, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics & Data Science, UTHealth University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA,Address for correspondence: Dr. Barry R. Davis, UTHealth School of Public Health, 1200 Pressler, W-916, Houston, Texas 77584. @UTexasSPH
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- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
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Yu D, Williams GW, Aguilar D, Yamal JM, Maroufy V, Wang X, Zhang C, Huang Y, Gu Y, Talebi Y, Wu H. Machine learning prediction of the adverse outcome for nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage patients. Ann Clin Transl Neurol 2020; 7:2178-2185. [PMID: 32990362 PMCID: PMC7664270 DOI: 10.1002/acn3.51208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2020] [Revised: 08/13/2020] [Accepted: 09/01/2020] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Objective Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is often devastating with increased early mortality, particularly in those with presumed delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI). The ability to accurately predict survival for SAH patients during the hospital course would provide valuable information for healthcare providers, patients, and families. This study aims to utilize electronic health record (EHR) data and machine learning approaches to predict the adverse outcome for nontraumatic SAH adult patients. Methods The cohort included nontraumatic SAH patients treated with vasopressors for presumed DCI from a large EHR database, the Cerner Health Facts® EMR database (2000–2014). The outcome of interest was the adverse outcome, defined as death in hospital or discharged to hospice. Machine learning‐based models were developed and primarily assessed by area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC). Results A total of 2467 nontraumatic SAH patients (64% female; median age [interquartile range]: 56 [47–66]) who were treated with vasopressors for presumed DCI were included in the study. 934 (38%) patients died or were discharged to hospice. The model achieved an AUC of 0.88 (95% CI, 0.84–0.92) with only the initial 24 h EHR data, and 0.94 (95% CI, 0.92–0.96) after the next 24 h. Interpretation EHR data and machine learning models can accurately predict the risk of the adverse outcome for critically ill nontraumatic SAH patients. It is possible to use EHR data and machine learning techniques to help with clinical decision‐making.
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- Duo Yu
- Department of Biostatistics & Data Science, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Medicine, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, Texas, USA.,Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics & Data Science, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics & Data Science, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics & Data Science, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics & Data Science, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics & Data Science, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics & Data Science, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics & Data Science, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics & Data Science, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, Texas, USA
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Musana JW, Cohen CR, Kuppermann M, Gerona R, Wanyoro A, Aguilar D, Santos N, Temmerman M, Weiss SJ. Association of differential symptoms of stress to hair cortisol and cortisone concentrations among pregnant women in Kenya. Stress 2020; 23:556-566. [PMID: 31747807 DOI: 10.1080/10253890.2019.1696305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Objectives: The purpose of this study was to characterize the stress experienced by pregnant women in Kenya and assess the relationship between perceived stress and stress-related biomarkers of cortisol and cortisone.Background: Kenyan women are exposed to multiple stressors that may result in chronic stress. However, antenatal stress has not been examined and characterized in Kenya; nor has the relationship between pregnant women's self-reported stress and stress biomarkers been established.Methods: One hundred and fifty women were recruited between 22 and 28 weeks gestation. Participants completed the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and a sociodemographic questionnaire. Hair samples were obtained for analysis of cortisol and cortisone. Factor analysis was used to extract unique clusters of stress symptoms from items in the PSS. Regression models were computed to examine relationships of stress to cortisone and cortisol, controlling for obstetric risk.Results: Mean age of the women was 25 years (SD = 5, ±16-41). Their degree of perceived stress and cortisol/cortisone concentrations both indicated moderate levels of stress. There was no association between general perceived stress and either hair cortisol or cortisone. However, factor analysis of the PSS identified three clusters of stress symptoms and one cluster - a woman's negative frame of mind regarding life and inefficacy in handling its problems - was associated with higher levels of cortisone (β= -.231, p = 0.011).Conclusions: Specific stress symptoms may have unique relationships to specific biomarkers and be more useful in assessment than general perceived stress. Assays of both hair cortisol and cortisone might enable a more comprehensive assessment of glucocorticoid activity and better prediction of health risks from stress.Lay summaryUnderstanding stress among rural pregnant Kenyan women may help in addressing risks during pregnancy that lead to adverse birth outcomes. Findings suggest that a woman's tendency to think negatively about life and to doubt her ability to handle life's problems are symptoms of stress that may contribute to higher levels of stress hormones. Assessing women's specific symptoms of stress and different stress hormones during pregnancy may more effectively identify women who need intervention to reduce their health risk.
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- Joseph W Musana
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Department of Community Health Systems, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Ding N, Yang C, Ballew SH, Kalbaugh CA, McEvoy JW, Salameh M, Aguilar D, Hoogeveen RC, Nambi V, Selvin E, Folsom AR, Heiss G, Coresh J, Ballantyne CM, Matsushita K. Fibrosis and Inflammatory Markers and Long-Term Risk of Peripheral Artery Disease: The ARIC Study. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2020; 40:2322-2331. [PMID: 32698688 PMCID: PMC7678951 DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.120.314824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Inflammatory markers, such as hs-CRP (high-sensitivity C-reactive protein), have been reported to be related to peripheral artery disease (PAD). Galectin-3, a biomarker of fibrosis, has been linked to vascular remodeling and atherogenesis. However, its prospective association with incident PAD is unknown; as is the influence of inflammation on the association between galectin-3 and PAD. Approach and Results: In 9851 Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study participants free of PAD at baseline (1996-1998), we quantified the association of galactin-3 and hs-CRP with incident PAD (hospitalizations with PAD diagnosis [International Classification of Diseases-Ninth Revision: 440.2-440.4] or leg revascularization [eg, International Classification of Diseases-Ninth Revision: 38.18]) as well as its severe form, critical limb ischemia (PAD cases with resting pain, ulcer, gangrene, or leg amputation) using Cox models. Over a median follow-up of 17.4 years, there were 316 cases of PAD including 119 critical limb ischemia cases. Log-transformed galectin-3 was associated with incident PAD (adjusted hazard ratio, 1.17 [1.05-1.31] per 1 SD increment) and critical limb ischemia (1.25 [1.05-1.49] per 1 SD increment). The association was slightly attenuated after further adjusting for hs-CRP (1.14 [1.02-1.27] and 1.22 [1.02-1.45], respectively). Log-transformed hs-CRP demonstrated robust associations with PAD and critical limb ischemia even after adjusting for galectin-3 (adjusted hazard ratio per 1 SD increment 1.34 [1.18-1.52] and 1.34 [1.09-1.65], respectively). The addition of galectin-3 and hs-CRP to traditional atherosclerotic predictors (C statistic of the base model 0.843 [0.815-0.871]) improved the risk prediction of PAD (ΔC statistics, 0.011 [0.002-0.020]). CONCLUSIONS Galectin-3 and hs-CRP were independently associated with incident PAD in the general population, supporting the involvement of fibrosis and inflammation in the pathophysiology of PAD.
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- Ning Ding
- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
- National Institute for Prevention and Cardiovascular Health, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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Aranda-Gutierrez A, Ferrigno A, Weitzel J, Moncada-Madrazo M, Gomez-Picos A, Castillo-Orozco A, Magallanes-Garza G, Ortiz-Lopez R, Villarreal-Garza C, Aguilar D. 253P Preliminary report on survival outcomes of BRCA mutation carriers with triple-negative breast cancer. Ann Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.08.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Mahtta D, Ramsey DJ, Al Rifai M, Nasir K, Samad Z, Aguilar D, Jneid H, Ballantyne CM, Petersen LA, Virani SS. Evaluation of Aspirin and Statin Therapy Use and Adherence in Patients With Premature Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease. JAMA Netw Open 2020; 3:e2011051. [PMID: 32816031 PMCID: PMC7441361 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.11051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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IMPORTANCE Studies on the use of and adherence to secondary prevention therapies in patients with premature and extremely premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) are lacking. OBJECTIVE To evaluate and compare aspirin use, any statin use, high-intensity statin use, and statin adherence among patients with premature or extremely premature ASCVD compared with patients with nonpremature ASCVD. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS This multicenter cross-sectional study used the clinical and administrative data sets of the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to identify adult patients with at least 1 primary care visit in the VA health care system between October 1, 2014, and September 30, 2015. The study cohort comprised patients with ASCVD (ischemic heart disease, peripheral arterial disease, or ischemic cerebrovascular disease) who were enrolled in the Veterans With Premature Atherosclerosis (VITAL) registry. Patients with missing data for date of birth or sex and those with limited life expectancy were excluded. Data were analyzed from November 1, 2019, to January 1, 2020. EXPOSURES Premature (the first ASCVD event occurred at age <55 years for men and age <65 years for women) vs nonpremature (the first ASCVD event occurred at age ≥55 years for men or age ≥65 years for women) ASCVD and extremely premature (the first ASCVD event occurred at age <40 years) vs nonpremature ASCVD. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES The primary outcomes were aspirin use, any statin use, high-intensity statin use, and statin adherence (measured by proportion of days covered [PDC] ≥0.8). RESULTS Of the 1 248 158 patients identified, 135 703 (10.9%) had premature ASCVD (mean [SD] age, 49.6 [5.8] years; 116 739 men [86.0%]), 1 112 455 (89.1%) had nonpremature ASCVD (mean [SD] age, 69.6 [8.9] years; 1 104 318 men [99.3%]), and 7716 (0.6%) had extremely premature ASCVD (mean [SD] age, 34.2 [4.3] years; 6576 men [85.2%]). Patients with premature ASCVD vs those with nonpremature ASCVD had lower rates of aspirin use (96 468 [71.1%] vs 860 726 [77.4%]; P < .001) and any statin use (98 908 [72.9%] vs 894 931 [80.5%]; P < .001); had a statin PDC of 0.8 or higher (57 306 [57.9%] vs 644 357 [72.0%]; P < .001); and a higher rate of high-intensity statin use (49 354 [36.4%] vs 332 820 [29.9%]; P < .001). Similarly, patients with extremely premature ASCVD were less likely to use aspirin (odds ratio [OR], 0.27; 95% CI, 0.26-0.29), any statin (OR, 0.25; 95% CI, 0.24-0.27), or high-intensity statin (OR, 0.78; 95% CI, 0.74-0.82) and to be statin adherent (OR, 0.44; 95% CI, 0.41-0.47). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE In this study, patients with premature or extremely premature ASCVD appeared to be less likely to use aspirin or statins and to adhere to statin therapy. This finding warrants further investigation into premature ASCVD and initiatives, including clinician and patient education, to better understand and mitigate the disparities in medication use and adherence.
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- Dhruv Mahtta
- Health Policy, Quality and Informatics Program, Health Services Research and Development, Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas
- Section of Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
- Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Health Policy, Quality and Informatics Program, Health Services Research and Development, Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas
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- Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Medicine, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Health Science Center McGovern Medical School, Houston
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- Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
- Section of Cardiology, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas
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- Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
- Section of Cardiovascular Research, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Health Policy, Quality and Informatics Program, Health Services Research and Development, Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas
- Section of Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Health Policy, Quality and Informatics Program, Health Services Research and Development, Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas
- Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
- Section of Cardiology, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas
- Section of Cardiovascular Research, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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Aguilar D, Sun C, Hoogeveen RC, Nambi V, Selvin E, Matsushita K, Saeed A, McEvoy JW, Shah AM, Solomon SD, Boerwinkle E, Ballantyne CM. Levels and Change in Galectin-3 and Association With Cardiovascular Events: The ARIC Study. J Am Heart Assoc 2020; 9:e015405. [PMID: 32573308 PMCID: PMC7670497 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.119.015405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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Background Circulating galectin‐3 levels provide prognostic information in patients with established heart failure (HF), but the associations between galectin‐3 levels and other incident cardiovascular events in asymptomatic individuals at midlife and when remeasured ≈15 years later are largely uncharacterized. Methods and Results Using multivariable Cox proportional hazards models, we identified associations between plasma galectin‐3 levels (hazard ratio [HR] per 1 SD increase in natural log galectin‐3) and incident coronary heart disease, ischemic stroke, HF hospitalization, and total mortality in ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities) participants free of cardiovascular disease at ARIC visit 4 (1996–1998; n=9247) and at ARIC visit 5 (2011–2013; n=4829). Higher galectin‐3 level at visit 4 (median age 62) was independently associated with incident coronary heart disease (adjusted HR, 1.30; 95% CI, 1.06–1.60), ischemic stroke (HR, 1.42; 95% CI, 1.01–2.00), HF (HR, 1.44; 95% CI, 1.17–1.76), and mortality (HR, 1.56; 95% CI, 1.35–1.80). At visit 5 (median age, 74), higher galectin‐3 level was associated with incident HF (HR, 1.93; 95% CI, 1.15–3.24) and total mortality (HR, 1.70; 95% CI, 1.15–2.52), but not coronary heart disease or stoke. Individuals with the greatest increase in galectin‐3 levels from visit 4 to visit 5 were also at increased risk of incident HF and total mortality. Conclusions In a large, biracial community‐based cohort, galectin‐3 measured at midlife and older age was associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events. An increase in galectin‐3 levels over this period was also associated with increased risk.
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- David Aguilar
- Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences School of Public Health University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston TX
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- Section of Cardiovascular Research Department of Medicine Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX.,Center for Cardiometabolic Disease Prevention Department of Medicine Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX
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- Section of Cardiology Department of Medicine Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX.,Section of Cardiovascular Research Department of Medicine Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX.,Center for Cardiometabolic Disease Prevention Department of Medicine Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX.,Department of Medicine Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center Houston TX
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- Department of Epidemiology Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Baltimore MD
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- Department of Epidemiology Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Baltimore MD
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- Section of Cardiovascular Research Department of Medicine Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX.,Heart and Vascular Institute University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburgh PA
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- Department of Medicine Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Baltimore MD.,National University of Ireland and National Institute for Prevention and Cardiovascular Health Galway Ireland
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Department of Medicine Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston MA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Department of Medicine Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston MA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences School of Public Health University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston TX
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- Section of Cardiology Department of Medicine Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX.,Section of Cardiovascular Research Department of Medicine Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX.,Center for Cardiometabolic Disease Prevention Department of Medicine Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX
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Callister A, Aguilar D. Meeting Sugar Intake Recommendation Is Protective Against Health Parameters Associated With Chronic Disease in College Students. Curr Dev Nutr 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/cdn/nzaa049_010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Objectives
Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) is an accumulation of health factors that increase an individual's chance of chronic diseases and disabling conditions, such as type II diabetes, heart attack, and stroke. Multiple studies have shown a positive association between sugar consumption and aggravation of parameters related to MetS. We analyzed the effects of meeting the acceptable macronutrient range (AMDR) for sugar consumption on MetS parameters among college students. We hypothesized that meeting this recommendation would be associated with positive outcomes for MetS parameters.
Methods
Plasma lipids, glucose, and waist circumference (WC) were measured in 167 Weber State Students (ages 18–65). A two-day diet record was collected and analyzed using diet and wellness plus. Participants were separated into two groups, based on whether or not they met the AMDR of consuming less than 25% of total calories from sugar. Mean comparisons between low sugar (LS) and high sugar (HS) consumers were performed using independent samples t-test.
Results
63% of participants met the sugar AMDR recommendation. LS group participants presented lower WC (75.8 ± 10.5 vs. 75.5 ± 11.5 cm, P = 0.03) and plasma triglycerides (TG) (76.0 ± 47.6 vs. 121.6 ± 99.9 mg/dL, P = 0.001) compared to their HS counterparts. In addition, we observed a positive trend in the high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) (52.7 ± 16.9 vs 47.59 ± 17.14, P = 0.06) levels of the HS group, compared to the LS group.
Conclusions
We observed that the percentage of total calories consumed from sugar is an important modulator of circulating triglycerides and central adiposity. This is in accordance with previous studies, which show that excess fructose consumption exerts adipogenic effects, and can trigger de novo lipogenesis in the liver, resulting in increased triglyceride production and secretion.
Funding Sources
Weber State University Office of Undergraduate Research.
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Reckers A, Wen A, Aguilar D, Bacchetti P, Gandhi M, Metcalfe J, Gerona R. Validated LC-MS/MS Panel for Quantifying 11 Drug-Resistant TB Medications in Small Hair Samples. J Vis Exp 2020. [PMID: 32510502 DOI: 10.3791/60861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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Drug resistant-tuberculosis (DR-TB) is a growing public health threat, and assessment of therapeutic drug levels may have important clinical benefits. Plasma drug levels are the current gold standard assessment, but require phlebotomy and a cold chain, and capture only very recent adherence. Our method uses hair, a matrix that is easily collected and reflective of long-term adherence, to test for 11 anti-TB medications. Previous work by our group shows that antiretroviral drug levels in hair are associated with HIV outcomes. Our method for DR-TB drugs uses 2 mg of hair (3 cm proximal to the root), which is pulverized and extracted in methanol. Samples are analyzed with a single LC-MS/MS method, quantifying 11 drugs in a 16 min run. Lower limits of quantification (LLOQs) for the 11 drugs range from 0.01 ng/mg to 1 ng/mg. Drug presence is confirmed by comparing ratios of two mass spectrometry transitions. Samples are quantified using the area ratio of the drug to the deuterated, 15N-, or 13C-labeled drug isotopologue. We used a calibration curve ranging from 0.001-100 ng/mg. Application of the method to a convenience sample of hair samples collected from DR-TB patients on directly observed therapy (DOT) indicated drug levels in hair within the linear dynamic range of nine of the eleven drugs (isoniazid, pyrazinamide, ethambutol, linezolid, levofloxacin, moxifloxacin, clofazimine, bedaquiline, pretomanid). No patient was on prothionamide, and the measured levels for ethionamide were close to its LLOQ (with further work instead examining the suitability of ethionamide's metabolite for monitoring exposure). In summary, we describe the development of a multi-analyte panel for DR-TB drugs in hair as a technique for therapeutic drug monitoring during drug-resistant TB treatment.
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- Andrew Reckers
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, TB Hair Analysis Laboratory, University of California San Francisco
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, TB Hair Analysis Laboratory, University of California San Francisco
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, TB Hair Analysis Laboratory, University of California San Francisco
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco
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- Department of Medicine, Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine, University of California San Francisco
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California San Francisco
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, TB Hair Analysis Laboratory, University of California San Francisco;
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