Research summary
The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) reported that coronary-artery calcium measured by computed tomography predicts coronary heart disease events independently of traditional risk factors across white, Black, Hispanic and Chinese American participants, extending earlier findings beyond predominantly white populations [1]. A separate MESA analysis showed that brachial-artery flow-mediated dilation is associated with incident cardiovascular events in adults free of cardiovascular disease, although the predictive value remained modest after adjustment for established risk factors [7]. A pooled prospective analysis of 1.46 million white adults examined Cox regression-based hazard ratios for body-mass index and all-cause mortality, showing an elevated mortality risk at both low and high BMI extremes [2]. Genome-wide association scanning across six independent samples (more than 23,000 participants) from four Caucasian populations identified a 58-kilobase interval on chromosome 9p21, near the CDKN2A and CDKN2B genes, that is consistently associated with coronary heart disease [3]. Within the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) case-cohort study of 10,275 participants (581 incident diabetes cases versus 572 non-cases), low-grade systemic inflammation was associated with the development of type 2 diabetes [4]. In the Iowa Women's Health Study, dietary antioxidant vitamins were assessed in 34,486 postmenopausal women free of cardiovascular disease, examining whether intake of vitamin E, vitamin C and carotenoids modified the risk of coronary heart disease death [5]. An earlier ARIC analysis evaluated the associations of estrogen and combined estrogen-progestin hormone replacement therapy with plasma lipids, hemostatic factors and other cardiovascular risk factors in postmenopausal women [6].
Recent publications
- Coronary Calcium as a Predictor of Coronary Events in Four Racial or Ethnic GroupsDOI
- Body-Mass Index and Mortality among 1.46 Million White AdultsDOI
- Large-scale association analysis identifies 13 new susceptibility loci for coronary artery diseaseDOI
- A Common Allele on Chromosome 9 Associated with Coronary Heart DiseaseDOI
- Low-Grade Systemic Inflammation and the Development of Type 2 DiabetesDOI
- Dietary Antioxidant Vitamins and Death from Coronary Heart Disease in Postmenopausal WomenDOI
- Association of Hormone-Replacement Therapy with Various Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Postmenopausal WomenDOI
- Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Presence or Absence of Plaque Improves Prediction of Coronary Heart Disease RiskDOI
- Predictive Value of Brachial Flow-Mediated Dilation for Incident Cardiovascular Events in a Population-Based StudyDOI
- Deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in two cohorts: the longitudinal investigation of thromboembolism etiologyDOI
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