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Background: Cardiovascular (CV) disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in COPD 1 . Aortic pulse wave velocity (AoPWV), an independent predictor of CV risk, is elevated in COPD 2 , however, there have been no longitudinal studies of AoPWV in COPD. The Assessment of Risk in Chronic Airways...

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between BMI of male and female students with agility level. This study uses a cross-sectional method; the subject of the study is students of elementary school level second to sixth grade. The conclusion of this study is that there is no significant...

The prevalence of dental caries among primary school children in Medan city is substantially high. The primary objective of this study was to analyze the relationship between the salivary parameters, caries status and nutritional status of the primary school children in Medan city. This cross-sectional...

Introduction: Calcium intake, recommended for osteoporosis prevention, has been associated with cardiovascular (CV) outcomes. We examined the association of dietary calcium intake (dCa) with surrogate CV markers, including carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT), arterial stiffness and hemodynamics in...

Background: Previously regarded as a measure of pressure wave reflection, central augmentation pressure (AP) may be influenced by the pattern of early ventricular ejection. We examined the relationship of AP to first-phase ejection fraction (EF1), a measure of ventricular ejection up to the time of the...

Introduction: Higher aortic stiffness and central blood pressure (BP) are associated with reduced cognitive performance in older adults. Cognitive performance tends to be higher in older women compared with older men, unexplained by differences in years of formal education and/or presence of atherosclerotic...

Objectives: ‘Step counts’ captured by wearable physical activity tracking devices are associated with reductions in cardiovascular disease. However, in individuals on cardioprotective medications the impact of step counts may not be captured by the measurement of traditional cardiometabolic risk factors....

Changing from supine to a seated position creates an orthostatic challenge due to the effects of gravity on the distribution of blood. This redistribution of volume unloads baroreceptors and may evoke sympathetic activation. The sympathetic activation may lead to increases in arterial stiffness, but...

Background: Although acute and chronic resistance exercise is associated with increases in arterial stiffness, the underlying mechanisms are not completely understood. Autonomic nervous system function is associated with arterial stiffness. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis...

Objectives: To investigate the associations of walking (steps/day) with sarcopenic obesity (SO) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in older adults. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 297 older adults aged ≥65 years (mean age 72, ranged 65–95). Walking was assessed using an accelerometer...

Physical activity causes an increase in oxygen consumption, increasing free radicals. As such, cellular conditions occur due to physiological imbalances between antioxidant levels and oxidants (free radicals or reactive oxygen species). The study aimed to explore factors influencing workers’ SOD (superoxide...

Objectives: Vascular aging results from endothelial dysfunction and increased arterial stiffness, a independent determinant of cardiovascular (CV) events, that is amplified by the presence and progression of arterial hypertension (AH). Age related changes in hemodynamic variables1 may predict negative...

Changes in central hemodynamics and arterial stiffness are associated with augmented cardiovascular risks and have been reported in obese adults with metabolic syndrome. It is unclear whether this observation may also be present in young healthy obese adults with normal metabolic profile. Objectives:...

Rationale and Aim: Essential hypertension is characterized by extensive alterations of arterial geometry and mechanical properties: increased stiffness, dilation and wall of large arteries, increased thickness in muscular arteries, small artery remodeling. This study is aimed at exploring function and...

Background: Although Aerobic Exercise (AE) has been recognized for lowering Blood Pressure (BP), little is known about the alterations in aortic BP after exercise (1,2). PURPOSE: To investigate the acute pulse wave reflection responses induced by AE with different volumes in normotensive and hypertensive...

Objective: Overweight and obesity are known risk factors of hypertension in both donors and recipients after kidney donation and transplantation, respectively. We aim to study the correlation between blood pressure (BP) and body mass index (BMI) in donor post-donation and in recipients post-transplantation. Methods:...

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is the top 10 disease with highest patients in Indonesia and the highest prevalence is in East Java Province. Dinoyo Public Health Center was one of the most recipients of patients in 2018 with total of 10,355 Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus patients aged 40-69 years old. The modifiable...

Background: Androgens act directly on the vasculature through your connection to the androgen receptor in the vascular wall, and can promote changes in structural and functional vascular properties. Objective: To evaluate the structural and functional properties of large arteries in TF in prolonged...

Objective: To evaluate the determinants of the peripherial wave reflection measured by the second derivative of the fingertip photoplethysmogram (SDPTG) among known cardiovascular (CV) risk factors in a large treated hypertensive population. Population and Methods: We studied prospectively 316 hypertensive...

Islamic banks are required to comply with sharia principles in conducting their business. One of the principles of sharia is maqashid sharia. Maqashid sharia carries social values such as the value of education, justice, and economic prosperity. Nowadays, apart from pursuing profit, Islamic banks should...

Environment There seems to be a common abnormality of the healing process in several diseases as COPD, liver esteatosis, and arterial stiffening. Objective: To asses the association of frequency between liver esteatosis and aortic stiffness by means of c-f PWV in patients included in a CV prevention...

Low-impact aerobics is gymnastics performed at low intensity or using light beats with feet still attached to the floor without jumping. This study aimed to analyze the effects of low-impact aerobics gymnastics on cholesterol levels and the decrease in the body mass index in elderly people. This study...

This study aims to determine the correlation between Middle Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC), Body Mass Index (BMI), daily calories intake and hemoglobin level among adolescent girls in Benjor Village, Malang Regency, East Java. This study is a cross sectional study conducted in Benjor Village, Tumpang...

Background: Compared to regular active breaks, prolonged uninterrupted sitting amplifies postprandial glucose and insulin in overweight/obese adults with and without type 2 diabetes; and impairs lower limb endothelial function (a predictor of cardiovascular disease) in healthy adults. However, the effects...

Background: The effect of upright posture on the level of augmentation index (AIx) remains controversial [1–3]. Phenotypic differences in AIx responses to upright posture are unknown. Methods: Altogether 323 women and 315 men without cardiovascular disease and medications with direct cardiovascular...

Epidemiological studies suggest several genes from the vitamin D receptor have been implicated in obesity and cardiovascular disease. However, the findings were inconsistent. The aim of this study was to evaluate TaqI polymorphism of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene are associated with anthropometric...

One of the night eating syndromes (NES) characters is night-time overeating. People with NES might have no control over the amount and kind of food. This could lead to excessive energy intake, hence causes overweight and obesity. We wanted to determine the prevalence of NES and association of NES with...

Humans require good physical support to ensure the smooth running of heir activity. Lack of physical activity can lead to weight gain and increase in Body Mass Index (BMI). Increasing weight on the body can affect motor performance, including postural balance and muscle strength. Therefore, BMI can affect...

Elevated ACTH levels have been observed in obese patient with hyperinsulinemia, potentially contributing to hypothyroid-like states through impaired T4-to-T3 conversion. We present the case of an 18-year-old female with a long-standing history of obesity (BMI: 47 kg/m2), hyperphagia, and symptoms consistent...

Background: There are no data on ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) and arterial stiffness parameters in sub-Saharan African children. We performed 24-hour ABPM and pulse wave velocity (PWV) measurements in adolescents living in 2 slums in Nairobi, Kenya. Methods: We selected 1,100 11–17 year...

Body mass index (BMI) is an important variable in child growth. However, there is a lack of evidence that has scientifically examined the effect of child growth to children's motoric development. This study aims to determine the correlation between children's growth by using BMI indicators...

Objective of the study was to assess ventricular-arterial coupling (VAC), parameters of left ventricular (LV) work efficiency and their determinants in patients with arterial hypertension (HTN) and stable heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). Methods: In 93 stable patients with HTN and...

Background: Spontaneous coronary dissection (SCAD) may represent a manifestation of fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD); thus, preclinical lesions might be found in extracoronary vessels with similar size and wall ultrastructure, such as the radial artery. Methods: Two 5′-clips from the left radial artery...

Aim: This case-control study is aimed at identifying radial vascular wall abnormalities in patients with fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD). Methods: High-frequency ultrasound scans of radial arteries were obtained by VevoMD (70 MHz probe, FUJIFILM, VisualSonics). Radial wall showed two echogenic interfaces:...

Background: Prevalence of overweight (OW) and obesity (O) in children and adolescents has been increased in the past three decades. Obese children are prone to develop early cardiovascular (CV) morbidity in their adult life. Impaired arterial stiffness might be detected in this population. The aim of...

Physical activity (PA) is an important factor to do, PA that has a relationship with body mass index (BMI) where BMI is also one of the factors that influence blood pressure (BP). The purpose of this study was to study the relationship between PA and the future with BP in the elderly. This research was...

Background: Women with a history of pre-eclampsia (PE) are at higher risk of cardiovascular disease later in life. We evaluated the cardiovascular health of women who had PE in comparison with women who had normotensive pregnancies. Methods: We assessed heart rate-adjusted augmentation index (AIx SphygmoCor),...

Background: Ischemic stroke from carotid plaque embolism remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). However, the effect of T2DM on early carotid plaque burden and composition is sparsely elucidated. We assessed carotid plaque composition by carotid magnetic...

Background: Pulmonary artery distensibility and pulsatility has been studied in patients with COPD using cardiac MRI (CMRI) (1). However, pulmonary artery pulse wave velocity (PA- PWV) using ‘QA’ method (2) in CMRI has not been studied in this population. We hypothesized that patients with COPD have...

Background: CV risk exponentially increases as the number of damaged organs increases The Systemic Hemodynamic Atherosclerotic Syndrome (SHATS) represents a novel conceptualization of the CV continuum focusing on simultaneous multi-organ alteration. This is the first study operationally defining SHATS...

Background: There is recent evidence from different research groups that accuracy [1] and prognostic value [2,3,4] of systolic aortic pressure significantly depends on the method of calibration. Although these results consistently show superiority of mean pressure calibration (aSBP2) over both, traditional...

Background/aim: ISH is usually considered more prevalent in aged individuals and associated to increased large artery stiffness. This study is aimed at identifying determinants of ISH in adult individuals. Methods: 20 individuals <60 years, referred to the Outpatient Hypertension Unit for high blood...

This study investigated the needs and influencing factors of community nursing service for elderly diabetes patients, and put forward corresponding countermeasures and suggestions to provide scientific basis for the community nursing service mode of elderly diabetes patients. A self-made questionnaire...

The purpose of this study is to determine the direct and indirect effects of the variables that researchers suspect on motor skills. This type of research is a quantitative research that involved 35 students. Data were obtained using questionnaires, calculation of Body Mass Index (BMI), and Scott Motor...

Background: To date no definitive results exist about the relationship of Serum Uric Acid (SUA) and TOD in HT subjects. We sought to determine if such an association exist between SUA and subclinical cardiac, vascular and renal alterations in HT. Methods: We enrolled 632 consecutive outpatients, followed...

Background/Objectives: Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) is a cofactor for nitric oxide synthase (NOS). Oxidative stress, reported in black populations (1), may lead to the oxidation of BH4, the uncoupling of eNOS, decreased NO and increased superoxide levels (2,3). We compared BH4 and markers of oxidative stress...

Background: Hyperuricemia is common in patients with hypertension, diabetes and obesity. Whether it is an independent cardiovascular risk factor (CVRF) or not remains controversial. Purpose: To determine the prognostic value of uricemia in the setting of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Methods: Retrospective...

Background: We tested the association between birthweight and arterial stiffness measured by aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV) and cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) in a birth cohort of 30 year old Jamaicans. Methods: Participants were from the 1986 Jamaica Birth Cohort. Arterial stiffness was measured...

A non-invasive approach for the estimation of mechanical efficiency through the calculation of the ratio between stroke work and HR-pressure product has been recently proposed by de Simone et al. This index, which expresses the amount of blood pumped in a single beat in 1 second by the heart, may be...