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Eight-year change in body mass index and subsequent risk of cardiovascular disease among healthy non-smoking menThomas S Bowman
VA Boston Healthcare System Massachusetts Veterans Affairs Epidemiology, Research, and Information Center MAVERIC, Boston, MA, USA
Prev Med 45:436-41. 2007..To determine how change in BMI over 8 years is associated with risk of subsequent cardiovascular disease (CVD) among middle aged men...- JNC 7 category and risk of cardiovascular death in men: are there differences by age?Thomas S Bowman
Harvard University General Internal Medicine Fellowship Program, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System Massachusetts Veterans Affairs Epidemiology, Research, and Information Center, Boston, MA 02120, USA
Am J Geriatr Cardiol 14:126-31; quiz 132-3. 2005..22). In this large cohort, the JNC 7 categorization of prehypertension was not associated with a significantly increased risk of cardiovascular disease death, and there was no significant effect modification by age... - Effect of age on blood pressure parameters and risk of cardiovascular death in menThomas S Bowman
Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Massachusetts Veterans Affairs Epidemiology, Research, and Information Center, Boston, MA, USA
Am J Hypertens 19:47-52. 2006..We sought to determine which BP parameters are important predictors of CVD death across a wide age range... - Homocysteine and risk of developing hypertension in menT S Bowman
Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Massachusetts Veterans Affairs Epidemiology, Research, and Information Center, Boston, MA, USA
J Hum Hypertens 20:631-4. 2006..63 (95% CI, 0.97-2.74; P for trend=0.13). Higher plasma homocysteine levels at baseline were associated with an increased but non-significant risk of incident hypertension that was minimally affected by multivariable adjustment... - Blood pressure measures and risk of total, ischemic, and hemorrhagic stroke in menT S Bowman
Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System Massachusetts Veterans Affairs Epidemiology, Research and Information Center, Boston, MA 02130, USA
Neurology 67:820-3. 2006..To evaluate which blood pressure measure is the best predictor of risk of total, ischemic, and hemorrhagic stroke... - A prospective study of cigarette smoking and risk of incident hypertension in womenThomas S Bowman
Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Massachusetts Veterans Affairs Epidemiology, Research, and Information Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 50:2085-92. 2007..We undertook this study to prospectively evaluate whether cigarette smoking was associated with an increased risk of developing hypertension... - Physical activity, body mass index, and diabetes risk in men: a prospective studyLydia C Siegel
Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center at the VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Mass, USA
Am J Med 122:1115-21. 2009..We investigated the independent and joint associations between vigorous activity and BMI on diabetes risk in men... - Change in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and incident coronary heart disease in apparently healthy male physiciansCatherine Rahilly-Tierney
Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology and Research Information Center, Office of Research and Development, Department of Veterans Affairs, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Cardiol 102:1663-7. 2008..43 (95% CI 0.23 to 0.83) for subjects with an HDL cholesterol increase >or=12.5 mg/dl. In conclusion, our findings were consistent with an inverse graded relation between 14-year increase in HDL cholesterol and risk of subsequent CHD... - Cholesterol and the risk of ischemic strokeThomas S Bowman
Harvard University General Internal Medicine Fellowship Program, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System Massachusetts Veterans Affairs Epidemiology, Research, and Information Center, Boston, MA 02130, USA
Stroke 34:2930-4. 2003.... - Blood pressure measures and risk of chronic kidney disease in menElke S Schaeffner
Department of Medicine, Charite Campus Virchow, Berlin, Germany
Nephrol Dial Transplant 23:1246-51. 2008..High blood pressure (BP) has been associated with a decrease in kidney function. However, it remains unclear which BP measure best predicts impaired kidney function...