Mahmoud Zureik

..The objective of this study was to examine the association between bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) to methacholine (which reflects local inflammation in the bronchus) and common carotid intima-media thickness (CCA-IMT)...

..In a population-based study, we report the relationships of serum TIMP-1 with carotid intima-media thickness, carotid plaques and aortic arterial stiffness...

..These results indicate that there are dynamic and continuous processes linking paternal longevity to blood pressure in adults...

..Several epidemiological studies have suggested a U-shaped association between alcohol consumption and cardiovascular risk. However, the modifications of vascular structure associated with alcohol consumption are largely unknown...

..We examined the associations of parental longevity with carotid intima-media thickness, carotid plaques, and aortic arterial stiffness in adult offspring...

..Limited data exist from randomized trials evaluating, noninvasively, the impact of antioxidant supplementation on vascular structure and function...

..The aim of this study was to assess the relationship of tea consumption with common carotid artery intima-media thickness (CCA-IMT) and carotid plaques...

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..Our aim was to determine whether hypertension and coronary vasomotion could be associated with polymorphisms within the ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) gene, located on chromosome X and coding for a key-enzyme of the urea cycle...

..The present study reports the associations of carotid arterial structure assessed by B-mode ultrasound with carotid-femoral pulse-wave velocity in hypertensive and non-hypertensive subjects...

..001). These findings were not affected by adjustment for potential confounders (P=0.002). In conclusion, increases in CRP levels over time were associated with a steeper FEV1 decline...

..Our aim was to test their association with 2 polymorphisms of the apolipoprotein E (apoE) gene, epsilon and -219G/T...

..Therefore, we sought for association between OAZ1 gene polymorphisms and various outcomes involving VSMC proliferation...

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..Despite its high prevalence, epidemiological surveys on the diagnosis and severity of asthma in the elderly are seldom...

..We used the follow-up data from the European Community Respiratory Health Survey to investigate the onset of asthma in patients with allergic and non-allergic rhinitis during an 8.8-year period...

..2; 0.1-0.8) mortality risks. CONCLUSIONS: High serum copper, low serum magnesium, and concomitance of low serum zinc with high serum copper or low serum magnesium contribute to an increased mortality risk in middle-aged men...

..Mothers who had preterm delivery were at an increased risk of IHD [multivariate hazard ratio 2.09 (95% confidence interval 1.07-4.09)]. This association was independent of major cardiovascular risk factors...

..To estimate the number of deaths from valvular insufficiency caused by the use of the fenfluramine-derivative benfluorex during the period 1976-2009 in France...

..The aim of the present longitudinal study was to compare the progression of aortic stiffness over a 6-year period in treated hypertensive subjects and normotensive subjects, and to evaluate the determinants of this progression...

..This suggests that the possible beneficial effects of HRT on atherosclerosis may not go through the endothelial cell damage assessed by plasma thrombomodulin...

..To assess whether the severity of asthma is associated with sensitisation to airborne moulds rather than to other seasonal or perennial allergens...

..Arterial mechanical properties are of growing interest in the understanding of cardiovascular disease development. We aimed to determine the predictive value of carotid wall mechanics on coronary heart disease (CHD) in the Three-City study...

..02). In conclusion, rhinitis is strongly associated with SBP and hypertension in men. Blood pressure should be regularly checked in men with rhinitis...

..Assessment of the joint and interaction effects of plaque morphology and arterial stiffness on the occurrence of cardiovascular events would permit a better identification of high-risk subjects...

..Patients with allergic rhinitis have more frequent bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) in cross-sectional studies...

..010), a surrogate marker of MI. CONCLUSIONS: The ARG1 rs2781666 polymorphism was consistently associated with MI and an increased CCA-IMT. These findings reinforce the hypothesis of a significant role of ARG1 in vascular pathophysiology...

..We have investigated the frequency of the MetS and its association with the carotid artery structure in an elderly free-living population...

..The relationship between physical activity and BHR in men and women aged 28.0-56.5 years randomly selected from 24 centres in 11 countries participating in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey II was investigated...

..We studied the association between carotid ultrasound parameters and measures of gait and balance in subjects 65 to 85 years of age who participated in the baseline phase of the Three-City Study in the Dijon center...

..Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease. However, the contribution of MetS to intermediate cardiovascular endpoints such as structure and function alterations of large arteries is still unclear...

..To study the association between the total plasma homocysteine (tHcy) concentration and the carotid artery intima-medial wall thickness (IMT), pulse wave velocity (PWV) and the presence of arterial plaques in a French population...

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..The objective of this study was to develop and validate a simple prognostic index for 4-year mortality in patients with NSCLC by use of information obtained at the time of lung cancer diagnosis...

..In conclusion, many women affected by lung cancer have never smoked. Adenocarcinoma appears to be the most frequent form and more often at a metastatic stage...