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Alcohol consumption and plasma concentration of C-reactive proteinMichelle A Albert
Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass 02115, USA
Circulation 107:443-7. 2003..Moderate alcohol intake has been associated with lower cardiovascular mortality. However, data evaluating the relationship between C-reactive protein (CRP), a predictor of cardiovascular risk, and alcohol consumption are sparse...
Race, ethnicity, and the efficacy of rosuvastatin in primary prevention: the Justification for the Use of Statins in Prevention: an Intervention Trial Evaluating Rosuvastatin (JUPITER) trialMichelle A Albert
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Am Heart J 162:106-14.e2. 2011..The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of statin treatment in primary prevention of cardiovascular events in different race/ethnic groups...
Perceptions of race/ethnic discrimination in relation to mortality among Black women: results from the Black Women's Health StudyMichelle A Albert
Cardiovascular Division and Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Brigham and Women s Hospital, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Arch Intern Med 170:896-904. 2010..Because racial discrimination is a form of chronic psychological stress that might unfavorably affect health, we examined whether perceived experiences of racism among black women are associated with mortality...- Candidate genetic variants in the fibrinogen, methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase, and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 genes and plasma levels of fibrinogen, homocysteine, and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 among various race/ethnic groups: data fromMichelle A Albert
Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Donald W Reynolds Center for Cardiovascular Disease Research, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA
Am Heart J 157:777-83.e1. 2009..We examined the relationship between specific polymorphisms in the FGB, homocysteine, and ICAM-1 genes and their respective inflammatory biomarker concentrations at baseline in women from different race/ethnic groups... - Cardiovascular risk indicators and perceived race/ethnic discrimination in the Dallas Heart StudyMichelle A Albert
Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am Heart J 156:1103-9. 2008..Although r/e discrimination is a chronic stressor that might have negative health effects, cardiovascular data related to experiences with discrimination among different r/e groups in the United States remain sparse... - Race/ethnicity and inflammation: is there a link to periodontal disease?Michelle Asha Albert
Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Donald W Reynolds Center for Cardiovascular Disease Research, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Periodontol 79:1121-3. 2008 - Inflammatory biomarkers, race/ethnicity and cardiovascular diseaseMichelle A Albert
Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Division of Cardiovascular and Preventive Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Nutr Rev 65:S234-8. 2007..A range of barriers exist related to ethnic minority subject participation in research studies in the United States. If we are to better understand the racial differences in cardiovascular risk, these barriers must be overcome... - Differential effect of soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 on the progression of atherosclerosis as compared to arterial thrombosis: a prospective analysis of the Women's Health StudyMichelle A Albert
Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Donald W Reynolds Center for Cardiovascular Disease Research, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Atherosclerosis 197:297-302. 2008.... - Biomarkers and heart diseaseMichelle A Albert
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Clin Sleep Med 7:S9-11. 2011..This discussion will review the committee charge, definitions of biomarkers and other endpoints, biomarker evaluation framework, case studies of representative biomarkers, recommendations, and conclusions... - Impact of traditional and novel risk factors on the relationship between socioeconomic status and incident cardiovascular eventsMichelle A Albert
Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Brigham and Women s Hospital, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Circulation 114:2619-26. 2006..Virtually no data are available that examine the prospective association between novel inflammatory and hemostatic CVD risk indicators, socioeconomic status, and incident CVD events... - C-reactive protein as a risk predictor: do race/ethnicity and gender make a difference?Michelle A Albert
Donald W Reynolds Center for Cardiovascular Disease Research, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass 02115, USA
Circulation 114:e67-74. 2006 - The effect of statin therapy on lipoprotein associated phospholipase A2 levelsMichelle A Albert
Donald W Reynolds Center for Cardiovascular Disease Research, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Atherosclerosis 182:193-8. 2005..Moreover, pravastatin induced reduction in Lp-PLA2 was no longer significant after taking the latter into account... - Plasma concentration of C-reactive protein and the calculated Framingham Coronary Heart Disease Risk ScoreMichelle A Albert
Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Division Cardiovascular Diseases, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass 02115, USA
Circulation 108:161-5. 2003..Although C-reactive protein (CRP) predicts vascular risk, few data are available evaluating the relation between CRP and the Framingham Coronary Heart Disease Risk Score (FCRS)... - Perspective on selected issues in cardiovascular disease research with a focus on black AmericansMichelle A Albert
Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass 02115, USA
Circulation 110:e7-12. 2004 - C-reactive protein levels among women of various ethnic groups living in the United States (from the Women's Health Study)Michelle A Albert
Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and the Leducq Center for Cardiovascular Research, Divisions of Cardiovascular Diseases and Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Cardiol 93:1238-42. 2004..Control for all measured modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease did not entirely explain CRP differences. Among these women, the distribution of CRP levels varied significantly between the various race/ethnic groups... - Effect of physical activity on serum C-reactive proteinMichelle A Albert
Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Divisions of Cardiovascular Diseases and Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Am J Cardiol 93:221-5. 2004..This study examines the association between physical activity and C-reactive protein levels, indicating that high levels of strenuous aerobic activity are associated with lower C-reactive protein levels among men... - Early life adversity and inflammation in African Americans and whites in the midlife in the United States surveyNatalie Slopen
Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Psychosom Med 72:694-701. 2010..To determine whether early life adversity (ELA) was predictive of inflammatory markers and to determine the consistency of these associations across racial groups... - Socioeconomic status, blood pressure progression, and incident hypertension in a prospective cohort of female health professionalsDavid Conen
Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Eur Heart J 30:1378-84. 2009..The aim of this study was to examine the association between socioeconomic status, blood pressure (BP) progression, and incident hypertension... - Relation between soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1, homocysteine, and fibrinogen levels and race/ethnicity in women without cardiovascular diseaseMichelle A Albert
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Donald W Reynolds Center for Cardiovascular Disease Research, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Cardiol 99:1246-51. 2007..In conclusion, this cross-sectional analysis shows that baseline fibrinogen, ICAM-1, and homocysteine vary by self-reported race/ethnicity... - Effect of pravastatin on LDL particle concentration as determined by NMR spectroscopy: a substudy of a randomized placebo controlled trialGavin J Blake
Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Eur Heart J 24:1843-7. 2003..We sought to determine the effect of randomization to pravastatin therapy on LDL particle concentration-NMR, among a primary prevention population... - Inflammatory biomarkers in African Americans: a potential link to accelerated atherosclerosisMichelle A Albert
Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and the Donald Reynolds Center for Cardiovascular Research, Divisions of Cardiovascular Diseases and Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Rev Cardiovasc Med 5:S22-7. 2004..Although data regarding inflammatory biomarkers of CVD in various ethnic groups are slowly emerging, the lack of adequate representation of African Americans in clinical cohorts continues to be the limiting factor in data ascertainment...