Randal J Thomas

..These results support the positive impact of health professional advice on dietary and exercise change in the population. Public health campaigns should be aimed at increasing the provision of such advice...

..The prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) has increased markedly in recent decades, but trends in the mortality burden associated with DM are unclear. Therefore, we analyzed population-based longitudinal data to address this issue...

..To assess the relationship between positional blood pressure change and 8-year incidence of hypertension in a biracial cohort of young adults...

..To assess self-reported dietary intake in the adult population of Olmsted County, Minnesota...

..We aimed to identify the relationship between the absence of CAC and endothelial function in individuals without cardiovascular disease and diabetes...

..An abnormal HR recovery identifies a subset of patients at intermediate risk despite a preserved peak VO(2)...

..We hypothesize that these results are related to the poor diagnostic performance of BMI to detect adiposity, especially in the intermediate BMI ranges...

..Our aim was to determine whether patients with coronary heart disease who are participating in cardiac rehabilitation would have improved outcomes if they lost weight and whether this would depend on initial BMI...

..Our objective was to determine the joint impact of fitness and adiposity measures on all-cause mortality in this subgroup...

..To elicit from individuals in a population their current weight and height, weight goals, and weight control strategies to aid in design of effective interventions to prevent and treat obesity...

..We also discuss obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as a recently identified cardiovascular risk factor, and provide a general overview about its pathophysiology and treatment...

..Adherence to evidence-based medications after myocardial infarction is associated with improved outcomes. However, long-term data on factors affecting medication adherence after myocardial infarction are lacking...

..The aim of this study was to determine the feasibility and efficacy of implementing a screening program for OSA in early outpatient cardiac rehabilitation (CR) and to estimate the risk for OSA in this population...

..Both leptin and CRP are predictors of cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, the interactions between leptin and CRP, and their association with CVD, remain unclear. We therefore studied them in a large, multiethnic population...

..To assess the effect of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) on endothelial function and compare these findings to those in individuals with a similar burden of traditional cardiovascular (CV) risk factors (≥ 3) without MetS...

..The combined relationship of these 3 variables to determine the incremental increase in mortality was compared in groups with and without known cardiovascular disease (CVD)...

..These findings could be explained by the lack of discriminatory power of BMI to differentiate between body fat and lean mass...

..Fewer women participate in CR than men. It is unclear whether women referred to CR enroll at the same rate as men. The purpose of this study was to compare enrollment rates of men and women who were referred to CR...

..To assess impact of exercise education intervention on exercise frequency and attitudes...

..Advanced resources for the diagnosis and treatment of CAD are available in most of the region. However, preventive approaches such as cardiovascular rehabilitation programs (CVRP) may not be widely implemented...

..Although numerous studies have reported that cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is associated with reduced mortality after myocardial infarction, less is known about its association with mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention...

..In conclusion, bariatric surgery predicts long-term decreases in CV risk in obese patients...

..To determine the diagnostic performance of weight loss to identify fat mass loss in cardiac rehabilitation (CR) patients...

..To assess the use and validity of prediction models to estimate the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Latin America and among Hispanic populations in the United States of America...

..There are no published data on the safety of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in patients with aortic stenosis...

..However, patient risk factors and other cardioprotective medication use associated with the use of preoperative lipid-lowering therapy appear to explain the association with improved survival...

..Studies have shown an association between obesity and total mortality among people with and without coronary artery disease. This study reviews outcomes among obese survivors of ventricular fibrillation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest...

..To determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal, neurological, and balance problems in patients enrolled in early outpatient (phase II) cardiac rehabilitation...

..This study was carried out to assess the characteristics and current level of CR program implementation in South America...

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..Use of ezetimibe as a second- or third-line agent to achieve low-density lipoprotein cholesterol treatment goals seems appropriate on the basis of the available evidence...

..The goal of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and clinical benefits of a 3-year disease-management program in the setting of an outpatient CR facility...

..To report program acceptance and progress after 4 years of a heart disease prevention program...

..CONCLUSIONS: Cholesterol monitoring and treatment intervention in patients hospitalized in US rehabilitation units after acute stroke may be inadequate. More research and health care provider education is warranted...