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| Marty S PlayerSummaryAffiliation: Medical University of South Carolina Country: USA Publications
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Anxiety disorders, hypertension, and cardiovascular risk: a reviewMarty S Player
Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Int J Psychiatry Med 41:365-77. 2011..Better recognition of the association of these conditions and the possible roles of each in development of the other should alert primary care providers to be vigilant in monitoring and treating anxiety, hypertension, and CHD...
Antihypertensive prescribing practices: impact of the antihypertensive and lipid-lowering treatment to prevent heart attack trialMarty S Player
Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, 295 Calhoun Street, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 8:860-4. 2006..Prescriptions for thiazides for patients with newly diagnosed hypertension increased after the publication of ALLHAT. Data from large national trials can have a considerable impact on prescribing practices...
Prehypertension and insulin resistance in a nationally representative adult populationMarty S Player
Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 9:424-9. 2007..22-2.30). After stratifying by sex, IR was associated with prehypertension in only men for both IR measures. In conclusion, prehypertension is associated with higher IR in men, which may confer additional cardiovascular disease risk...
Psychosocial factors and progression from prehypertension to hypertension or coronary heart diseaseMarty S Player
Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Ann Fam Med 5:403-11. 2007..This study explored the influence of trait anger and long-term psychological stress on progression to hypertension and incident coronary heart disease (CHD) in persons with prehypertension...
Moderate alcohol intake is associated with decreased risk of insulin resistance among individuals with vitamin D insufficiencyMarty S Player
Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Nutrition 26:100-5. 2010....
Anxiety and unrecognized high blood pressure in U.S. ambulatory care settings: an analysis of the 2005 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care SurveyMarty S Player
Dept of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA
Int J Psychiatry Med 38:91-101. 2008..To determine for U.S. ambulatory visits for anxiety how often high blood pressure is unrecognized and the factors associated with being unrecognized...
An electronic medical record-based intervention to improve quality of care for gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) and atypical presentations of GERDMarty S Player
Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Qual Prim Care 18:223-9. 2010..We aimed to implement and evaluate an intervention to improve diagnosis and treatment for GERD and atypical GERD in primary care...
Ethnic differences in the relationship of prediabetes with the presence of target-organ diseaseM S Player
Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, 295 Calhoun St, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Diabetes Metab 37:403-9. 2011..Ethnic differences in risks related to prediabetes have not been well studied. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between prediabetes and the presence of target-organ disease in terms of ethnic differences...
Importance of a patient's personal health history on assessments of future risk of coronary heart diseaseArch G Mainous
Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, 295 Calhoun Street, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 21:408-13. 2008..We implemented this study to evaluate whether accounting for previous Framingham Risk Scores (FRSs) improves the predictive ability of a current FRS for future CHD in middle-aged adults...
Association of urinary polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and serum C-reactive proteinCharles J Everett
Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, 295 Calhoun Street, MSC 192, Charleston, SC 29425 1920, USA
Environ Res 110:79-82. 2010..Given that inflammation (characterized here by CRP) is an important factor in the development of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease, these results suggest a role for OH-PAHs in the progression of atherosclerosis...
Life stress and atherosclerosis: a pathway through unhealthy lifestyleArch G Mainous
Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston SC 29425, USA
Int J Psychiatry Med 40:147-61. 2010..To examine the relationship between a general measure of chronic life stress and atherosclerosis among middle aged adults without clinical cardiovascular disease via pathways through unhealthy lifestyle characteristics...
The relationship of hepatitis antibodies and elevated liver enzymes with impaired fasting glucose and undiagnosed diabetesArch G Mainous
Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, 295 Calhoun St, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 21:497-503. 2008..The aim of this study was to examine the relationship of hepatitis antibodies and liver enzymes with impaired fasting glucose and undiagnosed diabetes in adults...
Association of polychlorinated biphenyls with hypertension in the 1999-2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination SurveyCharles J Everett
Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, 295 Calhoun Street, MSC 192, Charleston, SC 9425 1920, USA
Environ Res 108:94-7. 2008..What clinicians can do, given the results of this study, is limited unless the appropriate laboratory methods can be made more widely available for testing patients...
The association between hay fever and stroke in a cohort of middle aged and elderly adultsEric M Matheson
Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 21:179-83. 2008..Asthma has been linked to stroke, but it is unknown if hay fever is related to stroke. This study was designed to investigate if there is an association between a reported history of hay fever and stroke during a 4.4-year study period...
Leukocyte telomere length and coronary artery calcificationArch G Mainous
Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, 295 Calhoun St, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Atherosclerosis 210:262-7. 2010..The objective of this study was to examine the association of telomere length with coronary artery calcification in middle aged adults...
Competing impact of excess weight versus cardiorespiratory fitness on cardiovascular riskVanessa A Diaz
Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Am J Cardiol 98:1468-71. 2006..In conclusion, patients who are "fat but fit" require weight-loss interventions to improve their cardiovascular risk profiles. Future interventions should emphasize weight control, even for those with high CRF...
