Kristi Reynolds

..Observational studies suggest that heavy alcohol consumption may increase the risk of stroke while moderate consumption may decrease the risk...

..In conclusion, replacing foods high in saturated fat, trans-saturated fat, and cholesterol with soy protein may have a beneficial effect on coronary risk factors...

..The rising global epidemics of overweight and obesity will likely lead to increases in the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome posing a serious burden for clinicians and public health officials...

..8 million cases) among Chinese men are attributable to cigarette smoking. This 2000-2001 study of Chinese men documented an independent and dose-response relation between cigarette smoking and risk of erectile dysfunction...

..Hypertension is a major global-health challenge because of its high prevalence and concomitant risks of cardiovascular disease. We estimated premature deaths attributable to increased blood pressure in China...

..These results document the importance of high BP as a modifiable risk factor for ESRD in China. Strategies to prevent ESRD should incorporate the prevention, treatment, and control of BP...

..To examine the prevalence and risk factors of overweight and obesity in China...

..The relationship between body mass index (BMI) and risk of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in Asians has not been well established...

..Stroke is a leading cause of death and long-term disability in China. The objective of this study was to examine the relation between alcohol consumption and risk for stroke among Chinese men...

..35), respectively (P=.566). No association with mortality was present after further adjustment and when modeling within-visit standard deviation of SBP as a continuous variable. Standard deviation of DBP was not associated with mortality...

..Observational studies suggest that moderate alcohol consumption may lower risk of myocardial infarction (MI) and coronary heart disease (CHD); yet, evidence for this comes almost entirely from Western populations...

..Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major public health burden in Western countries but little is known about its impact in developing countries. We estimated the prevalence and absolute burden of CKD in the general adult population in China...

..We aimed to examine the association between metabolic syndrome and salt sensitivity of blood pressure...

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..In Western populations, waist circumference (WC) is more predictive of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk than is body mass index (BMI). It is unclear whether the same is true in Asian populations...

..To examine factors related to blood pressure (BP) responses to dietary sodium and potassium interventions...

..In the current study, a small percentage of participants with aTRH had low adherence...

..We studied the major causes of death and modifiable risk factors in a nationally representative cohort of 169,871 men and women 40 years of age and older in China...

..We examined the association between BP responses to the CPT and to dietary sodium and potassium interventions...

..Cardiovascular disease has become the leading cause of death in China. We examined the levels of serum total and lipoprotein cholesterol and status of awareness, treatment, and control of hypercholesterolemia in China...

..We aimed to examine the association between common variants in the ENaC genes and salt sensitivity of blood pressure (BP)...

..Results from clinical trials examining the effect of intensive glucose control on cardiovascular disease have been conflicting...

..We estimated the prevalence of cigarette smoking and the extent of environmental tobacco smoke exposure (ETS) in the general population in China...

..In this population-based study of US adults, higher levels of short-term visit-to-visit variability in systolic blood pressure were associated with increased all-cause mortality...

..We sought to evaluate the association of HbA(1c) (A1C) with peripheral arterial disease in a representative sample of the U.S. population with and without diabetes...

..Recent data suggest that current overweight and central adiposity guidelines based on Western populations are not appropriate for Asian populations. The published data among Chinese are insufficient to address this issue...

..These findings indicate that elevated levels of inflammatory markers are positively and independently associated with insulin resistance. Further studies should examine the potential causal effect of inflammation on insulin resistance...

..Observational studies have reported an inverse association between dietary protein intake and blood pressure (BP). We compared the effect of soy protein, milk protein, and carbohydrate supplementation on BP among healthy adults...

..56 billion (1.54-1.58 billion). INTERPRETATION: Hypertension is an important public-health challenge worldwide. Prevention, detection, treatment, and control of this condition should receive high priority...

..To determine which of five measures of adiposity maintains the strongest association with cardiovascular disease risk factors...

..To examine the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the health of individuals with diabetes...

..20 (1.04-1.39), 1.23 (0.94-1.60), and 1.59 (1.08-2.33), respectively (P<.001). Worse adherence was also associated with higher multivariable adjusted hazard ratios for each of the 6 stroke symptoms...

..To compare A1C and fasting glucose for the diagnosis of diabetes among U.S. adults...

..Epidemiologic studies have suggested that folate intake decreases risk of cardiovascular diseases. However, the results of randomized controlled trials on dietary supplementation with folic acid to date have been inconsistent...

..38 to -0.05). Net reductions in blood pressure were not statistically different between daytime and nighttime. These results indicate that CPAP decreases blood pressure among those with OSA and may help prevent hypertension...

..Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk increases beginning at systolic blood pressure levels of 115 mm Hg. Use of antihypertensive medications among patients with a history of CVD or diabetes and without hypertension has been debated...

..To examine the prevalence and the level of awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in different world regions...

..Little information exists on the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in China. We aimed to provide up-to-date estimates of the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and overweight in the general adult population in China...

..We conducted a systematic review of the association between a single item assessing general self-rated health (GSRH) and mortality...

..We therefore evaluated the effects of combination therapy of sulfonylureas and metformin on the risk of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease (CVD) among people with type 2 diabetes...

..The detection, prevention, and treatment of the underlying risk factors of the metabolic syndrome should become an important approach for the reduction of the cardiovascular disease burden in the general population...

..The previously reported urban-rural difference in the prevalence of hypertension was not noted, perhaps due to a rapid increase in the prevalence of hypertension in rural China...

..These results underscore the urgent need to develop national strategies to improve prevention, detection, and treatment of hypertension in China...

..To determine the 8-year incidence of hypertension and its risk factors among Chinese adults...

..The aim of this study was to evaluate trends in BMI and the prevalence of overweight (BMI > or = 25 kg/m(2)) and obesity (BMI > or = 30 kg/m(2)) between 1991 and 1999-2000 among Chinese adults...

..It is urgently needed to improve prevention, detection and treatment for hypertension in adults...

..The effect of underweight and obesity on mortality has not been well characterized in Asian populations...

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..To estimate the prevalence rates of impaired fasting glucose (IFG) and diabetes mellitus (DM) and to evaluate the awareness, treatment, and control of DM in the Chinese adult population...

..To examine the associations between demographic and diabetes management variables and the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of youths with type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM)...

..Few data are available on the use of statins after publication of the National Cholesterol Education Program Third Adult Treatment Panel (ATP-III) guidelines in 2001...