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Obesity and associated coronary heart disease risk factors in a population of low-income African-American and white women: the North Carolina WISEWOMAN projectTracy L Nelson
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Prev Med 35:1-6. 2002..9, 31.0)) than the nonobese (13.0% (95% CI: 9.7, 16.2)). CONCLUSIONS: The differences between and within African-American and white women may be accounted for by the high levels of HDL-C among obese and nonobese African-American women...- Trends in the sensitivity, positive predictive value, false-positive rate, and comparability ratio of hospital discharge diagnosis codes for acute myocardial infarction in four US communities, 1987-2000Wayne D Rosamond
Department of Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology Program, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 137 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
Am J Epidemiol 160:1137-46. 2004.... - Risk factors for ischemic stroke subtypes: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities studyTetsuya Ohira
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S 2nd St, Minneapolis, MN 55454-1015, USA
Stroke 37:2493-8. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: The impact of traditional and nontraditional risk factors other than hypertension on the incidence of ischemic stroke varied according to its subtype... 
Orthostatic hypotension as a risk factor for incident heart failure: the atherosclerosis risk in communities studyChristine D Jones
Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina Preventive Medicine Residency Program, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7240, USA
Hypertension 59:913-8. 2012..This association may be partially mediated through hypertension. Orthostatic measures may enhance risk stratification for future heart failure development...- Neighborhood disparities in incident hospitalized myocardial infarction in four U.S. communities: the ARIC surveillance studyKathryn M Rose
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Ann Epidemiol 19:867-74. 2009..S.) typically includes age, gender, and race, but not socioeconomic status (SES). We examined the association between neighborhood median household income (nINC) and incident hospitalized MI in four U.S. communities (1993-2002)... - Prediction of incident heart failure in general practice: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) StudySunil K Agarwal
Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
Circ Heart Fail 5:422-9. 2012..We examined the external validity of existing HF risk scores, optimized a 10-year HF risk function, and examined the incremental value of several biomarkers, including N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide... - Hemostatic and inflammatory risk factors for intracerebral hemorrhage in a pooled cohortJared D Sturgeon
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S Second St, Minneapolis, MN 55454 1015, USA
Stroke 39:2268-73. 2008..The purpose of this study was to identify novel risk factors for intracerebral hemorrhagic stroke (ICH)... - The metabolic syndrome and 11-year risk of incident cardiovascular disease in the atherosclerosis risk in communities studyAnn Marie McNeill
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 137 E Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC 28514, USA
Diabetes Care 28:385-90. 2005..To assess the magnitude of the association between the National Cholesterol Education Program's Third Adult Treatment Panel Report (ATP III) definition of the metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease (CVD)... - Diabetes and the risk of sudden cardiac death, the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities studyAnna M Kucharska-Newton
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, 137 E Franklin St, Suite 306, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
Acta Diabetol 47:161-8. 2010..Our results suggest that diabetes attenuates gender differences in the risk of fatal cardiac events... - Lung function and ischemic stroke incidence: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities studyAtsushi Hozawa
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454-1015, USA
Chest 130:1642-9. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Among white subjects, participants with impaired lung function have a modestly higher risk of ischemic stroke even if they have never smoked nor had respiratory symptoms... - Hemostasis, inflammation, and fatal and nonfatal coronary heart disease: long-term follow-up of the atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) cohortAnna M Kucharska-Newton
Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 137 E Franklin St, Suite 306, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 29:2182-90. 2009..This study examines the hypothesis that chronic inflammation is associated with a higher risk of cardiac death compared to the risk of nonfatal myocardial infarction... - The sociodemographics of land use planning: relationships to physical activity, accessibility, and equitySemra A Aytur
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Bank of America Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 137 East Franklin Street Suite 306, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
Health Place 14:367-85. 2008..Implications for transdisciplinary collaboration with respect to reducing health disparities are discussed... - Long-term association between self-reported signs and symptoms and heart failure hospitalizations: the Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities (ARIC) StudyChristy L Avery
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Bank of America Center, 137 E Franklin St, Suite 306, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
Eur J Heart Fail 12:232-8. 2010..Although studies of the accuracy of heart failure (HF) classification scoring systems are available, few have examined their performance when restricted to self-reported items... - The potentially modifiable burden of incident heart failure due to obesity: the atherosclerosis risk in communities studyLaura R Loehr
Cardiovascular Diseases Program, Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
Am J Epidemiol 172:781-9. 2010..Investigators studying exposures that are unlikely to be eradicated given current prevention efforts, such as obesity, should consider estimating the GIF to avoid overestimates of population impact... - Airflow obstruction, lung function, and risk of incident heart failure: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) studySunil K Agarwal
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, 137 E Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
Eur J Heart Fail 14:414-22. 2012..We examined the relationship between forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV(1)), airflow obstruction, and incident heart failure (HF) in black and white, middle-aged men and women in four US communities... - Twenty-two-year trends in incidence of myocardial infarction, coronary heart disease mortality, and case fatality in 4 US communities, 1987-2008Wayne D Rosamond
Departments of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
Circulation 125:1848-57. 2012..Knowledge of trends in the incidence of and survival after myocardial infarction (MI) in a community setting is important to understanding trends in coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality rates... - Risk factors for intracerebral hemorrhage in a pooled prospective studyJared D Sturgeon
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454 1015, USA
Stroke 38:2718-25. 2007..We studied risk factors for ICH in a pooled cohort of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (ARIC) and the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS)... 
The Population Burden of Heart Failure Attributable to Modifiable Risk Factors: The ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities) StudyChristy L Avery
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Electronic address
J Am Coll Cardiol 60:1640-6. 2012..The goal of this study was to estimate the population burden of heart failure and the influence of modifiable risk factors...- Metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease in older people: The cardiovascular health studyAnn Marie McNeill
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 54:1317-24. 2006.... - Association of multiple anthropometrics of overweight and obesity with incident heart failure: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities studyLaura R Loehr
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Circ Heart Fail 2:18-24. 2009..The association of central adiposity with incident heart failure (HF) has yet to be studied in a large population-based study... - Prospective study of fibrinolytic markers and venous thromboembolismAaron R Folsom
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454 1015, USA
J Clin Epidemiol 56:598-603. 2003..There was weak evidence for an interaction of PAP with elevated factor VIIIc and elevated D-dimer in augmenting VTE risk. We conclude that, for the most part, these fibrinolytic markers do not identify healthy subjects at risk for VTE... - Heart failure incidence and survival (from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study)Laura R Loehr
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Am J Cardiol 101:1016-22. 2008..The greater HF incidence in African-Americans than in Caucasians is largely explained by African-Americans' greater levels of atherosclerotic risk factors... - Classification of heart failure in the atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) study: a comparison of diagnostic criteriaWayne D Rosamond
Departments of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 137 E Franklin St, Suite 203, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
Circ Heart Fail 5:152-9. 2012..We developed a new classification protocol for identifying ADHF in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study and compared it with these other schemes... - Socioeconomic indicators and the risk of acute coronary heart disease events: comparison of population-based data from the United States and FinlandAnna M Kucharska-Newton
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Ann Epidemiol 21:572-9. 2011..We wished to determine whether a gradient of association of low socioeconomic status with incidence of coronary heart disease was present in two population-based cohorts, one from United States and the other from Finland... 
The association of spatial T wave axis deviation with incident coronary events. The ARIC cohortGeorgeta D Vaidean
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
BMC Cardiovasc Disord 5:2. 2005....- Frailty and risk of venous thromboembolism in older adultsAaron R Folsom
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Suite 300, 1300 South Second St, Minneapolis, MN 55454 1015, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 62:79-82. 2007..Recent evidence links frailty to activation of coagulation and inflammatory pathways. We aimed to determine whether frailty in community-dwelling older adults is a risk factor for venous thromboembolism (VTE)... - Statewide survey of 911 communication centers on acute stroke and myocardial infarctionKelly R Evenson
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 11:186-91. 2007..We conducted a statewide survey of communication centers regarding practices, training, and outreach for stroke and myocardial infarction (MI) and explored differences for those that were Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) certified or not... - Serum homocysteine, thermolabile variant of methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR), and venous thromboembolism: Longitudinal Investigation of Thromboembolism Etiology (LITE)Albert W Tsai
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55454, USA
Am J Hematol 72:192-200. 2003..74, 95% CI = 0.56-0.98). Our prospective data showed, at most, a weak relationship between homocysteine and VTE risk, with associations larger among younger participants. MTHFR C677T was not a risk factor for VTE... - Community prevalence of ideal cardiovascular health, by the American Heart Association definition, and relationship with cardiovascular disease incidenceAaron R Folsom
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd Street, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 57:1690-6. 2011..The purpose of this study is to estimate the prevalence of ideal cardiovascular health and its relationship with incident cardiovascular disease (CVD)... - Emergency medical services education, community outreach, and protocols for stroke and chest pain in North CarolinaJane H Brice
Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7594, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 12:366-71. 2008..We sought to describe the amount of education offered, community outreach implemented, and protocols established for stroke and for chest pain among North Carolina EMS agencies and personnel... - The metabolic syndrome and risk of incident colorectal cancerRehana L Ahmed
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454-1015, USA
Cancer 107:28-36. 2006..Evidence is growing that the metabolic syndrome may be a marker for a physiologic milieu of growth that encourages tumor initiation, promotion, and/or progression... - Serum uric acid and risk of ischemic stroke: the ARIC StudyAtsushi Hozawa
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454-1015, USA
Atherosclerosis 187:401-7. 2006..08). CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest that UA is an independent predictor of ischemic stroke among subjects not using diuretics, but that elevated UA itself may not cause ischemic stroke... - Implementing the WISEWOMAN program in local health departments: staff attitudes, beliefs, and perceived barriersStephanie B Jilcott
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 27599, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 13:598-606. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: Our findings provide insight into the organizational challenges of implementing a CVD risk-reduction program for low-income women. We discuss ways in which intervention and training programs can be improved... - HDL-cholesterol and the incidence of lung cancer in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) studyAnna M Kucharska-Newton
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27514, United States Anna
Lung Cancer 61:292-300. 2008..The modest association of low plasma HDL-cholesterol with greater incident lung cancer observed in this study is in agreement with existing case-control studies... - Promoting active community environments through land use and transportation planningSemra A Aytur
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Bank of America Center, 137 East Franklin Street Suite 306, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
Am J Health Promot 21:397-407. 2007..To examine the role of land use and transportation plans as policy instruments for promoting active community environments... - High-density lipoprotein cholesterol and venous thromboembolism in the Longitudinal Investigation of Thromboembolism Etiology (LITE)Alanna M Chamberlain
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Blood 112:2675-80. 2008..In the ARIC study, there was no trend of VTE hazard ratios across quartiles of HDL(2), HDL(3), or apoA-I. Low HDL-c does not appear to be an important VTE risk factor... - Patterns of objectively measured physical activity in the United StatesJesse S Metzger
Departments of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 40:630-8. 2008..We used latent class analysis (LCA) to assess patterns of physical activity among adults, using the 7 d of accelerometer data from the 2003-2004 NHANES... - HDL-cholesterol and incidence of breast cancer in the ARIC cohort studyAnna M Kucharska-Newton
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Ann Epidemiol 18:671-7. 2008..S. communities... - A genetic variant on chromosome 9p21 and incident heart failure in the ARIC studyKazumasa Yamagishi
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454 1015, USA
Eur Heart J 30:1222-8. 2009..We tested the association of chromosome 9p21 polymorphisms with non-coronary atherosclerotic diseases... - Predictors of time from hospital arrival to initial brain-imaging among suspected stroke patients: the North Carolina Collaborative Stroke RegistryKathryn M Rose
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
Stroke 39:3262-7. 2008.... - Neighborhood income, health insurance, and prehospital delay for myocardial infarction: the atherosclerosis risk in communities studyRandi E Foraker
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 137 E Franklin St, Ste 306, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
Arch Intern Med 168:1874-9. 2008..Outcomes following an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) are generally more favorable if prehospital delay time is minimized... - Calling emergency medical services for acute stroke: a study of 9-1-1 tapesWayne D Rosamond
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 9:19-23. 2005..To obtain a better understanding of how stroke events are communicated to 9-1-1 telecommunicators, and how telecommunicators and emergency medical services (EMS) personnel respond to such calls... - Clinical outcomes among stroke patients receiving tissue plasminogen activator therapy beyond the 3-hour time windowEmily C O'Brien
Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill 27514 3526, USA
J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 21:541-6. 2012..The current guidelines stipulate that patients receive t-PA within 3 hours of symptom onset. However, actual practice patterns vary, and little is known about patient outcomes when t-PA is received outside of the recommended time window... - Variant hemoglobin phenotypes may account for differential erythropoiesis-stimulating agent dosing in African-American hemodialysis patientsVimal K Derebail
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, UNC Kidney Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 7155, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
Kidney Int 80:992-9. 2011..Hence, our findings may explain, in part, the difference in ESA dosing between Caucasians and African-Americans with end-stage renal disease but await further study... - Documentation of stroke onset time: challenges and recommendationsWayne D Rosamond
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27514, USA
Am J Prev Med 31:S230-4. 2006 - Reduced kidney function as a risk factor for incident heart failure: the atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) studyAnna Kottgen
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
J Am Soc Nephrol 18:1307-15. 2007..In summary, middle-aged adults with moderately/severely reduced kidney function are at high risk for developing HF... - Hyperinsulinemia, dyslipidemia, and obesity as risk factors for hospitalized gallbladder disease. A prospective studyLori L Boland
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454-1015, USA
Ann Epidemiol 12:131-40. 2002.... - Invited commentary: trends in coronary heart disease mortality-location, location, locationWayne D Rosamond
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
Am J Epidemiol 157:771-3. 2003 - Income, income inequality, and cardiovascular disease mortality: relations among county populations of the United States, 1985 to 1994Mark W Massing
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
South Med J 97:475-84. 2004..This study was undertaken to describe relations among population-level income, income equality, and mortality due to cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease, and stroke... - Influence of retirement on leisure-time physical activity: the atherosclerosis risk in communities studyKelly R Evenson
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
Am J Epidemiol 155:692-9. 2002..In this study, retirement was associated with gains in sport and exercise participation as well as television watching... - Prehospital notification by emergency medical services reduces delays in stroke evaluation: findings from the North Carolina stroke care collaborativeMehul D Patel
Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Stroke 42:2263-8. 2011..This study estimated associations between hospital arrival modes (EMS or private and with or without EMS prenotification) and times for completion and interpretation of initial brain imaging in patients with presumed stroke... - Trends in prehospital delay time and use of emergency medical services for acute myocardial infarction: experience in 4 US communities from 1987-2000Aileen P McGinn
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
Am Heart J 150:392-400. 2005..Delay time for hospitalized AMI changed little in the ARIC communities from 1987 to 2000. New public health strategies should be developed to facilitate rapid access to acute care for AMI... - Occurrence of unrecognized myocardial infarction in subjects aged 45 to 65 years (the ARIC study)Lori L Boland
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454-1015, USA
Am J Cardiol 90:927-31. 2002..The percentage of unrecognized MIs in men and women was similar. The percentage of unrecognized MIs in the ARIC sample between 1987 and 1998 was slightly lower than previous estimates from other populations... - Prevalence of coronary heart disease and carotid arterial thickening in patients with the metabolic syndrome (The ARIC Study)Ann Marie McNeill
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27514, USA
Am J Cardiol 94:1249-54. 2004..0001). Thus, MS was significantly associated with the presence of CHD and carotid intimal medial wall thickness. Identification of patients who have MS may provide opportunities to initiate CHD prevention strategies... - Coagulation factors, inflammation markers, and venous thromboembolism: the longitudinal investigation of thromboembolism etiology (LITE)Albert W Tsai
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Am J Med 113:636-42. 2002..Venous thromboembolism, unlike arterial disease, was not related to inflammatory markers... - Lung function and incident coronary heart disease: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities StudyEmily B Schroeder
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
Am J Epidemiol 158:1171-81. 2003..Similar results were obtained for forced vital capacity. This analysis indicates an association between lung function and incident coronary heart disease that may be stronger in women than in men... - Stroke Mortality, Clinical Presentation and Day of Arrival: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) StudyEmily C O'Brien
Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 3526, USA
Stroke Res Treat 2011:383012. 2011..Weekend arrival was not associated with 28-day all-cause mortality or differences in symptom presentation for strokes in this cohort... - A prospective study of venous thromboembolism in relation to factor V Leiden and related factorsAaron R Folsom
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55454, USA
Blood 99:2720-5. 2002.... - Cardiovascular risk factors and venous thromboembolism incidence: the longitudinal investigation of thromboembolism etiologyAlbert W Tsai
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S Second St, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Arch Intern Med 162:1182-9. 2002..In addition, the findings suggest a hypothesis that avoidance of obesity and diabetes or vigilance in prophylaxis in patients with those conditions may prevent some venous thromboses... - Occupational physical activity in the atherosclerosis risk in communities studyKelly R Evenson
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
Ann Epidemiol 13:351-7. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: This data suggests that studies relying solely on leisure activity may miss important information provided by occupational physical activity... - Effects of a tailored follow-up intervention on health behaviors, beliefs, and attitudesAlissa D Jacobs
Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 13:557-68. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: Mailed computer-tailored health messages and telephone counseling calls favorably modified forward physical activity stage movement but did not appreciably affect any other psychosocial or behavioral outcomes... - Characterization of incident stroke signs and symptoms: findings from the atherosclerosis risk in communities studySaif S Rathore
Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn, USA
Stroke 33:2718-21. 2002..Although minor differences by race, sex, and stroke subtype were observed, data from additional follow-up are required to confirm observed variations... - Baldness and myocardial infarction in men: the atherosclerosis risk in communities studyEyal Shahar
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
Am J Epidemiol 167:676-83. 2008..The results of this study suggest that male pattern baldness is not a surrogate measure of an important risk factor for myocardial infarction or asymptomatic atherosclerosis... - Does the cardiac autonomic response to postural change predict incident coronary heart disease and mortality? The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities StudyMercedes R Carnethon
Stanford Center for Research in Disease Prevention, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Am J Epidemiol 155:48-56. 2002.... - Serum insulin and glucose levels and breast cancer incidence: the atherosclerosis risk in communities studyPamela J Mink
Division of Cancer Prevention and Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Am J Epidemiol 156:349-52. 2002..39, 95% confidence interval: 0.86, 2.23). Circulating insulin levels were not predictive of future breast cancer incidence, but there may be a weak association with type 2 diabetes, perhaps modulated via increased adiposity... - Plasma lipid profile and incident ischemic stroke: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) studyEyal Shahar
Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, 1300 South Second St, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Stroke 34:623-31. 2003..The role of circulating lipids and lipoproteins in the pathogenesis of ischemic stroke remains uncertain despite 3 decades of research. We examined this issue in a large population-based cohort... - Case definitions for acute coronary heart disease in epidemiology and clinical research studies: a statement from the AHA Council on Epidemiology and Prevention; AHA Statistics Committee; World Heart Federation Council on Epidemiology and Prevention; the Russell V Luepker
Circulation 108:2543-9. 2003 - Synergism between smoking and vital exhaustion in the risk of ischemic stroke: evidence from the ARIC studySkai W Schwartz
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Ann Epidemiol 14:416-24. 2004..Vital exhaustion (VE), a state characterized by unusual fatigue, irritability, and feelings of demoralization, is measured by the Maastricht questionnaire (MQ), a 21-item inventory of symptoms... - Physical activity and breast cancer incidence in middle-aged women: a prospective cohort studyAmy J Mertens
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Breast Cancer Res Treat 97:209-14. 2006..31 (95% CI=0.87-1.96) for the sport index and 0.87 (95% CI=0.61-1.24) for the work index. Our findings do not corroborate the majority of previous reports, which implicated physical inactivity as a risk factor for breast cancer... - Lower extremity arterial disease assessed by ankle-brachial index in a middle-aged population of African Americans and whites: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) StudyZhi Jie Zheng
Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341 3717, USA
Am J Prev Med 29:42-9. 2005..Our purpose was to estimate the prevalence of LEAD and its associations with cardiovascular risk factors in a biracial population of men and women aged 45 to 64 years... - Lipoprotein(a) and incident ischemic stroke: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) studyTetsuya Ohira
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Stroke 37:1407-12. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: A high Lp(a) concentration is associated with a higher incidence of ischemic stroke in blacks and white women, but not in white men... - Launching online education for 911 telecommunicators and EMS personnel: experiences from the North Carolina Rapid Response to Stroke ProjectJulie C Lellis
Department of Marketing Communication, Emerson College, Boston, Massachusetts 02116, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 11:298-306. 2007..We describe the development and implementation of the North Carolina Rapid Response to Stroke (NCRRS) project--a community-based online education project developed for 911 telecommunicators and EMS personnel... - Deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in two cohorts: the longitudinal investigation of thromboembolism etiologyMary Cushman
Department of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, USA
Am J Med 117:19-25. 2004..To determine the incidence of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in two cohorts representing regions of the United States... - The association of the ankle-brachial index with incident coronary heart disease: the Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities (ARIC) study, 1987-2001Beth D Weatherley
Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, P, O, Box 17969, Durham, NC 27715, USA
BMC Cardiovasc Disord 7:3. 2007.... - Occupation recorded on certificates of death compared with self-report: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) StudyAurelian Bidulescu
Cardiovascular Research Institute and Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
BMC Public Health 7:229. 2007..Our objective was to assess the agreement of job titles and occupational categories derived from death certificates with that self-reported in mid and later life... - Dietary fiber and prevention of cardiovascular diseaseWayne D Rosamond
J Am Coll Cardiol 39:57-9. 2002 - Diabetes, glucose, insulin, and heart rate variability: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) studyEmily B Schroeder
Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Diabetes Care 28:668-74. 2005..The degree to which pre-diabetic metabolic impairments in insulin and glucose metabolism contribute to decreases in cardiac autonomic function remains to be determined... - Fibrin fragment D-dimer and the risk of future venous thrombosisMary Cushman
Laboratory for Clinical Biochemistry Research and Department of Medicine, University of Vermont, Colchester, VT 05446, USA
Blood 101:1243-8. 2003..D-dimer is strongly and positively related to the occurrence of future venous thrombosis... - Long-term mortality after gastric bypass surgeryTed D Adams
Cardiovascular Genetics Division, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA
N Engl J Med 357:753-61. 2007.... - Greater fish, fruit, and vegetable intakes are related to lower incidence of venous thromboembolism: the Longitudinal Investigation of Thromboembolism EtiologyLyn M Steffen
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, 1300 S Second St, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Circulation 115:188-95. 2007..We tested the hypothesis that foods rich in B vitamins and omega-3 fatty acids are negatively associated and meat intake is positively associated with incidence of VTE... - The association of alpha-fibrinogen Thr312Ala polymorphism and venous thromboembolism in the LITE studyLaura J Rasmussen-Torvik
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, 1300 S Second St Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Thromb Res 121:1-7. 2007..However, the effect of this common variant on risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) is unclear. This paper reports the association between the Thr312Ala variant and VTE in the LITE study...