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Relationship of ankle blood pressures to cardiovascular events in older adultsKim Sutton-Tyrrell
Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, GSPH 505A Parran Hall, 130 DeSoto Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Stroke 39:863-9. 2008..We focus on the extent to which low and high ankle-arm index values as well as noncompressible arteries are associated with mortality and cardiovascular events, including stroke in older adults...
Extent of cardiovascular risk reduction associated with treatment of isolated systolic hypertensionKim Sutton-Tyrrell
Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Arch Intern Med 163:2728-31. 2003..However, nearly 20% of older adults remain at high risk of heart disease and stroke from untreated ISH...
Elevated aortic pulse wave velocity, a marker of arterial stiffness, predicts cardiovascular events in well-functioning older adultsKim Sutton-Tyrrell
Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Circulation 111:3384-90. 2005..The objective of this investigation was to determine whether aPWV is associated with total and cardiovascular (CV) mortality and CV events in a community-dwelling sample of older adults...
Reproductive hormones and obesity: 9 years of observation from the Study of Women's Health Across the NationKim Sutton-Tyrrell
Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
Am J Epidemiol 171:1203-13. 2010....
Sex-hormone-binding globulin and the free androgen index are related to cardiovascular risk factors in multiethnic premenopausal and perimenopausal women enrolled in the Study of Women Across the Nation (SWAN)Kim Sutton-Tyrrell
Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, 127 Parran Hall 130 DeSoto St, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Circulation 111:1242-9. 2005..Recent clinical trials have shifted attention away from estrogens and toward androgens and sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) as potential mediators of increasing cardiovascular (CV) risk in women at midlife...
Cardiovascular risk factors associated with enlarged diameter of the abdominal aortic and iliac arteries in healthy womenAmi S Patel
Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, 127 Parran Hall, 130 DeSoto Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Atherosclerosis 178:311-7. 2005..Women at mid-life should continue to be targeted for weight interventions to reduce their risk for more serious cardiovascular complications...
Racial differences in the association between carotid plaque and aortic and coronary artery calcification among women transitioning through menopauseGenevieve A Woodard
Graduate School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, USA
Menopause 19:157-63. 2012..The purpose of this report was to evaluate racial differences in the relationship between carotid plaque and calcification in the aorta and coronary arteries among women transitioning through menopause...
Obesity is associated with larger arterial diameters in Caucasian and African-American young adultsRachel P Wildman
Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA
Diabetes Care 27:2997-9. 2004
Weight change is associated with change in arterial stiffness among healthy young adultsRachel P Wildman
Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA
Hypertension 45:187-92. 2005..These data greatly underscore the vascular benefit of weight loss. Successful weight loss programs in young adults, particularly blacks, are needed...
Progression of carotid intima-media thickness and plaque in women with systemic lupus erythematosusTrina Thompson
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
Arthritis Rheum 58:835-42. 2008....
Measures of obesity are associated with vascular stiffness in young and older adultsRachel P Wildman
Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Hypertension 42:468-73. 2003..The strength of the association, the early age at which it appears, and the prevalence of obesity among the young warn of substantially increased cardiovascular disease incidence as this cohort ages...
Early signs of cardiovascular disease in youth with obesity and type 2 diabetesNeslihan Gungor
Division of Endocrinology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 3705 Fifth Avenue at DeSoto Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Diabetes Care 28:1219-21. 2005
Subclinical atherosclerosis and estimated glucose disposal rate as predictors of mortality in type 1 diabetesJon C Olson
Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Ann Epidemiol 12:331-7. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: Estimated GDR and ECG ischemia are strong predictors of mortality in type 1 diabetes and may be useful in the identification of those at risk...
Research Grants
- VASCULAR STIFFNESS AND EFFECTS OF DIETARY INTERVENTIONKIM TYRRELL; Fiscal Year: 2002....
- PREVALENCE & PROGRESSION OF SUBCLINICAL ATHEROSCLEROSISKIM TYRRELL; Fiscal Year: 2003....
- Study/Women/Health Across Nation III/Coordinating CenterKIM TYRRELL; Fiscal Year: 2007..With SWAN III, many of the original goals of SWAN will be brought to fruition. We will build upon the rich foundation developed during SWAN I and II and link these data to important menopauserelated and health outcomes in SWAN III. ..
- EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE IN OLDER ADULTSKIM TYRRELL; Fiscal Year: 2001..It is predicted that the results will be directly applicable to the largest growing segment of the U.S. population. ..
- EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE IN OLDER ADULTSKIM TYRRELL; Fiscal Year: 1993..In summary, this proposal will provide a wealth of information on the relationship between carotid disease, systolic hypertension and morbidity and mortality not available from any other source...
- Clinical Trail to Reverse Early Arterial StiffeningKim Sutton Tyrrell; Fiscal Year: 2010..A more thorough understanding of the mechanism linking obesity, sodium consumption and vascular health can be used to formulate targeted therapies for obesity-related vascular damage. ..
