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Sex-disparities in risk factors and atherosclerosis cardiovascular disease in diabetic patients
Conclusion: Among diabetic people, compared to males, females had a higher comorbid burden but received less optimal treatment, which might partly explain their higher prevalence of composite ASCVD and CHD.PMID:33874831 | DOI:10.1080/00325481.2021.1917930
Source: Postgraduate Medicine - April 20, 2021 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Yue Sun Dong Yan Lijuan Cui Guiping Li Yan Sun Zirui Hao Source Type: research

Factors associated with prognosis after small-vessel occlusion among young and middle-aged patients: a hospital-based follow-up study
CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest that small-vessel occlusions cause the heaviest disease burden in patients aged 45 to 55 years. To reduce stroke recurrence, young and middle-aged patients with small-vessel occlusions should control their fasting plasma glucose levels and manage their weight.PMID:33866924 | DOI:10.1080/00325481.2021.1917250
Source: Postgraduate Medicine - April 19, 2021 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Yalin Guan Changshen Yu Wenchao Zuo Kun Jia Feng Liu Hui Lu Xiaodan Wang Dong Wang Xinping Wang Source Type: research

Sex- related differences in the factors associated with outcomes among patients with strokes of undetermined source: a hospital-based follow-up study.
CONCLUSION: The factors associated with outcomes in SUS differed by sex. For male patients, more severe stroke and hyperlipidemia were associated with poor outcomes in SUS. Risk factors for poor outcomes in female patients were stroke severity, age, and TC level. These findings suggest that taking measures to manage blood lipid levels and severe stroke among patients with SUS are important for both male and female patients and are crucial for reducing the burden of stroke in China. PMID: 33554703 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Postgraduate Medicine - February 10, 2021 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Postgrad Med Source Type: research

Sex-specific cardiac and vascular responses to hypertension in Chinese populations without overt cardiovascular diseases.
CONCLUSION: In conclusion, the current study indicates cardiac and vascular responses to hypertension are greater in women than in men, manifesting as an increased estimated LV filling pressure and arterial elastance in women. PMID: 33032484 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Postgraduate Medicine - October 11, 2020 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Postgrad Med Source Type: research

A nonlinear association between resting heart rate and ischemic stroke among community elderly hypertensive patients.
Conclusions: In Chinese elderly hypertensive patients, elevated resting heart rate was an independent predictor of ischemic stroke, and the optimal resting heart rate was around 70bpm. PMID: 31829063 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Postgraduate Medicine - December 13, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Postgrad Med Source Type: research

The single use of body mass index for the obesity paradox is misleading and should be used in conjunction with other obesity indices.
Authors: Chrysant SG, Chrysant GS Abstract Overweight and obesity in children and adults have significantly risen in the US and worldwide due to biological, environmental, and cultural drivers and account for about 2.1 billion people. In addition, obesity, even metabolically healthy, is a major risk factor for the metabolic syndrome, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, and hypertension, all significant causes of cardiovascular disease (CVD), coronary heart disease (CHD) heart failure (HF) and stroke. However, despite these causative effects, overweight and obesity frequently, confer a protection in patients with estab...
Source: Postgraduate Medicine - January 12, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Postgrad Med Source Type: research

Cardiovascular benefits and safety of non-insulin medications used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Authors: Yandrapalli S, Jolly G, Horblitt A, Sanaani A, Aronow WS Abstract Diabetes mellitus is a growing in exponential proportions. If the current growth trend continues, it may result in every third adult in the United States having diabetes mellitus by 2050, and every 10(th) adult worldwide. Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) confers a 2- to 3-fold increased risk of cardiovascular (CV) events compared with non-diabetic patients, and CV mortality is responsible for around 80% mortality in this population. Patients with T2DM can have other features of insulin resistance-metabolic syndrome like hypertension, lipid ab...
Source: Postgraduate Medicine - July 29, 2017 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Postgrad Med Source Type: research