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Telmisartan use and risk of dementia in type 2 diabetes patients with hypertension: A population-based cohort study
by Chi-Hung Liu, Pi-Shan Sung, Yan-Rong Li, Wen-Kuan Huang, Tay-Wey Lee, Chin-Chang Huang, Tsong-Hai Lee, Tien-Hsing Chen, Yi-Chia Wei BackgroundAngiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) may have protective effects against dementia occurrence in patients with hypertension (HTN). However, whether telmisartan, an ARB with peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPAR-γ)–modulating effects, has additional benefits compared to other ARBs remains unclear. Methods and findingsBetween 1997 and 2013, 2,166,944 type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients were identified from the National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwa...
Source: PLoS Medicine - July 19, 2021 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Chi-Hung Liu Source Type: research

Association between exercise habits and stroke, heart failure, and mortality in Korean patients with incident atrial fibrillation: A nationwide population-based cohort study
by Hyo-Jeong Ahn, So-Ryoung Lee, Eue-Keun Choi, Kyung-Do Han, Jin-Hyung Jung, Jae-Hyun Lim, Jun-Pil Yun, Soonil Kwon, Seil Oh, Gregory Y. H. Lip BackgroundThere is a paucity of information about cardiovascular outcomes related to exercise habit change after a new diagnosis of atrial fibrillation (AF). We investigated the association between exercise habits after a new AF diagnosis and ischemic stroke, heart failure (HF), and all-cause death. Methods and findingsThis is a nationwide population-based cohort study using data from the Korea National Health Insurance Service. A retrospective analysis was performed for 66,692 pa...
Source: PLoS Medicine - June 8, 2021 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Hyo-Jeong Ahn Source Type: research

Cardiometabolic disease costs associated with suboptimal diet in the United States: A cost analysis based on a microsimulation model
ConclusionsSuboptimal diet of 10 dietary factors accounts for 18.2% of all ischemic heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes costs in the US, highlighting that timely implementation of diet policies could address these health and economic burdens.
Source: PLoS Medicine - December 16, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Thiago Veiga Jardim Source Type: research

Association between temperature variability and daily hospital admissions for cause-specific cardiovascular disease in urban China: A national time-series study
ConclusionsOur findings suggested that short-term temperature variability exposure could increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, which may provide new insights into the health effects of climate change.
Source: PLoS Medicine - January 28, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Yaohua Tian Source Type: research

Association between ambient air pollution and daily hospital admissions for ischemic stroke: A nationwide time-series analysis
We examined the associations between air pollution and daily ischemic stroke admission using a two-stage method. Poisson time-series regression models were firs tly fitted to estimate the effects of air pollution in each city. Random-effects meta-analyses were then conducted to combine the estimates. Meta-regression models were applied to explore potential effect modifiers. More than 2 million hospital admissions for ischemic stroke were identified in 172 c ities in China. In single-pollutant models, increases of 10 μg/m3 in particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter
Source: PLoS Medicine - October 4, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Yaohua Tian Source Type: research

Metabolic syndrome and risk of Parkinson disease: A nationwide cohort study
by Ga Eun Nam, Seon Mee Kim, Kyungdo Han, Nan Hee Kim, Hye Soo Chung, Jin Wook Kim, Byoungduck Han, Sung Jung Cho, Ji Hee Yu, Yong Gyu Park, Kyung Mook Choi BackgroundThe association of metabolic syndrome (MetS) with the development of Parkinson disease (PD) is currently unclear. We sought to determine whether MetS and its components are associated with the risk of incident PD using large-scale cohort data for the whole South Korean population. Methods and findingsHealth checkup data of 17,163,560 individuals aged ≥40 years provided by the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) of South Korea between January 1, 2009, a...
Source: PLoS Medicine - August 21, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Ga Eun Nam Source Type: research