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Lifestyle factors, cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in middle-aged and elderly women: a systematic review and meta-analysis
AbstractCardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, incidence and death increases from around the time of menopause comparing to women in reproductive age. A healthy lifestyle can prevent CVD, but it is unclear which lifestyle factors may help maintain and improve cardiovascular health for women after menopausal transition. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies to evaluate the association between modifiable lifestyle factors (specifically smoking, physical activity, alcohol intake, and obesity), with CVD and mortality in middle-aged and elderly women. Pubmed, Embase, among other da...
Source: European Journal of Epidemiology - March 10, 2018 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

Hypothetical interventions to prevent stroke: an application of the parametric g-formula to a healthy middle-aged population
AbstractThe effects of interventions on multiple lifestyle and metabolic risk factors, initiated in midlife or later in a healthy population, on the long-term risk of first-ever stroke is not known. A particular methodological challenge in observational studies is to estimate the unbiased effect of a time-varying exposure in presence of time-varying confounders, if those confounders are affected by prior exposure. In such cases, the parametric g-formula can be applied to estimate an unbiased effect. We applied the parametric g-formula to estimate the 18-years (1994 –2012) cumulative stroke risk under different scenarios ...
Source: European Journal of Epidemiology - January 2, 2018 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

Gender-Related Differences and Short-Term Outcome of Stroke: Results from a Hospital-Based Registry in Sub-Saharan Africa
Conclusions: Sex differences exist in the clinical profile of stroke but not in the outcome. Knowledge of these differences could help influence stroke prevention, thereby improving stroke burden in Africa.Neuroepidemiology 2017;49:179 –188
Source: Neuroepidemiology - November 30, 2017 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

Surveillance for Certain Health Behaviors and Conditions Among States and Selected Local Areas - Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2013 and 2014.
Abstract PROBLEM: Chronic diseases and conditions (e.g., heart diseases, stroke, arthritis, and diabetes) are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States. These conditions are costly to the U.S. economy, yet they are often preventable or controllable. Behavioral risk factors (e.g., excessive alcohol consumption, tobacco use, poor diet, frequent mental distress, and insufficient sleep) are linked to the leading causes of morbidity and mortality. Adopting positive health behaviors (e.g., staying physically active, quitting tobacco use, obtaining routine physical checkups, and checking blood pr...
Source: MMWR Surveill Summ - September 15, 2017 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Gamble S, Mawokomatanda T, Xu F, Chowdhury PP, Pierannunzi C, Flegel D, Garvin W, Town M Tags: MMWR Surveill Summ Source Type: research

Clinico-epidemiological profile of stroke patients admitted in a tertiary care Hospital of Assam
Conclusion haemorrhagic CVA constitutes a larger percentage of stroke subtypes on this side of the globe effecting poor to lower middle class. Proper strategy to prevent and treat haemorrhagic CVA in this part of the world is the need of the hour.
Source: Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health - September 12, 2017 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

Adherence to the 2015 Dutch dietary guidelines and risk of non-communicable diseases and mortality in the Rotterdam Study
AbstractWe aimed to evaluate the criterion validity of the 2015 food-based Dutch dietary guidelines, which were formulated based on evidence on the relation between diet and major chronic diseases. We studied 9701 participants of the Rotterdam Study, a population-based prospective cohort in individuals aged 45  years and over [median 64.1 years (95%-range 49.0–82.8)]. Dietary intake was assessed at baseline with a food-frequency questionnaire. For all participants, we examined adherence (yes/no) to fourteen items of the guidelines: vegetables (≥200 g/day), fruit (≥200 g/day), whole-grains (≥90  g/day), legumes...
Source: European Journal of Epidemiology - August 19, 2017 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

CDC Grand Rounds: Public Health Strategies to Prevent and Treat Strokes.
Abstract Worldwide, stroke is the second leading cause of death and a leading cause of serious long-term disability. In the United States, nearly 800,000 strokes occur each year; thus stroke is the fifth leading cause of death overall and the fourth leading cause of death among women (1). Major advances in stroke prevention through treatment of known risk factors has led to stroke being considered largely preventable. For example, in the United States, stroke mortality rates have declined 70% over the past 50 years, in large part because of important reductions in hypertension, tobacco smoking, and more recently, ...
Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkl... - May 12, 2017 Category: Epidemiology Authors: George MG, Fischer L, Koroshetz W, Bushnell C, Frankel M, Foltz J, Thorpe PG Tags: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep Source Type: research

Health status of populations living in French overseas territories in 2012, compared with metropolitan France: An analysis of the national health insurance database.
CONCLUSION: This study highlights the utility of administrative database to compare and follow population health status considering healthcare use. Specific Public Health policies are justified for FOT, taking into account the specific context of each FOT, the necessity of prevention initiatives and screening to reduce the frequency of the chronic diseases. PMID: 27238162 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Revue d Epidemiologie et de Sante Publique - May 31, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Tags: Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique Source Type: research

Comparative study of cardiovascular and cancer mortality of Adventists and non-Adventists from Espírito Santo State, in the period from 2003 to 2009
Conclusion: The Adventists' healthier lifestyle in relation to diet, smoking, and alcohol consumption may have influenced their lower mortality rates.
Source: Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia - May 10, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

Lifestyle factors, psychiatric and neurologic comorbidities, and drug use associated with incident seizures among adult patients with depression: a population-based nested case–control study
Abstract To investigate risk factors for incident seizures among adult patients with depression. We conducted a nested case–control analysis in adult patients with newly diagnosed depression, using data from the U.K.-based Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Among cases with incident seizures and matched controls, we estimated odds ratios (ORs) with 95 % confidence intervals (CIs) of potential risk factors for seizures as reported from data of the general population: underweight (body mass index <18.5 kg/m2), smoking, alcoholism, drug abuse, psychiatric or neurologic comorbidities, and concomitant use of d...
Source: European Journal of Epidemiology - May 3, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

Surveillance for Certain Health Behaviors, Chronic Diseases, and Conditions, Access to Health Care, and Use of Preventive Health Services Among States and Selected Local Areas
- Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2012.
This report presents results for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, participating U.S. territories that include the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) and Guam, 187 Metropolitan/Micropolitan Statistical Areas (MMSAs), and 210 counties (n = 475,687 survey respondents) for the year 2012. RESULTS: In 2012, the estimated prevalence of health-risk behaviors, chronic diseases or conditions, access to health care, and use of preventive health services substantially varied by state and territory, MMSA, and county. The following portion of the abstract lists a summary of results by selected BRFSS measures. Each se...
Source: MMWR Surveill Summ - April 30, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Chowdhury PP, Mawokomatanda T, Xu F, Gamble S, Flegel D, Pierannunzi C, Garvin W, Town M Tags: MMWR Surveill Summ Source Type: research

Educational Levels and Risk of Suicide in Japan: The Japan Public Health Center Study (JPHC) Cohort I.
CONCLUSIONS: High educational levels were associated with a reduced risk of suicide for both Japanese men and women. PMID: 27064129 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Epidemiology - April 12, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Tags: J Epidemiol Source Type: research

Shift work and the risk of cardiovascular disease among workers in cocoa processing company, Tema
ObjectiveShift work has been implicated in cardiovascular disease (CVD), a major cause of death globally. The aim of this study was to evaluate the risk of developing CVD in shift work.DesignA cross-sectional study involving secondary analysis of shift and non-shift work from an industry in Ghana.ParticipantsTwo hundred (113 shift and 87 non-shift) consecutive workers who consented were recruited into the study. A structured questionnaire was administered to deduce information on participant’s age, alcohol consumption pattern, smoking habits, history of diabetes, stroke and hypertension. Results: Shift workers were found...
Source: Epidemiologic Perspectives and Innovations - December 18, 2015 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Henry Asare-AnaneAdams Abdul-LatifEmmanuel OforiMubarak Abdul-RahmanSeth Amanquah Source Type: research

Gender and stroke in Brazzaville.
CONCLUSION: Our study suggests that in the Congolese context, gender does not influence significantly most parameters during stroke, but men consume more alcohol and women are exposed to psychosocial stress. PMID: 24387863 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: Revue d Epidemiologie et de Sante Publique - November 19, 2015 Category: Epidemiology Tags: Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique Source Type: research

Diet patterns and risk of sepsis in community-dwelling adults: a cohort study
Conclusion: A Southern pattern of eating was associated with higher risk of sepsis, particularly among black participants. Determining reasons for these findings may help to devise strategies to reduce sepsis risk.
Source: Epidemiologic Perspectives and Innovations - June 13, 2015 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Orlando GutiérrezSuzanne JuddJenifer VoeksApril CarsonMonika SaffordJames ShikanyHenry Wang Source Type: research