Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2018 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association
CirculationPublished 31 January 2018
Emelia J. Benjamin, Salim S. Virani, Clifton W. Callaway, Alanna M. Chamberlain, Alex R. Chang, Susan Cheng
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The Statistical Update represents the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease, stroke, and the cardiovascular risk factors listed in the AHA's My Life Check - Life’s Simple 7, which include core health behaviors and health factors that contribute to cardiovascular health.
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Each chapter listed in the Table of Contents (see next page) is a hyperlink to that chapter. The reader clicks the chapter name to access that chapter. Each chapter listed here is a hyperlink. Click on the chapter name to be taken to that chapter. Each year, the American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and other government agencies, brings together in a single document the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease, stroke, and the cardiovascular risk factors listed in the AHA’s My Life Check - Life’s Simple 7 (Figure1), which include core health behaviors (smoking, physical activity, diet, and weight) and health factors (cholesterol, blood pressure [BP], and glucose control) that contribute to cardiovascular health. The Statistical Update represents …
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American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care MedicineContinuous Positive Airway Pressure Treatment Reduces Mortality in Patients with Ischemic Stroke and Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A 5-Year Follow-up Study
390 Citations2009Miguel Ángel Martínez‐García, Juan José Soler‐Cataluña +6 more
It is suggested that long-term CPAP treatment in moderate to severe OSA and ischemic stroke is associated with a reduction in excess risk of mortality.
CirculationUpdate on Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Light of Recent Evidence
385 Citations2015Caroline S. Fox, Sherita Hill Golden +17 more
A synthesis of the recent literature, new guidelines, and clinical targets, including screening for kidney and subclinical cardiovascular disease for the contemporary management of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus are presented.
CirculationStatus of Cardiovascular Health in US Adults
371 Citations2011Christina M. Shay, Hongyan Ning +6 more
Prevalence of poor CV health factors was lowest in young age but higher at middle and older ages, and prevalence estimates by age and sex were consistent across race/ethnic groups.
JAMA PediatricsPrevalence of and Trends in Dyslipidemia and Blood Pressure Among US Children and Adolescents, 1999-2012
368 Citations2015Brian K. Kit, Elena V. Kuklina +4 more
The prevalence of dyslipidemia modestly decreased between 1999-2000 and 2011-2012, but either high or borderline high BP remained stable, and the reasons for these trends require further study.
American Heart JournalCurrent concepts in the mechanisms and management of drug-induced QT prolongation and torsade de pointes
361 Citations2007Akshay Gupta, Andrew Lawrence +3 more
Drug-induced long QT syndrome is characterized by a prolonged corrected QT interval (QTc) and increased risk of a polymorphic ventricular tachycardia known as torsade de pointes (TdP).
DiabetesCause-Specific Mortality Trends in a Large Population-Based Cohort With Long-Standing Childhood-Onset Type 1 Diabetes
360 Citations2010Aaron M. Secrest, Dorothy J. Becker +3 more
The excess mortality seen in type 1 diabetes is almost entirely related to diabetes and its comorbidities but varies by duration of diabetes and particularly affects women and African Americans.
Journal of the American Dietetic AssociationTrends in Energy Intake among US Children by Eating Location and Food Source, 1977-2006
354 Citations2011Jennifer M. Poti, Barry M. Popkin
Eating location and food source significantly influence daily energy intake for children, including fast food eaten at home and store-prepared food eaten away from home, are fueling the increase in total energy intake.
European Heart JournalGenomic prediction of coronary heart disease
349 Citations2016Gad Abraham, Aki S. Havulinna +13 more
A GRS based on a large number of SNPs substantially improves CHD risk prediction and encodes decades of variation inCHD risk not captured by traditional clinical risk scores.
JAMAEscitalopram and Problem-Solving Therapy for Prevention of Poststroke Depression
348 Citations2008Robert G. Robinson, Ricardo E. Jorge +7 more
In this study of nondepressed patients with recent stroke, the use of escitalopram or problem-solving therapy resulted in a significantly lower incidence of depression over 12 months of treatment compared with placebo, but problem-Solving therapy did not achieve significant results over placebo using the intention-to-treat conservative method of analysis.
The American Journal of Human GeneticsAssociation of Low-Frequency and Rare Coding-Sequence Variants with Blood Lipids and Coronary Heart Disease in 56,000 Whites and Blacks
348 Citations2014Gina M. Peloso, Paul L. Auer +97 more
Although the "Exome Array" was used to genotype >200,000 low-frequency and rare coding sequence variants across the genome in 56,538 individuals, none of these four variants was associated with risk for CHD, suggesting that examples of low- frequencies with robust effects on both lipids and CHD will be limited.
JAMAMaternal and Infant Characteristics Associated With Perinatal Arterial Stroke in the Infant
343 Citations2005Janet Lee
JAMA Internal MedicineEffect of Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity on All-Cause Mortality in Middle-aged and Older Australians
340 Citations2015Klaus Gebel, Ding Ding +4 more
The findings suggest that vigorous activities should be endorsed in clinical and public health activity guidelines to maximize the population benefits of physical activity.
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