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Featured Lecture

Genome-Wide Technology Meets Population Research: A Marriage Made in...?

AHA Richard Remington Methodology Lecture Presented by Teri A. Manolio, MD, PhD, Director, Office of Population Genomics, NHGRI. March 14, 2008
 


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The Review of Epidemiologic Research Applications at the National Institutes of Health: Process, Products, and Best Possible Science

Presented by Dr. J. Scott Osborne at the 44th Annual Conference on CVD Epidemiology and Prevention of the AHA, March 3, 2004, San Francisco, CA
 

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Our purpose is to promote interdisciplinary collaboration in learning and research. cvEpi is a collaborative project of the NHLBI trainees, with funding from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI).

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Diet/Nutrition
Usual choline and betaine dietary intake and incident coronary heart disease: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2007 Jul 13;7(1):20. by Bidulescu A, Chambless LE, Siega-Riz AM, Zeisel SH, Heiss G. Read Added on 23-JUL-07

Trends
Coronary heart disease trends in England and Wales from 1984 to 2004: concealed leveling of mortality rates among young adults. Heart. 2007 Jul 19. by O'flaherty ME, Ford ES, Allender S, Scarborough P, Capewell S. Read Added on 23-JUL-07

Stroke
Quality of life 6 months after acute stroke: impact of initial treatment in a stroke unit and general medical wards. Cerebrovasc Dis. 2007;23(5-6):417-23. Epub 2007 Apr 2. by Stavem K, R?nning OM. Read Added on 16-JUL-07

Diet/Nutrition
n-3 Fatty acids, hypertension and risk of cognitive decline among older adults in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. Public Health Nutr. 2007 Jul 12;:1-13 by Beydoun MA, Kaufman JS, Sloane PD, Heiss G, Ibrahim J. Read Added on 16-JUL-07

Stroke
Launching Online Education for 911 Telecommunicators and EMS Personnel: Experiences from the North Carolina Rapid Response to Stroke Project. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2007 Jul-Sep;11(3):298-306. by Lellis JC, Brice JH, Evenson KR, Rosamond WD, Kingdon D, Morris DL. Read Added on 10-JUL-07

Trends
Clustering of Long-term Trends in Metabolic Syndrome Variables from Childhood to Adulthood in Blacks and Whites: The Bogalusa Heart Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2007 Jun 14. by Chen W, Srinivasan SR, Li S, Xu J, Berenson GS. Read Added on 25-JUN-07

Trends
Mortality Trends in Men and Women with Diabetes, 1971-2000. Ann Intern Med. 2007 Jun 18. by Gregg EW, Gu Q, Cheng YJ, Narayan KM, Cowie CC. Read Added on 25-JUN-07

Methods
Evaluating the added predictive ability of a new marker: From area under the ROC curve to reclassification and beyond. Stat Med. 2007 Jun 13; [Epub ahead of print] by Pencina MJ, D' Agostino RB, D' Agostino RB, Vasan RS. Read Added on 18-JUN-07

Kidney Disease
Chronic kidney disease as a global public health problem: Approaches and initiatives - a position statement from Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes. Kidney Int. 2007 Jun 13; [Epub ahead of print] by Levey AS, Atkins R, Coresh J, Cohen EP, Collins AJ, Eckardt KU, Nahas ME, Jaber BL, Jadoul M, Levin A, Powe NR, Rossert J, Wheeler DC, Lameire N, Eknoyan G. Read Added on 18-JUN-07

Physical Activity
Test-Retest Reliability of the Women\'s Health Initiative Physical Activity Questionnaire: 1343: Board #106 May 30 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2007 May;39(5 Suppl):S189. by Meyer AM, Evenson KR, Morimoto LM, Siscovick DS, White E. Read Added on 04-JUN-07

Birth Weight
Association of Birth Weight with Developmental Trends in Blood Pressure from Childhood through Mid-Adulthood: The Bogalusa Heart Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2007 May 24. by Mzayek F, Hassig S, Sherwin R, Hughes J, Chen W, Srinivasan S, Berenson G. Read Added on 28-MAY-07

Physical Activity
Physical Activity and Mortality: Is the Association Explained by Genetic Selection? Am J Epidemiol. 2007 May 10. by Carlsson S, Andersson T, Lichtenstein P, Michaelsson K, Ahlbom A. Read Added on 15-MAY-07

Women\'s Health
Should women be offered cholesterol lowering drugs to prevent cardiovascular disease? No. BMJ. 2007 May 12;334(7601):983. by Kendrick M. Read Added on 15-MAY-07

Women\'s Health
Should women be offered cholesterol lowering drugs to prevent cardiovascular disease? Yes. BMJ. 2007 May 12;334(7601):982. by Grundy SM. Read Added on 15-MAY-07

Genetics
Sex-specific effects of ACE I/D and AGT-M235T on pulse pressure: the HyperGEN Study. Hum Genet. 2007 May 10. by Lynch AI, Arnett DK, Pankow JS, Miller MB, North KE, Eckfeldt JH, Hunt SC, Rao DC, Djousse L. Read Added on 15-MAY-07

Genetics
A Common Allele on Chromosome 9 Associated with Coronary Heart Disease. Science. 2007 May 3. by McPherson R, Pertsemlidis A, Kavaslar N, Stewart A, Roberts R, Cox DR, Hinds DA, Pennacchio LA, Tybjaerg-Hansen A, Folsom AR, Boerwinkle E, Hobbs HH, Cohen JC. Read Added on 07-MAY-07

Physical Activity
Promoting active community environments through land use and transportation planning. Am J Health Promot. 2007 Mar-Apr;21(4 Suppl):397-407. by Aytur SA, Rodriguez DA, Evenson KR, Catellier DJ, Rosamond WD. Read Added on 07-MAY-07

Stroke
Statewide survey of 911 communication centers on acute stroke and myocardial infarction. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2007 Apr-Jun;11(2):186-91. by Evenson KR, Brice JH, Rosamond WD, Lellis JC, Christian JB, Morris DL. Read Added on 01-MAY-07

Air Pollution Epidemiology
Traffic exposure and lung function in adults: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study. Thorax. 2007 Apr 18. by Kan H, Heiss G, Rose KM, Whitsel E, Lurmann F, London SJ. Read Added on 23-APR-07

Risk Factors
Prediction of Coronary Heart Disease Risk using a Genetic Risk Score: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2007 Apr 18. by Morrison AC, Bare LA, Chambless LE, Ellis SG, Malloy M, Kane JP, Pankow JS, Devlin JJ, Willerson JT, Boerwinkle E. Read Added on 23-APR-07

Genetics
The association of alpha-fibrinogen Thr312Ala polymorphism and venous thromboembolism in the LITE study. Thromb Res. 2007 Apr 10. by Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Cushman M, Tsai MY, Zhang Y, Heckbert SR, Rosamond WD, Folsom AR. Read Added on 23-APR-07



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Quiz of the week
Among US adults participants who have high cholesterol concentration (>200 mg/dL) or who report using cholesterol-lowering medications, about how many have their cholesterol checked/are aware of this?
A 95% and 75% respectively
B 70% and 35% respectively
C

50% and 75% respectively

Poll of the month
What do you think of the hypothesis that taking the \"polypill\" will reduce the incidence of CV deaths by 88% in patients over the age of 55 years (irrespective of their level of CV risk factors, and likelihood of CV events)?
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