The Cardiology Advisor

Food Insecurity May Increase Risk for Hypertension

Researchers sought to determine the effect of food insecurity on cardiovascular risk factors, including hypertension and hypercholesterolemia.
AHA/ASA Journals

Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy and Premature Cardiovascular Disease in a Diverse Cohort of Young US Women

Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevalence is rising among younger women in the US. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) are early indicators of cardiovascular risk, yet it remains ...
ascopubs.org

Increasing Power in Phase III Oncology Trials With Multivariable Regression: An Empirical Assessment of 535 Primary End Point Analyses

A previous study demonstrated that power against the (unobserved) true effect for the primary end point (PEP) of most phase III oncology trials is low, suggesting an increased risk of false-negative ...
Thorax

Association between maternal asthma and impaired infant lung function is diminished by inhaled corticosteroid use in pregnancy

Background Infants of asthmatic mothers have reduced lung function in early life for reasons that remain to be defined. The association between inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) use during pregnancy and ...
Medical Dialogues

Risk Score Accurately Predicts Heart Events After Major Amputation: Study

Researchers identified that newly derived risk scores can safely predict the risk of myocardial infarction (MI) and major ...
JSTOR Daily

Forecasting Single Disease Cost of Cataract Based on Multivariable Regression Analysis and Backpropagation Neural Network

Department of Health and Aging Australia. The Review of the AR-DRG Classification System Development Process: Brisbane, QLD, Australia: PricewaterhouseCoopers; 2009. 2. Klein-Hitpass U, ...