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...funded survey that began in 1985. The aim of the study was to document the frequency of heart disease among young adults, so researchers recruited more than 5,000 volunteers from four cities and tracked them for 20 years, measuring their blood pressure, weight, cholesterol, fasting blood sugar and kidney function. These tests were repeated six times over the two-decade period...
...black adults who developed heart disease early had at least one of four risk factors - high blood pressure, being overweight, chronic kidney disease or low levels of "good" cholesterol (high-density cholesterol, or HDL). Blood pressure and heart risk rose in step: for each 10 mm increase in diastolic blood pressure (the bottom number of the ratio), the risk of having heart failure in their 40s doubled. For each 5.7 increase in body mass index (BMI), a ratio of weight and height, the risk of developing heart failure increased by 40%. And each 13.3 mg/dL drop in HDL levels also...
...largest risk factor for heart failure among this group was chronic kidney disease, a condition that is often triggered by untreated diabetes and obesity. Black adults with chronic kidney disease experienced a stunning 20-fold jump in their risk of heart failure, compared with black adults without kidney disease. "Here we have tangible evidence that heart failure in the young is a real dilemma," says Dr. Clyde Yancy, president-elect of the American Heart Association...
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...snowfall or owning pickup trucks. 6. FM: What have the reactions been like from your colleagues? Your parents?BGE: My colleagues study a mix of subjects. We have people who study subjects that are absolutely sensitive...people who study fraud, people who study crime. My colleague Al Roth studies kidney transfers, including even the general possibility of selling kidneys. So no topic is off limits, and my colleagues have been supportive. Meanwhile, my parents are civil libertarians at heart. They support me in all things, and I’m greatly appreciative of that. 7. FM: You mentioned that...