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Hall KC, Robinson JC, Karimi M, Sung JH. Effect of Maternal Race, Residential Rurality, and Social Vulnerability on Critical Congenital Heart Defect Risk. Pediatr Cardiol 2024:10.1007/s00246-024-03472-2. [PMID: 38592473 DOI: 10.1007/s00246-024-03472-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 03/07/2024] [Indexed: 04/10/2024]
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The development of a congenital heart defect (CHD) is multifactorial, with many cases having an unknown etiology. This study explored whether maternal race and lived environment were associated with an infant being born with a critical CHD. A cross-sectional, case-control design was conducted utilizing secondary data analysis. The CHD group (N = 199) consisted of infants diagnosed with a critical CHD within the first year of life identified from hospital databases. The non-CHD group (N = 548) was a random sample of infants selected from the state's vital statistics database. The primary outcome was a critical CHD diagnosis. Maternal race, residential rurality, and the Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) were assessed for associations with a critical CHD using bivariate and multilevel regression models. Bivariate findings reported significance among residential rurality (p < 0.001), SVI ranking overall (p = 0.017), and SVI by theme (theme 1 p = 0.004, theme 2 p < 0.001, theme 3 p = 0.007, and theme 4 p = 0.049) when comparing infants with and without a critical CHD diagnosis. Results of multilevel logistic regression analyses further identified living in a rural residential area compared to urban areas (OR = 7.32; p < 0.001) as a predictor for a critical CHD diagnosis. The findings of lived environmental level associations provides information needed for continued investigation as the burden of a critical CHD continues to impact families, suggesting further research efforts are needed to improve health disparities.
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- Katie C Hall
- School of Nursing, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA.
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- School of Nursing, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA
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- School of Nursing, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA
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- School of Nursing, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA
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Yang PS, Kim DH, Jang E, Yu HT, Kim TH, Pak HN, Lee MH, Sung JH, Joung B. Comparative effectiveness of early rhythm control versus rate control for cardiovascular outcomes according to sex in patients with atrial fibrillation. Europace 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/europace/euac053.184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Funding Acknowledgements
Type of funding sources: Public grant(s) – National budget only. Main funding source(s): Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea
Background
Rhythm control is associated with better cardiovascular outcomes than usual care among patients recently diagnosed with atrial fibrillation (AF). However, there are limited data on the outcomes of AF ablation according to sex. The purpose of this study was to evaluate gender differences in the effects of early rhythm control compared to rate control on the primary composite outcome of cardiovascular death, ischaemic stroke, hospitalisation for heart failure (HF), or myocardial infarction.
Methods
We conducted a retrospective population-based cohort study including 22635 patients with AF newly treated with rhythm control (antiarrhythmic drugs or ablation) or rate control in 2011-2015 from the Korean National Health Insurance Service database. Propensity overlap weighting was used.
Results
Among patients with early AF treatment (initiated within 1 year since diagnosis), compared with rate control, rhythm control was associated with a similar lower risk of the primary composite outcome both women (weighted incidence rate per 100 person-years: 8.68 in rhythm control vs. 10.3 in rate control; hazard ratio [HR] 0.79, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.69 to 0.90; P<0.001) and men (weighted incidence rate per 100 person-years: 6.33 in rhythm control vs. 8.32 in rate control; HR 0.77, 95% CI 0.67 to 0.88; P<0.001). However, the effective initiation time for rhythm control therapy was within 6 and 11 months after AF diagnosis in female and male patients, respectively. Moreover, the effective times for other outcomes were different between genders (hospitalization for HF; female within 2 months, male within 9 months/ ischemic stroke; female within 11 months, male immediately).
Conclusions
Early initiation of rhythm control was associated with a lower risk of primary outcome in both genders. However, the effective rhythm control treatment initiation time for primary outcome, stroke and HF-related admission was different in both genders. For rhythm control treatment to be effective, women should start treatment earlier than men.
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- PS Yang
- CHA University, Seongnam, Korea (Republic of)
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- CHA University, Seongnam, Korea (Republic of)
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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Xanthakis V, Sung JH, Samdarshi TE, Hill AN, Musani SK, Sims M, Gharaibeh KA, Liebson PR, Taylor HA, Vasan RS, Fox ER. Erratum. Relations Between Subclinical Disease Markers and Type 2 Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome, and Incident Cardiovascular Disease: The Jackson Heart Study. Diabetes Care 2015;38:1082-1088. Diabetes Care 2021; 44:1455. [PMID: 33958426 PMCID: PMC8247512 DOI: 10.2337/dc21-er06a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Yang PS, Byun JH, Sung JH, Joung B. Early mortality and complications associated with catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: analysis of the entire procedure in Korea from 2007 to 2016. Europace 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/europace/euab116.213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Abstract
Funding Acknowledgements
Type of funding sources: None.
Background
There is limited data regarding the early mortality and adverse outcomes from catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) in Korea. The aim of this study was to examine the early mortality and frequency of adverse outcomes associated with AF catheter ablation from 2006 to 2016 in Korea.
Methods
From 2006 to 2016 in the Korean National Health Insurance Service database, 11,893 individuals underwent catheter ablation for AF. We investigated the frequency of complications and early mortality associated with AF ablation and comorbidities that led to adverse outcomes after AF ablation.
Results
Out of all 11,893 procedures, early mortality occurred in 38 cases (0.32%). Annual trends in AF procedural complications occurring during index admission for AF ablation decreased from 9.25% in 2006 to 6.49% in 2016 (P for trend = 0.004). The early mortality rate after AF ablation had remained unchanged between 2006 and 2016. After adjustment for age, comorbidities, and medication, procedural complications (adjusted odds ratio[aOR]: 16.1; P < 0.001), age (aOR: 1.25; P = 0.024), history of hemorrhagic stroke (aOR: 4.74; P = 0.019), and less experience with AF ablation of the hospital (aOR: 2.85; P = 0.024) were associated with early mortality. Among procedural complications, atrioesophageal fistula (aOR: 199.8; P < 0.001), access site complications (aOR: 6.08; P = 0.005), complete heart block (aOR: 11.3; P = 0.029), pneumothorax (aOR: 62.0; P < 0.001), and procedure related pneumonia (aOR: 39.0; P < 0.001) were associated with early mortality.
Conclusions
Procedural complications, history of hemorrhagic stroke, and less experience with AF ablation of the hospital were predictors of early mortality. Out of all complications, atrioesophageal fistual, procedure related pneumonia, and in-hospital stroke were related to early mortality. Adequate management of complications may contribute to reducing the number of early mortalty rates following AF ablation. Abstract Figure. Trend of early mortality after ablation
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- PS Yang
- CHA University, Seongnam, Korea (Republic of)
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- CHA University, Seongnam, Korea (Republic of)
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- CHA University, Seongnam, Korea (Republic of)
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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Brown L, Sharma M, Leggett S, Sung JH, Bennett RL, Azevedo M. Efficacy testing of the SAVOR (Sisters Adding Fruits and Vegetables for Optimal Results) intervention among African American women: A randomized controlled trial. Health Promot Perspect 2020; 10:270-280. [PMID: 32802764 PMCID: PMC7420176 DOI: 10.34172/hpp.2020.41] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2020] [Accepted: 05/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Background: In the United States, only about 15% of individuals meet daily fruit intake recommendations of 2 cups per day and only 10% meet the vegetable intake recommendations of3 cups per day. African American women are a high-risk group. In this study, a fourth-generation multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior change was used to design and evaluate a SistersAdding Fruits and Vegetables for Optimal Results (SAVOR) intervention for AA women. Methods: The study utilized a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with measurements taken at pretest, posttest (after the three-week intervention) and follow-up (at the end of eight weeks).SAVOR (n=26) was compared to an equivalent knowledge-based intervention (n=28). Process evaluation was done for program fidelity and satisfaction. A validated 38-item self-reported questionnaire was used to measure changes in MTM constructs and past 24-hour consumption of fruits and vegetables. Results: The SAVOR intervention resulted in improvement of mean consumption of fruits and vegetables in the experimental group from pre-test (2.78) to posttest (4.77) to recommended levels at follow-up (5.04) while in the comparison group they remained at around 3 (P<0.0001)Statistically significant changes (P<0.05) were noted for all MTM constructs except for participatory dialogue. Conclusion: The SAVOR intervention was found to be efficacious and established the robustness of MTM. SAVOR can be replicated for future effectiveness trials.
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- LaVonne Brown
- Behavioral & Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Jackson State University, MS, USA
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- Behavioral & Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Jackson State University, MS, USA
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- Behavioral & Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Jackson State University, MS, USA
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- Behavioral & Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Jackson State University, MS, USA
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- Behavioral & Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Jackson State University, MS, USA
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- Behavioral & Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Jackson State University, MS, USA
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Sinha SK, Nicholas SB, Sung JH, Correa A, Rajavashisth TB, Norris KC, Lee JE. hs-CRP Is Associated With Incident Diabetic Nephropathy: Findings From the Jackson Heart Study. Diabetes Care 2019; 42:2083-2089. [PMID: 31511234 PMCID: PMC6804609 DOI: 10.2337/dc18-2563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2018] [Accepted: 08/14/2019] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE African Americans (AA) suffer disproportionately from diabetic nephropathy (DN). C-reactive protein (CRP) has been associated with prevalent DN, but its association with incident DN in AA is unknown. We examined hs-CRP and incident DN in AA. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We conducted a longitudinal analysis of data from exams 1, 2, and 3 in 4,043 eligible Jackson Heart Study (JHS) participants. Participants with DN or without hs-CRP at exam 1 were excluded. Incident DN was defined as urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR) >30 mg/g or self-reported dialysis/transplantation and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) or HbA1c >6.5% by exam 2 or 3 among participants free of DN at exam 1. Kaplan-Meier curves examined DN event-free survival probability by hs-CRP. With Cox proportional hazards regression we estimated hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% CI for DN by hs-CRP tertiles, adjusting for demographics and clinical and laboratory data. RESULTS During 7.8 years of median follow-up time, participants who developed DN had significantly higher baseline hs-CRP, age, fasting glucose, triglycerides, ACR, systolic blood pressure, waist circumference, and duration of DM (P < 0.05). The overall incident rate of DN was 7.9%. The mean time to incident DN was shorter for participants with hs-CRP in the high tertile (>4.24 mg/L) than in the low tertile (<1.46 mg/L); P < 0.001. Participants with high hs-CRP had higher incidence of DN (HR 2.34, 95% CI 1.04-5.24) versus the reference group. CONCLUSIONS Inflammation, as measured by hs-CRP levels, may be associated with incident DN in AA. Further studies are warranted to replicate and elucidate the basis for this association.
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- Satyesh K Sinha
- Department of Internal Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA .,Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS
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- Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA.,Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.,Molecular Biology Unit, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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- Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS
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Kim D, Yang PS, Jang E, Yu HT, Kim TH, Uhm JS, Kim JY, Sung JH, Pak HN, Lee MH, Lip GYH, Joung B. 208Effect of hypertension duration and systolic blood pressure on dementia in patients with atrial fibrillation. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz747.0055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with a higher risk for cognitive impairment and dementia, with or without a history of clinical stroke. There are a paucity of data on the associations of hypertension duration and blood pressure (BP) level with risk of dementia in patients with AF.
Purpose
We examined associations of duration of hypertension and secondly, systolic blood pressure (SBP) levels with incidence of dementia among patients with AF.
Methods
We enrolled a total 196,388 patients aged ≥50 years who were newly diagnosed as AF and undergoing hypertension treatment from the Korean National Health Insurance Service database (2005–2016). Starting from AF diagnosis, participants were followed up until the date of dementia, death, or December 31, 2016. To incorporate the effect of BP level and hypertension duration changes over time on dementia incidence, we constructed time-updated multivariable Cox models in which BP levels and hypertension duration were updated at each participants' regular national health examination visits (at 0–7 years of follow-up). Similarly, age, BP medications, and health-related behaviors were included as time-varying covariates in these models.
Results
During 1,016,744 person-years of follow-up, there were 32,692 dementia events. A cubic spline curve using continuous hypertension duration measures suggested a linear association between increase of hypertension duration and dementia risk. One-year increase of hypertension duration increased the adjusted risk of dementia with a hazard ratio (HR) of 1.17 [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.13–1.22]. In patients with hypertension duration <6 years, SBP of ≥140 mmHg was significantly associated with higher dementia risk, compared to SBP of <130 mmHg (in patients with hypertension duration <3 years: adjusted HR 1.08, 95% CI 1.01–1.16; and in those with 3 ≤ hypertension duration <6 years: adjusted HR 1.13, 95% CI 1.07–1.20), whereas no significant association between SBP and dementia risk in those with hypertension duration ≥6 years.
SBP and dementia in different duration
Conclusion
In patients with AF, the increase of hypertension duration was strongly associated with increased risk of dementia. Uncontrolled SBP was also associated with higher dementia risk. But, this effect of SBP might be attenuated in patients with longer hypertension duration. These findings suggest more emphasis needed on BP control in AF patients with earlier phase of hypertension (duration <6 years).
Acknowledgement/Funding
The Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (NRF-2017R1A2B3003303) and the Korean Ministry of Health & Welfare (HI16C0058, HI15C1200)
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Affiliation(s)
- D Kim
- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- CHA University, Seongnam, Korea (Republic of)
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- CHA University, Seongnam, Korea (Republic of)
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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Kim D, Yang PS, Jang E, Yu HT, Kim TH, Uhm JS, Kim JY, Sung JH, Pak HN, Lee MH, Lip GYH, Joung B. 64Risk of dementia in patients treated with non-vitamin k antagonist oral anticoagulant or warfarin for nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz747.0010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background
Evidence is accumulating that use of oral anticoagulants (OACs) decreases the risk of dementia in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), but it is unclear if there is a difference between non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) and warfarin in protecting against dementia.
Purpose
To compare the risk of dementia between patients taking either NOAC or warfarin using a nationwide cohort data covering the entire Korean population.
Methods
Using the Korean national health insurance service database, 68,984 new OAC users with non-valvular AF aged ≥50 years and no prior diagnosis of dementia were identified during the period of 2013–2016 (39,687 NOAC users and 29,297 warfarin users). Starting from OAC initiation, participants were followed up until the date of dementia, death, or December 31, 2016. We compared the rates of dementia in 1:1 propensity score-matched cohorts of NOAC (n=18,925) and warfarin users (n=18,925).
Results
During the 52,259 person-years of follow-up, there were 2,750 dementia events. Use of NOAC was associated with significant lower risk of dementia [hazard ratio (HR) 0.75, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.69–0.81], compared with warfarin. The risk reduction was prominent for vascular dementia (HR 0.60, 95% CI 0.52–0.71), whereas there was no significant difference in the risk of Alzheimer dementia (HR 0.92, 95% CI 0.83–1.02). Restricting the analyses to patients with no stroke diagnosis prior to OAC initiation (primary prevention) showed no significant difference between NOAC and warfarin in any types of dementia, but in the subgroup with prior stroke (secondary prevention), NOAC significantly reduced the risk of overall (HR 0.70, 95% CI 0.63–0.78) and vascular dementia (HR 0.59, 95% CI 0.49–0.69).
Subgroup analysis according to stroke Hx Patient N Overall dementia Alzheimer dementia Vascular dementia HR (95% CI) P for interaction HR (95% CI) P for interaction HR (95% CI) P for interaction Total 37,850 0.75 (0.69–0.81) 0.92 (0.83–1.02) 0.60 (0.52–0.71) Without prior stroke 24,773 0.90 (0.78–1.05) 0.948 0.98 (0.83–1.15) 0.235 0.85 (0.56–1.28) 0.863 With prior stroke 13,077 0.70 (0.63–0.78) 0.90 (0.79–1.03) 0.59 (0.49–0.69) CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio.
KM curves of dementia incidence
Conclusion
In this propensity-weighted nationwide cohort of non-valvular AF patients, NOAC was associated with reduced risk of dementia, compared with warfarin. This association was the most pronounced for vascular dementia in patients with prior stroke.
Acknowledgement/Funding
The Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (NRF-2017R1A2B3003303) and the Korean Ministry of Health & Welfare (HI16C0058, HI15C1200)
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- D Kim
- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- CHA University, Seongnam, Korea (Republic of)
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- CHA University, Seongnam, Korea (Republic of)
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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Joung B, Yang PS, Sung JH, Jang ES, Yu HT, Kim TH, Pak HN, Lee MH. P345Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation is associated with lower incidence of stroke, major bleeding and death: data from Korean health registries. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz747.0179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background
Compared with antiarrhythmic drug therapy, catheter ablation of AF reduces the number of AF episodes, prolongs the time in sinus rhythm, and improves quality of life. However, it is still unclear if catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) affects the prognosis or merely is a symptomatic treatment. Our objective was to compare long-term outcome regarding stroke, major bleeding and death in AF patients with and without ablation, and in relation to long-term exposure to anticoagulants.
Methods
We identified all 800,084 patients with a diagnosis of AF from 2006 to 2015 in the Korean national health insurance service database. During a 10-year period, 10,979 AF ablations were performed among 9,768 individuals. Propensity scores for the likelihood of AF ablation were obtained by logistic regression. Propensity score (PS) matching was used to construct two cohorts of equal size (n=9,768) with similar characteristics in 16 dimensions.
Results
Patients who had undergone catheter ablation were younger (57.2 vs. 65.6 years, P<0.001) and healthier (mean CHA2DS2-VASc scores 2.5±1.7 vs. 3.6±2.1, P<0.001) than other patients with AF. Mean follow-up was 5.5±3.1 years. After propensity score matching, in the ablated group, 472 patients suffered ischemic stroke/systemic embolism (SE) compared with 1,682 in the matched non-ablated (annual rates 2.92 vs. 1.10%, P<0.001). Major bleeding occurred in 439 and 1,219 patients in ablated and non-ablated (annual rates 2.07 vs. 1.01%, P<0.001). A total of 306 ablated and 1,439 non-ablated patients died (annual rates 2.31 vs. 0.69%, P<0.001). After multivariable adjustments, catheter ablation was associated with lower risk of ischemic stroke [hazard ratio (HR) 0.51, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.38–0.67), lower risk of major bleeding (HR 0.65, 95% CI 0.57–0.75) and with lower mortality risk (HR 0.39, 95% CI 0.34–0.46). The reduction of stroke/SE and mortality was observed after AF ablation regardless thromboembolic risk. Major bleeding was reduced only among patients with CHA2DS2-VASc score ≥2 (HR 0.70, 95% CI 0.59–0.84).
Conclusion
We found a strong association between ablation and survival. Ablation may be associated with lower incidence of ischemic stroke and major bleeding in patients with AF. The reduction of stroke/SE and mortality was observed regardless thromboembolic risk after AF ablation. But the risk of major bleeding was reduced only in patients with high thromboembolic risk factors.
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- B Joung
- Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- CHA University, Cardiology, Seongnam, Korea (Republic of)
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- CHA University, Cardiology, Seongnam, Korea (Republic of)
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- Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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Yang PS, Sung JH, Jang E, Yu HT, Kim TH, Uhm JS, Kim JY, Pak HN, Lee MH, Joung B. P1027The risk of dementia and catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: a nationwide cohort study. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz747.0618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Abstract
Background
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with all forms of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease. Catheter ablation of AF reduces the number of AF episodes, prolongs the time in sinus rhythm, and improves quality of life. However, it is still unclear if catheter ablation for AF improve cognitive function and prevent dementia. Our objective was to compare long-term outcome regarding dementia and type of dementia in AF patients with and without ablation, and about long-term exposure to anticoagulants.
Methods
We identified all 801,701 patients with a diagnosis of AF from 2006 to 2015 in the Korean national health insurance service database. During ten years, 10,979 AF ablations were performed among 9,768 individuals. Propensity scores for the likelihood of AF ablation were obtained by logistic regression. Propensity score (PS) matching was used to construct two cohorts of equal size (n=9,768) with similar characteristics in 16 dimensions.
Results
Patients who had undergone catheter ablation were younger (57.2 vs. 65.6 years, P<0.001) and healthier (mean CHA2DS2-VASc scores 2.5±1.7 vs. 3.6±2.1, p<0.001) than other patients with AF. Mean follow-up was 5.5±3.1 years. After propensity score matching, in the ablated group, 184 patients suffered dementia compared with 650 in the matched non-ablated (annual rates 0.42 vs. 1.08%, P<0.001). While a total of 134 ablated and 379 non-ablated patients had Alzheimer disease (annual rates 0.31 vs. 0.62%, p<0.001), 40 ablated and 191 non-ablated patients had vascular disease (annual rates 0.09 vs. 0.31%, p<0.001). After multivariable adjustments, catheter ablation was associated with lower risk of dementia (hazard ratio [HR] 0.46, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.37–0.58), lower risk of Alzheimer disease (HR 0.61, 95% CI 0.46–0.79) and lower risk of vascular dementia (HR 0.27, 95% CI 0.19–0.38). Although the reduction of dementia and Alzheimer disease was observed after AF ablation regardless of thromboembolic risk, vascular dementia was reduced only among patients with CHA2DS2-VASc score ≥2 (HR 0.29, 95% CI 0.20–0.42).
The risk of dementia, RFCA vs. no-RFCA Type Propensity score matched ablation group vs. no ablation group adjusted HR (95% CI) P-value Overall dementia 0.46 (0.37–0.58) <0.001 Alzheimer dementia 0.61 (0.46–0.79) <0.001 Vascular dementia 0.27 (0.19–0.38) <0.001
Conclusion
Ablation may be associated with a lower incidence of dementia and both type of dementia in patients with AF. This finding appears more pronounced in patients with high thromboembolic risk factors.
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- P S Yang
- CHA University, Seongnam, Korea (Republic of)
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- CHA University, Seongnam, Korea (Republic of)
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- Yonsei University Health System, cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Yonsei University Health System, cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Yonsei University Health System, cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Yonsei University Health System, cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Yonsei University Health System, cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Yonsei University Health System, cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Yonsei University Health System, cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Yonsei University Health System, cardiology, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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Hayes T, Sharma M, Shahbazi M, Sung JH, Bennett R, Reese-Smith J. The evaluation of a fourth-generation multi-theory model (MTM) based intervention to initiate and sustain physical activity. Health Promot Perspect 2019; 9:13-23. [PMID: 30788263 PMCID: PMC6377703 DOI: 10.15171/hpp.2019.02] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2018] [Accepted: 12/24/2018] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Background: The United States Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS)recommends that adults achieve 150 minutes per week of moderate-intensity aerobic activity.Most African American women do not meet these guidelines. The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of an intervention based on the fourth generation, multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior change for initiating and sustaining physical activity among African American women when compared to a first generation, knowledge-based intervention. Methods: The randomized controlled trial (RCT) utilized a pre-test, post-test and 6-week followup evaluation with an experimental (n=25) group and a comparison group (n=23). Process evaluation for satisfaction and program fidelity was conducted along with impact evaluation for changes in MTM constructs, intent to initiate and sustain physical activity, minutes of physical activity, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference and blood pressure in hypertensives. Results:The MTM-based intervention proved significantly efficacious in increasing the minutes of physical activity from pre-test mean of 37 minutes to 172 minutes at follow-up (mean difference135.08 minutes, 95% CI: 106.04 to 164.13, P<0.0001), reducing waist circumference from pretest mean of 39 inches to 38 inches at follow-up (mean difference -1.12 inches, 95% CI: -1.70 to-0.545, P<0.001) and modifying the MTM construct of changes in physical environment from a mean of 7 units at pre-test to 9 units at follow-up (mean difference 2.08 units, 95% CI: 0.73 to 3.43, P<0.004) when compared to the knowledge-based intervention over time. Conclusion: There were directional improvements in the mean scores for most of the study variables over time for the MTM intervention group and statistically significant improvement in minutes of physical activity and waist circumference.
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- Traci Hayes
- Behavioral & Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, USA
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- Behavioral & Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, USA
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- Behavioral & Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, USA
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- Behavioral & Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, USA
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- Behavioral & Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, USA
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Lee JE, Sung JH, Sarpong D, Efird JT, Tchounwou PB, Ofili E, Norris K. Knowledge Management for Fostering Biostatistical Collaboration within a Research Network: The RTRN Case Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2018; 15:ijerph15112533. [PMID: 30424550 PMCID: PMC6266008 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15112533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2018] [Revised: 10/04/2018] [Accepted: 11/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Purpose: While the intellectual and scientific rationale for research collaboration has been articulated, a paucity of information is available on a strategic approach to facilitate the collaboration within a research network designed to reduce health disparities. This study aimed to (1) develop a conceptual model to facilitate collaboration among biostatisticians in a research network; (2) describe collaborative engagement performed by the Network’s Data Coordinating Center (DCC); and (3) discuss potential challenges and opportunities in engaging the collaboration. Methods: Key components of the strategic approach will be developed through a systematic literature review. The Network’s initiatives for the biostatistical collaboration will be described in the areas of infrastructure, expertise and knowledge management and experiential lessons will be discussed. Results: Components of the strategic approach model included three Ps (people, processes and programs) which were integrated into expert management, infrastructure management and knowledge management, respectively. Ongoing initiatives for collaboration with non-DCC biostatisticians included both web-based and face-to-face interaction approaches: Network’s biostatistical capacities and needs assessment, webinar statistical seminars, mobile statistical workshop and clinics, adjunct appointment program, one-on-one consulting, and on-site workshop. The outreach program, as a face-to-face interaction approach, especially resulted in a useful tool for expertise management and needs assessment as well as knowledge exchange. Conclusions: Although fostering a partnered research culture, sustaining senior management commitment and ongoing monitoring are a challenge for this collaborative engagement, the proposed strategies centrally performed by the DCC may be useful in accelerating the pace and enhancing the quality of the scientific outcomes within a multidisciplinary clinical and translational research network.
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- Jae Eun Lee
- Research Centers in Minority Institutions Translational Research Network Data Coordinating Center, Mississippi e-Center, Jackson State University, 1230 Raymond Rd., Jackson, MS 39204, USA.
- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, College of Public Services, Jackson State University, 350 W. Woodrow Wilson Drive Jackson Medical Mall, Suite 301, Jackson, MS 39213, USA.
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, College of Public Services, Jackson State University, 350 W. Woodrow Wilson Drive Jackson Medical Mall, Suite 301, Jackson, MS 39213, USA.
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- Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education, Xavier University, 1 Drexel Drive, New Orleans, LA 70125, USA.
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- Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB), School of Medicine and Public Health, the University of Newcastle (UoN), Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia.
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- Research Centers in Minority Institutions Translational Research Network Data Coordinating Center, Mississippi e-Center, Jackson State University, 1230 Raymond Rd., Jackson, MS 39204, USA.
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- Clinical Research Center & Clinical and Translational Research, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Drive, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, 911 Broxton Ave, Room 103, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA.
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Andrew PO, Bhuiyan A, Mawson A, Buxbaum SG, Sung JH, Shahbazi M. HIV/AIDS Knowledge of Undergraduate Students at a Historically Black College and University. Diseases 2018; 6:diseases6040098. [PMID: 30384469 PMCID: PMC6313487 DOI: 10.3390/diseases6040098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2018] [Revised: 10/18/2018] [Accepted: 10/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE This study among 400 undergraduate students enrolled at Jackson State University (JSU) study aimed to assess knowledge about HIV and AIDS among African-American undergraduate students attending a historically black college and university. A cross-sectional survey was conducted. Data were collected using a validated, self-administered, and standardized questionnaire on knowledge regarding risks for HIV and AIDS. Three hundred and eighty-six students (96.5%) had good knowledge about HIV and AIDS, although some participants had misconceptions about the modes of HIV infection transmission. There were no significant gender differences for HIV and AIDS knowledge among the participants (χ² = 3.05; P = 0.08). In general we concluded that JSU undergraduate students had adequate knowledge about HIV transmission modes and AIDS, although some participants had misconceptions about the routes of HIV infection transmission. Hence, this study calls for strengthening HIV and AIDS awareness education among undergraduate students.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39213, USA.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39213, USA.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39213, USA.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39213, USA.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39213, USA.
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Sung JH, Lee JE, Lee JY. Biomarker Differences between Controlled and Uncontrolled Hypertension among US Adults: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005-2010. Int J Adv Res Sci Eng Technol 2018; 5:6790-6797. [PMID: 31467942 PMCID: PMC6715317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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UNLABELLED This study aims to determine biomarker differences between controlled and uncontrolled hypertension using nationally representative samples. Those in the uncontrolled hypertension group were more likely to have CVD (p=0.0258) and diabetes (p=0.0004), less likely to meet the recommended waist circumference (p=0.0039) and BMI (p=0.0209), and less likely to drink alcohol (p=0.0002) than those in the controlled hypertension group, after controlling for demographic variables. Upon controlling for demographic variables, risk factors and diseases related to hypertension, those in the uncontrolled hypertension group had higher total cholesterol (p<.0001), HDL (p=0.0702, marginally significant), LDL (p<.0001), triglycerides (p=0.0702, marginally significant), apolipoprotein B (p<.0001), transferrin receptor (p=0.0692, marginally significant), and ACR (p<.0001) than those in the controlled hypertension group. CONCLUSION Our study found that ACR, total cholesterol, HDL, LDL, triglycerides, apolipoprotein B, and transferrin receptor are biomarkers associated with the risk of uncontrolled hypertension compared to controlled hypertension. Since uncontrolled hypertension is linked to very high risks of cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease, our findings may provide a partial answer to why antihypertensive treatment is ineffective for certain groups of patients. Further studies are warranted to examine the cause of uncontrolled hypertension.
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- Jung Hye Sung
- School of Public Health, Jackson State University. Mississippi, USA
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- RTRN DTCC, Jackson State University. Mississippi, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Florida, USA
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Sung JH, Lee JE, Lee JY. Role of Social Support in the Relationship between Acculturative Stress and Discrimination among Latino Immigrants in the USA. Int J Adv Res Sci Eng Technol 2018; 5:6778-6784. [PMID: 31485463 PMCID: PMC6726399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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This study aimed to determine both the association between perceived racial discrimination and acculturative stress, and the role of social support in the relationship between discrimination and acculturative stress among three Latino immigrant subgroups. Mexican immigrants had higher acculturative stress (p=0.0007), Puerto Rican immigrants had higher perceived dissemination (p<.0001), and Cuban immigrants had higher social network (p=0.0009) and higher family cohesion (p<0.0001) than their sub-groups counterparts. While family cohesion was negatively associated with acculturative stress among Cuban and Puerto Rican immigrants (p=0.0088 and p=0.0007, respectively), social network was not related to acculturative stress (p=0.3170 and p=0.0971, respectively). However, among Mexican immigrants, social network was negatively associated with acculturative stress (p=0.0285) and family cohesion was not related to acculturative stress (p=0.0833). Among Cuban and Mexican immigrants, while family cohesion moderated the association between discrimination and acculturative stress (p=0.0316 and p=0.0076, respectively), social network did not play a moderating role (p=0.4509 and p=0.1482, respectively). Conversely, social network moderated the relationship between discrimination and acculturative stress among Puerto Rican immigrants (p=0.0086). However, family cohesion did not play a moderating role among Puerto Rican immigrants (p=0.5818). Findings suggest that family cohesion was found to be a moderating factor in reducing acculturative stress associated with discrimination among Latino immigrants. Interventions enhancing social support may reduce acculturative stress among Latino immigrants experiencing high discrimination.
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- Jung Hye Sung
- School of Public Health, Jackson State University. Mississippi, USA
- RTRN DTCC, Jackson State University. Mississippi, USA
- Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Florida, USA
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- School of Public Health, Jackson State University. Mississippi, USA
- RTRN DTCC, Jackson State University. Mississippi, USA
- Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Florida, USA
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- School of Public Health, Jackson State University. Mississippi, USA
- RTRN DTCC, Jackson State University. Mississippi, USA
- Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Florida, USA
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Lott L, Sung JH, Lee JE. Association of adolescent obesity with risky sexual behaviors: Results from Mississippi YRBS, 2013-2015. Int J Adv Res Sci Eng Technol 2018; 5:6743-6747. [PMID: 31467941 PMCID: PMC6715318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The purpose of this study is to investigate if obesity is related to sexual risk-taking behaviors which may increase risk for sexually transmitted infections among Mississippi high school students. Black adolescents were more likely to have sexual intercourse and more likely to use condom than white adolescents (p=0.0314 and p<0.0001, respectively). Male adolescents were more likely to have sexual intercourse and more likely to use condom than female adolescents (p=0.0335 and p=0.0099, respectively). While higher grades were more likely to have sexual intercourse than lower grades, there was no difference in condom use among grades. There was an association between sexual intercourse and obesity after controlling for gender, race, and grade (OR=1.218, p=0.0392). While there was an association between sexual intercourse and obesity among male adolescents (OR=1.433, p=0.0429), there was no relationship among other categories (Females: OR=0.965, p=0.871; Blacks: OR=1.306, p=0.0766; Whites: OR=1.072, p=0.7212). Educators and policymakers in Mississippi may need to increase educational interventions designed to increase condom use toward white students in Mississippi.
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- LaTonya Lott
- Mississippi State Department of Health. Mississippi, USA School of Public Health, Jackson State University. Mississippi, USA RTRN DTCC, Jackson State University. Mississippi, USA
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- Mississippi State Department of Health. Mississippi, USA School of Public Health, Jackson State University. Mississippi, USA RTRN DTCC, Jackson State University. Mississippi, USA
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- Mississippi State Department of Health. Mississippi, USA School of Public Health, Jackson State University. Mississippi, USA RTRN DTCC, Jackson State University. Mississippi, USA
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Sung JH, Lee JE, Lee JY. Effects of Social Support on Reducing Acculturative Stress-Related to Discrimination between Latin and Asian Immigrants: Results from National Latino and Asian American Study (NLAAS). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018; 27. [PMID: 31565681 PMCID: PMC6764774 DOI: 10.9734/jammr/2018/42728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The study aimed to determine both the association between perceived racial discrimination and acculturative stress, and the role of social support serves in the association of discrimination with acculturative stress using data on 3,268 immigrants from the National Latino and Asian Study. Perceived racial discrimination was measured by nine items asking how often the respondent experienced discrimination. Acculturative Stress was defined by nine items designed to measure the stress felt as a result of adapting one's own culture with a host culture. Buffering effects were determined by the statistical interaction within the multiple linear regression models while controlling for the demographic variables. While Latin American immigrants were less likely to perceive discrimination than Asian American immigrants did (p=0.0309), they had higher acculturative stress (p=0.0005) and higher levels of social network (p<0.0001). However, there was no significant difference in family cohesion between races/ethnicities. In both groups, acculturative stress was positively related to discrimination and conversely, negatively associated with a social network. Higher levels of social network were significantly related to less acculturative stress in both groups. Our study also found that neither social network nor family cohesion served a role to buffer the effect of the relationship between discrimination and acculturative stress among Asian American immigrants. However, family cohesion alone buffered the relationship between discrimination and acculturative stress among Latin American immigrants (p=0.0184). Since we found that family cohesion served as a buffering factor in reducing the acculturative stress that is associated with discrimination among Latin immigrants, future social programs designed to enhance social support may reduce acculturative stress among Latin immigrants experiencing high levels of discrimination.
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- Jung Hye Sung
- School of Public Health, Jackson State University, Mississippi, USA
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- College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Jackson State University, Mississippi, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Florida, USA
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Fox ER, Samdarshi TE, Musani SK, Pencina MJ, Sung JH, Bertoni AG, Xanthakis V, Balfour PC, Shreenivas SS, Covington C, Liebson PR, Sarpong DF, Butler KR, Mosley TH, Rosamond WD, Folsom AR, Herrington DM, Vasan RS, Taylor HA. Development and Validation of Risk Prediction Models for Cardiovascular Events in Black Adults: The Jackson Heart Study Cohort. JAMA Cardiol 2018; 1:15-25. [PMID: 27437649 DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2015.0300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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IMPORTANCE Cardiovascular risk assessment is a fundamental component of prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, commonly used prediction models have been formulated in primarily or exclusively white populations. Whether risk assessment in black adults is dissimilar to that in white adults is uncertain. OBJECTIVES To develop and validate risk prediction models for CVD incidence in black adults, incorporating standard risk factors, biomarkers, and subclinical disease. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS The Jackson Heart Study (JHS), a longitudinal community-based study of 5301 black adults in Jackson, Mississippi. Inclusive study dates were the date of a participant's first visit (September 2000 to March 2004) to December 31, 2011. The median (75th percentile) follow-up was 9.1 (9.7) years. The dates of the analysis were August 2013 to May 2015. Measurements included standard risk factors, including age, sex, body mass index, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, ratio of fasting total cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, estimated glomerular filtration rate, antihypertensive therapy, diabetes mellitus, and smoking; blood biomarkers; and subclinical disease measures, including ankle-brachial index, carotid intimal-medial thickness, and echocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy and systolic dysfunction. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Incident CVD event was defined as the first occurrence of myocardial infarction, coronary heart disease death, congestive heart failure, stroke, incident angina, or intermittent claudication. Model performance was compared with the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) CVD risk algorithm and the Framingham Risk Score (FHS) refitted to the JHS data and evaluated in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) and Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis cohorts. RESULTS The study cohort comprised 3689 participants with mean (SD) age at baseline was 53 (11) years, and 64.8% (n = 2390) were female. Over a median of 9.1 years, 270 participants (166 women) experienced a first CVD event. A simple combination of standard CVD risk factors, B-type natriuretic peptide, and ankle-brachial index (model 6) yielded modest improvement over a model without B-type natriuretic peptide and ankle-brachial index (C statistic, 0.79; 95% CI, 0.75-0.83 [relative integrated discrimination improvement, 0.22; 95% CI, 0.15-0.30]). However, the reclassification improvement was not substantially different between model 6 and the ACC/AHA CVD Pooled Cohort risk equations or between model 6 and the FHS. The models discriminated reasonably well in the ARIC and Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis data (C statistic range, 0.70-0.77). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Our findings using the JHS data in the present study are valuable because they confirm that current FHS and ACC/AHA risk algorithms work well in black individuals and are not easily improved on. A unique risk calculator for black adults may not be necessary.
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- Ervin R Fox
- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson
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- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson
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- Department of Medicine, Jackson Heart Study, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi
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- Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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- Division of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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- Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
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- Center of Minority Health and Health Disparities, College of Pharmacy, Xavier University, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson
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- Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson
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- Department of Epidemiology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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- Division of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts15Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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Kim D, Yang PS, Jang E, Yu HT, Kim TH, Uhm JS, Kim JY, Sung JH, Pak HN, Lee MH, Joung B, Lip GYH. P1195Current and future incidence and prevalence of atrial fibrillation in korea. Europace 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/europace/euy015.677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- D Kim
- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- Bundang CHA General Hospital, Seongnam, Korea Republic of
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- University of Birmingham, Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Kim D, Yang PS, Jang E, Yu HT, Kim TH, Uhm JS, Kim JY, Pak HN, Lee MH, Sung JH, Joung B, Lip GYH. P1196Increasing trends in hospital-care burden of atrial fibrillation in korea, 2006 through 2015: implications for healthcare planning. Europace 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/europace/euy015.678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- D Kim
- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- Bundang CHA General Hospital, Seongnam, Korea Republic of
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- University of Birmingham, Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Bennett B, Sharma M, Bennett R, Mawson AR, Buxbaum SG, Sung JH. Using Social Cognitive Theory to Predict Medication Compliance Behavior in Patients with Depression in Southern United States in 2016 in a Cross-Sectional Study. J Caring Sci 2018; 7:1-8. [PMID: 29637050 PMCID: PMC5889792 DOI: 10.15171/jcs.2018.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2017] [Accepted: 11/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Introduction: Depression is a major public health issue. One of the concerns in depression research and practice pertains to non-compliance to prescribed medications. The purpose of the study was to predict compliance with medication use for patients with depression using social cognitive theory (SCT). Based on this study it was envisaged that recommendations for interventions to enhance compliance for medication use could be developed for patients with depression. Methods: The study was conducted using cross sectional design (n=148) in southern United States with a convenience sample of clinic-based depression patients with a 37-item valid and reliable questionnaire. Sample size was calculated to be 148 using G*Power (five predictors with a 0.80 power at the 0.05 alpha level and an estimated effect size of 0.10 with an inflation by 10% for missing data). Social cognitive theory constructs of expectations, self-efficacy and self-efficacy in overcoming barriers, self-control, and environment were reified. Data were analyzed using multiple linear regression and multiple logistic regression analyses. Results: Self-control for taking medication for depression (P=0.04), expectations for taking medication for depression (P=0.025), age (P<0.0001) and race (P=0.04) were significantly related to intent for taking medication for depression (Adjusted R2 = 0.183). In race, Blacks had lower intent to take medication for depression. Conclusion: Social cognitive theory is weakly predictive with low explained variance for taking medication for depression. It needs to be bolstered by newer theories like integrative model or multi-theory model of health behavior change for designing educational interventions aimed at enhancing compliance to medication for depression.
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- Epidemiologist, STD/HIV Office, Mississippi State Department of Health, Jackson, Mississippi
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- Department of Behavioral & Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi
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- Department of Health Policy & Management, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi
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- Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi
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- Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi
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- Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi
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Yu HT, Yang PS, Hwang J, Ryu S, Jang E, Kim TH, Uhm JS, Sung JH, Kim JY, Pak HN, Lee MH, Joung B, Lip GYH. P378Influence of reimbursement of non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants on overall prescription rates of oral anticoagulation: A nationwide study using the Korean National Health Insurance Data. Europace 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/europace/euy015.189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- H T Yu
- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- Daegu University, Department of Computer Science and Statistics, Gyeongsan, Korea Republic of
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- Daegu University, Department of Computer Science and Statistics, Gyeongsan, Korea Republic of
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- CHA University, Seongnam, Korea Republic of
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- University of Birmingham, Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Lim YM, Yang PS, Jang ES, Yu HT, Kim TH, Uhm JS, Sung JH, Kim JY, Pak HN, Lee MH, Joung B, Lip GYH. 1009Body mass index variability and long-term risk of new-onset atrial fibrillation in the general population: a korean nationwide cohort study. Europace 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/europace/euy015.558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Y M Lim
- SAM medical center, Anyang, Korea Republic of
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- Yonsei Cardiovascular Center, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- Yonsei Cardiovascular Center, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- Yonsei Cardiovascular Center, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- Yonsei Cardiovascular Center, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- Yonsei Cardiovascular Center, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- CHA University, Seongnam, Korea Republic of
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- Yonsei Cardiovascular Center, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- Yonsei Cardiovascular Center, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- Yonsei Cardiovascular Center, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- Yonsei Cardiovascular Center, Seoul, Korea Republic of
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- University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Lee HH, Sung JH, Lee JY, Lee JE. Differences by Sex in Association of Mental Health With Video Gaming or Other Nonacademic Computer Use Among US Adolescents. Prev Chronic Dis 2017; 14:E117. [PMID: 29166250 PMCID: PMC5703649 DOI: 10.5888/pcd14.170151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Introduction Although numerous studies have examined the association between playing video games and cognitive skills, aggression, and depression, few studies have examined how these associations differ by sex. The objective of our study was to determine differences by sex in association between video gaming or other nonacademic computer use and depressive symptoms, suicidal behavior, and being bullied among adolescents in the United States. Methods We used data from the 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Survey on 15,624 US high school students. Rao–Scott χ2 tests, which were adjusted for the complex sampling design, were conducted to assess differences by sex in the association of mental health with video gaming or other nonacademic computer use. Results Approximately one-fifth (19.4%) of adolescents spent 5 or more hours daily on video gaming or other nonacademic computer use, and 17.9% did not spend any time in those activities. A greater percentage of female adolescents than male adolescents reported spending no time (22.1% and 14.0%, respectively) or 5 hours or more (21.3% and 17.5%, respectively) in gaming and other nonacademic computer use (P < .001). The association between mental problems and video gaming or other nonacademic computer use differed by sex. Among female adolescents, prevalence of mental problems increased steadily in association with increased time spent, whereas the pattern for male adolescents followed a J-shaped curve, decreasing initially, increasing slowly, and then increasing rapidly beginning at 4 hours or more. Conclusion Female adolescents were more likely to have all 3 mental health problems than male adolescents were. Spending no time or 5 hours or more daily on video gaming or other nonacademic computer use was associated with increased mental problems among both sexes. As suggested by the J-shaped relationship, 1 hour or less spent on video gaming or other nonacademic computer use may reduce depressive symptoms, suicidal behavior, and being bullied compared with no use or excessive use.
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- Hogan H Lee
- Madison Central High School, Madison, Mississippi.,651 Highleadon Pl, Madison, MS 39110.
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- University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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- Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi
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Krivit W, Sung JH, Shapiro EG, Lockman LA. Microglia: The Effector Cell for Reconstitution of the Central Nervous System following Bone Marrow Transplantation for Lysosomal and Peroxisomal Storage Diseases. Cell Transplant 2017; 4:385-92. [PMID: 7582569 DOI: 10.1177/096368979500400409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Treatment and potential cure of lysosomal and peroxisomal diseases, heretofore considered fatal, has become a reality during the past decade. Bone marrow transplantation, (BMT), has provided a method for replacement of the disease-causing enzyme deficiency. Cells derived from the donor marrow continue to provide enzyme indefinitely. Several scores of patients with diseases as diverse as metachromatic leukodystrophy, adrenoleukodystrophy, globoid cell leukodystrophy, Hurler syndrome (MPS I-H), Maroteaux-Lamy (MPS VI) Gaucher disease, and fucosidosis have been successfully treated following long-term engraftment. Central nervous system (CNS) manifestations are also prevented or ameliorated in animal models of these diseases following engraftment from normal donors. The microglial cell system has been considered to be the most likely vehicle for enzyme activity following bone marrow engraftment. Microglia in the mature animal or human are derived from the newly engrafted bone marrow. Graft-v-host disease activation of the microglia is also of importance. This article will summarize some of the pertinent literature relative to the role of microglia in such transplant processes.
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis 55455, USA
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Ter-Avetisyan S, Andreev A, Platonov K, Sung JH, Lee SK, Lee HW, Yoo JY, Singh PK, Ahmed H, Scullion C, Kakolee KF, Jeong TW, Hadjisolomou P, Borghesi M. Surface modulation and back reflection from foil targets irradiated by a Petawatt femtosecond laser pulse at oblique incidence. Opt Express 2016; 24:28104-28112. [PMID: 27906375 DOI: 10.1364/oe.24.028104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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A significant level of back reflected laser energy was measured during the interaction of ultra-short, high contrast PW laser pulses with solid targets at 30° incidence. 2D PIC simulations carried out for the experimental conditions show that at the laser-target interface a dynamic regular structure is generated during the interaction, which acts as a grating (quasi-grating) and reflects back a significant amount of incident laser energy. With increasing laser intensity above 1018 W/cm2 the back reflected fraction increases due to the growth of the surface modulation to larger amplitudes. Above 1020 W/cm2 this increase results in the partial destruction of the quasi-grating structure and, hence, in the saturation of the back reflection efficiency. The PIC simulation results are in good agreement with the experimental findings, and, additionally, demonstrate that in presence of a small amount of pre-plasma this regular structure will be smeared out and the back reflection reduced.
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Jeon KS, Sung JH, Lee MW, Song HY, Shin HY, Park WH, Jang YI, Kang MG, Choi YH, Lee JS, Ko DH, Ryu HY. A Study of Piezoelectric Field Related Strain Difference in GaN-Based Blue Light-Emitting Diodes Grown on Silicon(111) and Sapphire Substrates. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2016; 16:1798-1801. [PMID: 27433673 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2016.11939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We investigate the strain difference in InGaN/GaN multiple quantum wells of blue light-emitting diode (LED) structures grown on silicon(1 11) and c-plane sapphire substrates by comparing the strength of piezo-electric fields in MQWs. The piezo-electric fields for two LED samples grown on silicon and sapphire substrates are measured by using the reverse-bias electro-reflectance (ER) spectroscopy. The flat-band voltage is obtained by measuring the applied reverse bias voltage that induces a phase inversion in the ER spectra, which is used to calculate the strength of piezo-electric fields. The piezo-electric field is determined to be 1.36 MV/cm for the LED on silicon substrate and 1.83 MV/cm for the LED on sapphire substrate. The ER measurement results indicate that the strain-induced piezo-electric field is greatly reduced in the LED grown on silicon substrates consistent with previous strain measurement results by micro-Raman spectroscopy and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy.
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Lee JE, Sung JH, Barnett ME, Norris K. User-Friendly Data-Sharing Practices for Fostering Collaboration within a Research Network: Roles of a Vanguard Center for a Community-Based Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2015; 13:ijerph13010034. [PMID: 26703645 PMCID: PMC4730425 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13010034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2015] [Revised: 10/27/2015] [Accepted: 11/09/2015] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Although various attempts have been made to build collaborative cultures for data sharing, their effectiveness is still questionable. The Jackson Heart Study (JHS) Vanguard Center (JHSVC) at the NIH-funded Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) Translational Research Network (RTRN) Data Coordinating Center (DCC) may be a new concept in that the data are being shared with a research network where a plethora of scientists/researchers are working together to achieve their common goal. This study describes the current practices to share the JHS data through the mechanism of JHSVC. The JHS is the largest single-site cohort study to prospectively investigate the determinants of cardiovascular disease among African-Americans. It has adopted a formal screened access method through a formalized JHSVC mechanism, in which only a qualified scientist(s) can access the data. The role of the DCC was to help RTRN researchers explore hypothesis-driven ideas to enhance the output and impact of JHS data through customized services, such as feasibility tests, data querying, manuscript proposal development and data analyses for publication. DCC has implemented these various programs to facilitate data utility. A total of 300 investigators attended workshops and/or received training booklets. DCC provided two online and five onsite workshops and developed/distributed more than 250 copies of the booklet to help potential data users understand the structure of and access to the data. Information on data use was also provided through the RTRN website. The DCC efforts led to the production of five active manuscript proposals, seven completed publications, 11 presentations and four NIH grant proposals. These outcomes resulted from activities during the first four years; over the last couple of years, there were few new requests. Our study suggested that DCC-customized services enhanced the accessibility of JHS data and their utility by RTRN researchers and helped to achieve the principal goal of JHSVC of scientific productivity. In order to achieve long-term success, the following, but not limited to these, should be addressed in the current data sharing practices: preparation of new promotional strategies in response to changes in technology and users’ needs, collaboration with the Network statisticians, harmonization of the JHS data with the other local-based heart datasets to meet the needs of the potential users from the broader geographical areas, adoption of the RTRN comprehensive data-sharing policy to broaden the variety of research topics and implementation of an ongoing monitoring program to evaluate its success.
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- Jae Eun Lee
- Research Centers in Minority Institutions Translational Research Network Data Coordinating Center, Mississippi e-Center, Jackson State University, 1230 Raymond Rd., Jackson, MS 39204, USA.
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Jackson State University, 350 W. Woodrow Wilson Drive Jackson Medical Mall, Jackson, MS 39213, USA.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Jackson State University, 350 W. Woodrow Wilson Drive Jackson Medical Mall, Jackson, MS 39213, USA.
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- Research Centers in Minority Institutions Translational Research Network Data Coordinating Center, Mississippi e-Center, Jackson State University, 1230 Raymond Rd., Jackson, MS 39204, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, 911 Broxton Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA.
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Lee JE, Sung JH, Malouhi M. Statistical Validation of a Web-Based GIS Application and Its Applicability to Cardiovascular-Related Studies. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2015; 13:ijerph13010002. [PMID: 26703652 PMCID: PMC4730393 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13010002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2015] [Revised: 09/30/2015] [Accepted: 10/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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PURPOSE There is abundant evidence that neighborhood characteristics are significantly linked to the health of the inhabitants of a given space within a given time frame. This study is to statistically validate a web-based GIS application designed to support cardiovascular-related research developed by the NIH funded Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) Translational Research Network (RTRN) Data Coordinating Center (DCC) and discuss its applicability to cardiovascular studies. METHODS Geo-referencing, geocoding and geospatial analyses were conducted for 500 randomly selected home addresses in a U.S. southeastern Metropolitan area. The correlation coefficient, factor analysis and Cronbach's alpha (α) were estimated to quantify measures of the internal consistency, reliability and construct/criterion/discriminant validity of the cardiovascular-related geospatial variables (walk score, number of hospitals, fast food restaurants, parks and sidewalks). RESULTS Cronbach's α for CVD GEOSPATIAL variables was 95.5%, implying successful internal consistency. Walk scores were significantly correlated with number of hospitals (r = 0.715; p < 0.0001), fast food restaurants (r = 0.729; p < 0.0001), parks (r = 0.773; p < 0.0001) and sidewalks (r = 0.648; p < 0.0001) within a mile from homes. It was also significantly associated with diversity index (r = 0.138, p = 0.0023), median household incomes (r = -0.181; p < 0.0001), and owner occupied rates (r = -0.440; p < 0.0001). However, its non-significant correlation was found with median age, vulnerability, unemployment rate, labor force, and population growth rate. CONCLUSION Our data demonstrates that geospatial data generated by the web-based application were internally consistent and demonstrated satisfactory validity. Therefore, the GIS application may be useful to apply to cardiovascular-related studies aimed to investigate potential impact of geospatial factors on diseases and/or the long-term effect of clinical trials.
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- Jae Eun Lee
- Research Centers in Minority Institutions Translational Research Network Data Coordinating Center, 1230 Raymond Road, Jackson, MS 39204, USA.
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Jackson State University, 350 W. Woodrow Wilson Drive Jackson Medical Mall, Suite 301, Jackson, MS 39213, USA.
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- Research Centers in Minority Institutions Translational Research Network Data Coordinating Center, 1230 Raymond Road, Jackson, MS 39204, USA.
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Jackson State University, 350 W. Woodrow Wilson Drive Jackson Medical Mall, Suite 301, Jackson, MS 39213, USA.
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- Research Centers in Minority Institutions Translational Research Network Data Coordinating Center, 1230 Raymond Road, Jackson, MS 39204, USA.
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Sung JH, Yeboah J, Lee JE, Smith CL, Terry JG, Sims M, Samdarshi T, Musani S, Fox E, Ge Y, Wilson JG, Taylor HA, Carr JJ. Diagnostic Value of Coronary Artery Calcium Score for Cardiovascular Disease in African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 11. [PMID: 26949662 PMCID: PMC4778968 DOI: 10.9734/bjmmr/2016/21449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Background The role of coronary artery calcium (CAC) as a screening tool for cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in African Americans (AAs) is unclear. We compared the diagnostic accuracy for CVD prevalence using the CAC score and the Framingham Risk Score (FRS) in an adult population of AAs. Methods CAC was measured in 2944 participants AAs. Approximately 8% of this cohort had known CVD defined as prior myocardial infarction, stroke, percutaneous coronary intervention, coronary artery bypass grafting and peripheral artery disease. Logistic regression, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) and net reclassification index (NRI) analysis were used adjusting for age, gender, systolic blood pressure (SBP), total and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, smoking status, diabetes mellitus (DM), body mass index (BMI), blood pressure medication and statin use. Participants with prevalent clinical CVD and DM were classified as high FRS risk. Results The mean age of participants was 60 years, 65% were females, 26% had DM, 50% were obese and 30% were current or former smokers. Prevalent CVD was associated with older age, higher SBP, lower HDL and total cholesterol, and higher CAC. The prevalence of CAC was 83% in participants with prevalent CVD and 45% in those without CVD. CAC was independently associated with prevalent CVD in our multivariable model [OR (95% CI): 1.22 (1.12–1.32), p< 0.0001]. In ROC analysis, CAC improved the diagnostic accuracy (c statistic) of the FRS from 0.617 to 0.757 (p < 0.0001) for prevalent CVD. Addition of CAC to FRS resulted in net reclassification improvement of 4% for subjects with known CVD and 28.5% in those without CVD. Conclusion In AAs, CAC is independently associated with prevalent CVD and improves the diagnostic accuracy of FRS for prevalent CVD by 14%. Addition of CAC improves the NRI of those with prevalent CVD by 4% and the NRI of individuals without CVD by 28.5%. Determination of CAC may be useful in CVD risk stratification in AAs.
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- Jung Hye Sung
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi, USA; Research Centers in Minority Institutions Translational Research Network Data Coordinating Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Vanderbilt Translational and Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
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- University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
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- University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
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- University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
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- Department of Software and Information Systems, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
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- University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Vanderbilt Translational and Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Jeon KS, Sung JH, Lee MW, Song HY, Lee EA, Kim SO, Choi HJ, Shin HY, Park WH, Jang YI, Kang MG, Choi YH, Lee JS, Ko DH, Ryu HY. Comparison of Strain in GaN-Based Blue Light-Emitting Diode Grown on Silicon(111) and Sapphire Substrates. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2015; 15:5264-5266. [PMID: 26373120 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2015.10408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We compare the strain states and device performances of GaN-based blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) grown on Si(111) and sapphire substrates. The strain characteristics are investigated using micro-Raman spectroscopy and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. These analyses reveal that GaN layer grown on Si has a residual tensile strain in contrast to a compressive strain for GaN on sapphire, and quantum wells (QWs) on GaN/Si experience reduced lattice mismatch than those of GaN/sapphire. When external quantum efficiencies of LED on sapphire and Si substrates are compared, the LED on Si shows better efficiency droop characteristics and this is attributed to a decrease in piezo-electric field strength in InGaN/GaN layers owing to reduced lattice mismatch.
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Xanthakis V, Sung JH, Samdarshi TE, Hill AN, Musani SK, Sims M, Ghraibeh KA, Liebson PR, Taylor HA, Vasan RS, Fox ER. Relations between subclinical disease markers and type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and incident cardiovascular disease: the Jackson Heart Study. Diabetes Care 2015; 38:1082-8. [PMID: 25765357 PMCID: PMC4439537 DOI: 10.2337/dc14-2460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2014] [Accepted: 02/20/2015] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The presence of subclinical disease measures has been directly associated with the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in whites. African Americans (AAs) in the U.S. are at higher risk of CVD compared with non-Hispanic whites; however, data on the prevalence of subclinical disease measures in AAs and their association to CVD remain unclear and may explain the higher CVD risk in this group. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We evaluated 4,416 participants attending the first examination of the Jackson Heart Study (mean age 54 years; 64% women) with available subclinical disease measures. RESULTS There were 1,155 participants (26%) with subclinical disease, defined as the presence of one or more of the following: peripheral arterial disease, left ventricular hypertrophy, microalbuminuria, high coronary artery calcium (CAC) score, and low left ventricular ejection fraction. In cross-sectional analyses using multivariable-adjusted logistic regression, participants with metabolic syndrome (MetS) or diabetes (DM) had higher odds of subclinical disease compared with those without MetS and DM (odds ratios 1.55 [95% CI 1.30-1.85] and 2.86 [95% CI 2.32-3.53], respectively). Furthermore, the presence of a high CAC score and left ventricular hypertrophy were directly associated with the incidence of CVD (265 events) in multivariable-adjusted Cox proportional hazards regression models (P < 0.05). In prospective analyses, having MetS or DM significantly increased the hazard of incident CVD, independent of the presence of subclinical disease (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS In our community-based sample of AAs, we observed a moderately high prevalence of subclinical disease, which in turn translated into a greater risk of CVD, especially in people with MetS and DM.
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- Vanessa Xanthakis
- Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA Section of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
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- School of Health Sciences, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS
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- Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
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- School of Health Sciences, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS
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- Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
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- Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
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- Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
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- Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
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- Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA Section of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
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Park SH, Sung JH, Kim EJ, Chung N. Berberine induces apoptosis via ROS generation in PANC-1 and MIA-PaCa2 pancreatic cell lines. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 48:111-9. [PMID: 25517919 PMCID: PMC4321216 DOI: 10.1590/1414-431x20144293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2014] [Accepted: 09/26/2014] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death. Gemcitabine is widely
used as a chemotherapeutic agent for the treatment of pancreatic cancer, but the
prognosis is still poor. Berberine, an isoquinoline alkaloid extracted from a variety
of natural herbs, possesses a variety of pharmacological properties including
anticancer effects. In this study, we investigated the anticancer effects of
berberine and compared its use with that of gemcitabine in the pancreatic cancer cell
lines PANC-1 and MIA-PaCa2. Berberine inhibited cell growth in a dose-dependent
manner by inducing cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. After berberine treatment, the G1
phase of PANC-1 cells increased by 10% compared to control cells, and the G1 phase of
MIA-PaCa2 cells was increased by 2%. Whereas gemcitabine exerts antiproliferation
effects through S-phase arrest, our results showed that berberine inhibited
proliferation by inducing G1-phase arrest. Berberine-induced apoptosis of PANC-1 and
MIA-PaCa2 cells increased by 7 and 2% compared to control cells, respectively.
Notably, berberine had a greater apoptotic effect in PANC-1 cells than gemcitabine.
Upon treatment of PANC-1 and MIA-PaCa2 with berberine at a half-maximal inhibitory
concentration (IC50), apoptosis was induced by a mechanism that involved
the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) rather than caspase 3/7 activation.
Our findings showed that berberine had anti-cancer effects and may be an effective
drug for pancreatic cancer chemotherapy.
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- S H Park
- Division of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
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- Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Ansan University, Ansan, Korea
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- Division of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
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Sung JH, Lee JE, Samdarshi TE, Nagarajarao HS, Taylor JK, Agrawal KK, Taylor HA, Fox ER. C-reactive protein and subclinical cardiovascular disease among African-Americans: (the Jackson Heart Study). J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) 2014; 15:371-6. [PMID: 24751480 DOI: 10.2459/jcm.0b013e32836411d6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Systemic inflammation has been implicated as an early marker for subclinical cardiovascular disease; however, findings have been inconsistent in the African-American population. METHODS We examined the relation of C-reactive protein (CRP) to subclinical disease in African-American participants of the Jackson Heart Study first examination. Subclinical disease evaluated included aortic valve calcification (AVC), carotid intima-medial thickness (IMT) and peripheral arterial disease (PAD). We assessed the relation of CRP to subclinical disease, adjusting for age, BMI, sex, SBP and DBP, diabetes, total/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides, smoking, antihypertensive therapy, lipid-lowering therapy and hormone replacement therapy. RESULTS In the study population approximately, 5.1% of participants had AVC and 6.7% had PAD. In the age-adjusted and sex-adjusted model, CRP was significantly related to AVC (P = 0.02) and carotid IMT (P = 0.02). However, in the multivariable-adjusted logistic regression analysis, CRP was significantly related to AVC (P = 0.02) and to PAD (P = 0.04) but not to carotid IMT (P = 0.18). CONCLUSION We describe significant associations between CRP and AVC and PAD in a population-based cohort of African-Americans.
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- Jung Hye Sung
- aSchool of Health Sciences bRTRN Data Coordinating Center, Jackson State University cUniversity of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
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Mendy VL, Azevedo MJ, Sarpong DF, Rosas SE, Ekundayo OT, Sung JH, Bhuiyan AR, Jenkins BC, Addison C. The association between individual and combined components of metabolic syndrome and chronic kidney disease among African Americans: the Jackson Heart Study. PLoS One 2014; 9:e101610. [PMID: 24991817 PMCID: PMC4081650 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2014] [Accepted: 06/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Introduction Approximately 26.3 million people in the United States have chronic kidney disease and many more are at risk of developing the condition. The association between specific metabolic syndrome components and chronic kidney disease in African American individuals is uncertain. Methods Baseline data from 4,933 participants of the Jackson Heart Study were analyzed. Logistic regression models were used to estimate the odds and 95% confidence intervals of chronic kidney disease associated with individual components, metabolic syndrome, the number of components, and specific combinations of metabolic syndrome components. Results Metabolic syndrome was common with a prevalence of 42.0%. Chronic kidney disease was present in 19.4% of participants. The prevalence of metabolic components was high: elevated blood pressure (71.8%), abdominal obesity (65.8%), low fasting high density lipoprotein cholesterol (37.3%), elevated fasting glucose (32.2%) and elevated triglycerides (16.2%). Elevated blood pressure, triglycerides, fasting blood glucose, and abdominal obesity were significantly associated with increased odds of chronic kidney disease. Participants with metabolic syndrome had a 2.22-fold (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) 2.22; 95% CI, 1.78–2.78) increase in the odds of chronic kidney disease compared to participants without metabolic syndrome. The combination of elevated fasting glucose, elevated triglycerides, and abdominal obesity was associated with the highest odds for chronic kidney disease (AOR 25.11; 95% CI, 6.94–90.90). Conclusion Metabolic syndrome as well as individual or combinations of metabolic syndrome components are independently associated with chronic kidney disease in African American adults.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Black or African American
- Blood Glucose/metabolism
- Blood Pressure
- Cholesterol, HDL/blood
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Metabolic Syndrome/blood
- Metabolic Syndrome/complications
- Metabolic Syndrome/epidemiology
- Metabolic Syndrome/physiopathology
- Middle Aged
- Mississippi
- Models, Biological
- Obesity, Abdominal/blood
- Obesity, Abdominal/complications
- Obesity, Abdominal/epidemiology
- Obesity, Abdominal/physiopathology
- Renal Insufficiency, Chronic/blood
- Renal Insufficiency, Chronic/complications
- Renal Insufficiency, Chronic/epidemiology
- Renal Insufficiency, Chronic/physiopathology
- Triglycerides/blood
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- Vincent L. Mendy
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health Sciences, College of Public Service, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health Sciences, College of Public Service, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health Sciences, College of Public Service, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America
- RTRN Data Coordinating Center, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America
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- Joslin Diabetes Center, Kidney and Hypertension Section, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health Sciences, College of Public Service, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health Sciences, College of Public Service, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health Sciences, College of Public Service, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America
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- Jackson Heart Study, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America
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- Jackson Heart Study, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America
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Jang DK, Lee KS, Rha HK, Huh PW, Yang JH, Park IS, Ahn JG, Sung JH, Han YM. Clinical and angiographic features and stroke types in adult moyamoya disease. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2014; 35:1124-31. [PMID: 24384121 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a3819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE This study was conducted to elucidate the association between clinical and angiographic characteristics and stroke types in adult Moyamoya disease that has been rarely evaluated. MATERIALS AND METHODS We analyzed the clinical and radiologic data obtained from a retrospective adult Moyamoya disease cohort with acute strokes, which were classified into 7 categories: large-artery infarct, hemodynamic infarct, perforator infarct, deep intracerebral hemorrhage, lobar intracerebral hemorrhage, intraventricular hemorrhage, and SAH. With conventional angiography, which was performed in the hemispheres with acute strokes, the Suzuki angiographic stage, intracranial aneurysm, major artery occlusion, and collateral vessel development were confirmed within 1 month of stroke onset. RESULTS This study included 79 patients with acute ischemic stroke and 96 patients with acute hemorrhagic stroke. The angiographic stage had a strong tendency to be more advanced in the hemorrhagic than the ischemic patients (P = .061). Intracranial aneurysms were more frequently found in the hemorrhagic than ischemic or control hemispheres (P = .002). Occlusions of the anterior cerebral artery and development of fetal-type posterior cerebral artery were more frequently observed in the hemorrhagic than the ischemic (P = .001 and .01, respectively) or control hemispheres (P = .011 and .013, respectively). MCA occlusion (P = .039) and collateral flow development, including the ethmoidal Moyamoya vessels (P = .036) and transdural anastomosis of the external carotid artery (P = .022), occurred more often in the hemorrhagic than the ischemic hemispheres. Anterior cerebral artery occlusion occurred more frequently in patients with deep intracerebral hemorrhage or intraventricular hemorrhage than with lobar intracerebral hemorrhage (P = .009). CONCLUSIONS In adult Moyamoya disease, major artery occlusion and collateral compensation occurred more often in the hemorrhagic than in the ischemic hemispheres. Thus, anterior cerebral artery occlusion with or without MCA occlusion and intracranial aneurysms may be the main contributing factors to hemorrhagic stroke in adult patients with Moyamoya disease.
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- D-K Jang
- From the Department of Neurosurgery (D.-K.J., Y.-M.H.), Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Incheon, Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery (K.-S.L.), Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery (H.K.R.), Yeouido St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery (P.-W.H.), Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Uijeongbu, Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery (J.-H.Y.), Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery (I.S.P.), Bucheon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon, Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery (J.-G.A.), St. Paul's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery (J.H.S.), St. Vincent's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Suwon, Korea
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery (D.-K.J., Y.-M.H.), Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Incheon, Korea
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Margarone D, Klimo O, Kim IJ, Prokůpek J, Limpouch J, Jeong TM, Mocek T, Pšikal J, Kim HT, Proška J, Nam KH, Stolcová L, Choi IW, Lee SK, Sung JH, Yu TJ, Korn G. Laser-driven proton acceleration enhancement by nanostructured foils. Phys Rev Lett 2012; 109:234801. [PMID: 23368211 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.109.234801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Nanostructured thin plastic foils have been used to enhance the mechanism of laser-driven proton beam acceleration. In particular, the presence of a monolayer of polystyrene nanospheres on the target front side has drastically enhanced the absorption of the incident 100 TW laser beam, leading to a consequent increase in the maximum proton energy and beam charge. The cutoff energy increased by about 60% for the optimal spheres' diameter of 535 nm in comparison to the planar foil. The total number of protons with energies higher than 1 MeV was increased approximately 5 times. To our knowledge this is the first experimental demonstration of such advanced target geometry. Experimental results are interpreted and discussed by means of 2(1/2)-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations.
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- D Margarone
- Institute of Physics of the ASCR, ELI-Beamlines/HiLASE project, Na Slovance 2, 18221 Prague, Czech Republic
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Ihn YK, Kim SH, Sung JH, Kim TG. The efficacy of endovascular treatment of ruptured blood blister-like aneurysms using stent-assisted coil embolization. Interv Neuroradiol 2012; 18:432-41. [PMID: 23217638 DOI: 10.1177/159101991201800409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2012] [Accepted: 06/06/2012] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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We report our experience with endovascular treatment and follow-up results of a ruptured blood blister-like aneurysm (BBA) in the supraclinoid internal carotid artery. We performed a retrospective review of ruptured blood blister-like aneurysm patients over a 30-month period. Seven patients (men/women, 2/5; mean age, 45.6 years) with ruptured BBAs were included from two different institutions. The angiographic findings, treatment strategies, and the clinical (modified Rankin Scale) and angiographic outcomes were retrospectively analyzed. All seven BBAs were located in the supraclinoid internal carotid artery. Four of them were ≥ 3 mm in largest diameter. Primary stent-assisted coiling was performed in six out of seven patients, and double stenting was done in one patient. In four patients, the coiling was augmented by overlapping stent insertion. Two patients experienced early re-hemorrhage, including one major fatal SAH. Complementary treatment was required in two patients, including coil embolization and covered-stent placement, respectively. Six of the seven BBAs showed complete or progressive occlusion at the time of late angiographic follow-up. The clinical midterm outcome was good (mRS scores, 0 -1) in five patients. Stent-assisted coiling of a ruptured BBA is technically challenging but can be done with good midterm results. However, as early re-growth/re-rupture remains a problem, repeated, short-term angiographic follow-up is required so that additional treatment can be performed as needed.
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- Department of Radiology, St.Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Suwon, Korea.
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Ihn YK, Sung JH, Kim BS. Intravenous Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitor (Tirofiban) Followed by Low-Dose Intra-Arterial Urokinase and Mechanical Thrombolysis for the Treatment of Acute Stroke. Neuroradiol J 2011; 24:907-13. [PMID: 24059896 DOI: 10.1177/197140091102400614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2011] [Accepted: 09/16/2011] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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We investigated the efficacy and safety of the combined use of IV tirofiban and IA urokinase and/or mechanical thrombolysis for treating acute stroke patients. Thirteen, consecutive patients treated with IV tirofiban and IA thrombolysis with mechanical and/or local IA urokinase infusion were evaluated retrospectively. The amount of time before the beginning of treatment, urokinase dose, recanalization rates, and symptomatic hemorrhage were analyzed. Clinical outcome measures were assessed on admission, at discharge (National Institute of Health Stroke scale [NIHSS]), and three months after the end of their treatment (modified Rankin Scale scores [mRS]). There were 11 patients with internal carotid or middle cerebral artery occlusion treated within six hours of the onset of symptoms and two patients with basilar artery occlusion treated within 12 hours of their symptom onset. The median NIHSS score on admission was 18. The median amount of time from symptom onset to IV tirofiban infusion was 135 minutes, and the median time from symptom onset to IA therapy was 180 minutes. The median dose of urokinase was 200,000 U. Recanalization (thrombolysis in myocardial infarction grade 2 or 3) was achieved in 11 patients. No procedure-related complications were observed. There was one symptomatic hemorrhage. At discharge, the mean NIHSS score was 6.6 (range, 0-15). Overall, at the time of the three-month follow-up the functional outcome was favorable (modified Rankin Scale score 0-2) in eight out of 13 (62%) patients. Death at 90 days occurred in two of the 13 (15%) patients. Combined IV tirofiban and IA thrombolysis with mechanical clot disruption seems to be a feasible treatment in acute stroke and may be successful in re-establishing vessel patency and result in a good functional outcome in patients with major cerebral arteries occlusions.
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- Department of Radiology, St.Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea; Suwon, Korea -
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Fox ER, Musani SK, Bidulescu A, Nagarajarao HS, Samdarshi TE, Gebreab SY, Sung JH, Steffes MW, Wang TJ, Taylor HA, Vasan RS. Relation of obesity to circulating B-type natriuretic peptide concentrations in blacks: the Jackson Heart Study. Circulation 2011; 124:1021-7. [PMID: 21824924 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.110.991943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Lower plasma B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) concentrations in obese individuals ("natriuretic handicap") may play a role in the pathogenesis of obesity-related hypertension. Whether this phenomenon may contribute to hypertension in blacks is unknown. We tested the hypothesis that body mass index is inversely related to BNP concentrations in blacks. METHODS AND RESULTS We examined the relation of plasma BNP to body mass index in 3742 Jackson Heart Study participants (mean age, 55 ± 13; 62% women) without heart failure using multivariable linear and logistic regression, adjusting for clinical and echocardiographic covariates. The multivariable-adjusted mean BNP was higher for lean participants compared with obese participants in both normotensive (P<0.0001) and hypertensive (P<0.0012) groups. In sex-specific analyses, the adjusted mean BNP was higher in lean hypertensive individuals compared with obese hypertensive individuals for both men (20.5 versus 10.9 pg/mL, respectively; P=0.0009) and women (20.0 versus 13.8 pg/mL; P=0.011). The differences between lean and obese participants were more pronounced in normotensive participants (men, 9.0 versus 4.4 pg/mL; P<0.0001; women, 12.8 versus 8.4 pg/mL; P=0.0005). For both hypertensive and normotensive individuals in the pooled sample, multivariable-adjusted BNP was significantly related to both continuous body mass index (P<0.05 and P<0.0001, respectively) and categorical body mass index (P for trend <0.006 and <0.0001, respectively). CONCLUSION Our cross-sectional study of a large community-based sample of blacks demonstrates that higher body mass index is associated with lower circulating BNP concentrations, thereby extending the concept of a natriuretic handicap in obese individuals observed in non-Hispanic whites to this high-risk population.
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- Ervin R Fox
- University of Mississippi Medical Center, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, 2500 N State St, Jackson, MS 39216, USA.
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Sung JH, Kwak IS, Park SK, Kim HI, Lim HS, Park HJ, Kim SH. Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry determination of N-nitrosamines released from rubber or elastomer teats and soothers. Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess 2011; 27:1745-54. [PMID: 21108095 DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2010.508184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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A liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method as an alternative to a gas chromatography-thermal energy analyser (GC-TEA) method recommended by the European Committee on Standardization (CEN) was validated for the simultaneous determination of eight N-nitrosamines released into artificial saliva from rubber or elastomer teats and soothers. N-nitroso-dipropylamine-d₁₄ (NDPA-d₁₄) was used as internal standard for accurate quantification. The method was validated with relatively good analytical results, including sufficiently low limits of detection (0.1-2 µg kg⁻¹) of sample) and good linearity (r²> 0.99) throughout the studied concentration ranges. Intra- and inter-day precisions expressed with the relative standard deviation (RSD, %) were 3.4-8.0% and 4.4-11.3%, which were below the performance criteria based on one-half of the value derived from the Horwitz value. It was also found that the LC-MS/MS method is sufficiently rugged and successfully applicable to its routine analysis for the compliance test of Commission Directive 93/11/EEC.
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- J H Sung
- National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation, Eungpyung-gu, Seoul, Korea
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BACKGROUND To examine the association of increased plasma leptin concentration with prevalent stroke and coronary heart disease (CHD) and to examine the genetic contributions of leptin to this association in the Jackson Heart Study cohort. METHODS A cohort of 5170 participants aged 21-84 years who underwent Exam I during 2000-2004 was analysed. Odds ratios (OR) of prevalent stroke and CHD were calculated using a logistic regression model adjusted for age, smoking, hypertension and waist circumference (WC). Variance component analysis was used to partition the phenotypic variance of leptin into the polygenic and environmental components. RESULTS The prevalence of stroke and CHD was 4.04% and 5.85% in women, and 4.88% and 8.92% in men, respectively. Body mass index (BMI) and WC were highly correlated with leptin both in men and women. In multivariate analysis stratified by sex, leptin was significantly associated with stroke (OR = 1.97, 95% CI = 1.21-3.21) in women after adjustment for age, smoking, systolic blood pressure, BMI and WC (P = 0.0079). No significant association was observed in men. Heritability of sex-, age-adjusted log-transformed leptin for this cohort was 38.0% and 37.8% after further adjustment for WC and hypertension, respectively. In addition, a sibship effect was also found to be significant and explained 12.2% of the total variance of leptin (P = 0.007). CONCLUSION There is a significant association of leptin with stroke in women, which is partly influenced by the genetic factor. The findings suggest that leptinemia is an independent risk factor for stroke in African American women.
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- Jiankang Liu
- Jackson Heart Study, Jackson State University, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi 39216-4505, USA.
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Dubbert PM, Robinson JC, Sung JH, Ainsworth BE, Wyatt SB, Carithers T, Newton R, Rhudy JL, Barbour K, Sternfeld B, Taylor H. Physical activity and obesity in African Americans: the Jackson Heart Study. Ethn Dis 2010; 20:383-9. [PMID: 21305826 PMCID: PMC5074338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES To better understand how obesity and low levels of physical activity (PA) contribute to racial health disparities, we examined the association of PA domains (work, home life, and leisure) with indicators of socioeconomic status and markers of obesity in African Americans. METHODS These cross sectional analyses of interview and clinical measures from the baseline visit of the Jackson Heart Study of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in African Americans of the Jackson, Mississippi metropolitan statistical area included 3,174 women and 1,830 men aged 21-95 years. The main measures were active living, sport, work, home life, and total PA scores; participation in regular moderate or vigorous intensity leisure physical activity (MVLPA); demographics, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and CVD risk factors. RESULTS The sample was 63% female, 81% high school or college graduates, with 51% aged 45-64 years, and mostly overweight (32%) or obese (53%). Women were less active than men in all domains except home life. Total PA was inversely associated with WC in women and men. The overweight (BMI 25-29.9) group was most active in all domains except work; active living and sport PA and prevalence of MVLPA then declined in a dose response association with increasing BMI. Work PA was associated with the lowest BMI but otherwise with indicators of less favorable socioeconomic status and health. CONCLUSIONS Observed differences in PA in African Americans by domain and association with obesity biomarkers suggest areas for future study and intervention to reduce health disparities.
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Choi IW, Kim CM, Sung JH, Yu TJ, Lee SK, Kim IJ, Jin YY, Jeong TM, Hafz N, Pae KH, Noh YC, Ko DK, Yogo A, Pirozhkov AS, Ogura K, Orimo S, Sagisaka A, Nishiuchi M, Daito I, Oishi Y, Iwashita Y, Nakamura S, Nemoto K, Noda A, Daido H, Lee J. Ion spectrometer composed of time-of-flight and Thomson parabola spectrometers for simultaneous characterization of laser-driven ions. Rev Sci Instrum 2009; 80:053302. [PMID: 19485501 DOI: 10.1063/1.3131628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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An ion spectrometer, composed of a time-of-flight spectrometer (TOFS) and a Thomson parabola spectrometer (TPS), has been developed to measure energy spectra and to analyze species of laser-driven ions. Two spectrometers can be operated simultaneously, thereby facilitate to compare the independently measured data and to combine advantages of each spectrometer. Real-time and shot-to-shot characterizations have been possible with the TOFS, and species of ions can be analyzed with the TPS. The two spectrometers show very good agreement of maximum proton energy even for a single laser shot. The composite ion spectrometer can provide two complementary spectra measured by TOFS with a large solid angle and TPS with a small one for the same ion source, which are useful to estimate precise total ion number and to investigate fine structure of energy spectrum at high energy depending on the detection position and solid angle. Advantage and comparison to other online measurement system, such as the TPS equipped with microchannel plate, are discussed in terms of overlay of ion species, high-repetition rate operation, detection solid angle, and detector characteristics of imaging plate.
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- Advanced Photonics Research Institute and Center for Femto-Atto Science and Technology, GIST, Gwangju 500-712, Republic of Korea.
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OBJECTIVE Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been studied in regenerative medicine because of their unique immunologic characteristics. However, before clinical application in humans, animal models are needed to confirm their safety and efficacy. To date, appropriate methods and sources to obtain mouse MSCs have not been identified. Therefore, we investigated MSCs isolated from 3 strains of mice and 3 sources for the development of MSCs in a mouse model. MATERIALS AND METHODS Male BALB/c, C3H and C57BL/6 mice were used to isolate MSCs from various tissues including bone marrow (BM), compact bone, and adipose tissue. The MSCs were maintained in StemXVivo medium. Immunophenotypes of the MSCs were analyzed by FACS and their growth potential estimated by the number of colony-forming unit fibroblasts. RESULTS All MSCs that were isolated from BM, compact bone, and adipose tissue showed plastic-adherent, fibroblastic-like morphologic characteristics regardless of the mouse strain or cell source. However, culture of BM MSCs was less successful than the other tissue types. The FACS phenotype analysis revealed that the MSCs were positive for CD29, CD44, CD105, and Sca-1, but negative for CD34, TER-119, CD45, and CD11b. According to the results of the characterization, the adipose tissue MSCs showed higher growth potential than did other MSCs. CONCLUSION The results of this study showed that culture of adipose tissue and compact bone-MSCs was easier than BM MSCs. Based on the results of immunophenotype and growth potential, C57BL/6 AT-MSCs might be a suitable source to establish a mouse model of MSCs.
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- J H Sung
- Transplantation Research Center, Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Taylor H, Liu J, Wilson G, Golden SH, Crook E, Brunson CD, Steffes M, Johnson WD, Sung JH. Distinct component profiles and high risk among African Americans with metabolic syndrome: the Jackson Heart Study. Diabetes Care 2008; 31:1248-53. [PMID: 18332154 PMCID: PMC3209804 DOI: 10.2337/dc07-1810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Health of African Americans is seriously threatened by unremitting epidemics of diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, the role of metabolic syndrome in the African-American population has not been investigated widely. This study examined the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and assessed its cross-sectional relationship to CVD in the Jackson Heart Study (JHS) cohort. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A total of 5,302 participants aged >or=21 years who were recruited at baseline during 2000-2004 were analyzed for this study. Adjusted odds ratios (ORs) were estimated in a logistic regression analysis for coronary heart disease (CHD) and cerebrovascular disease (CBD) in those with and without coexisting metabolic syndrome. Diabetic participants were excluded. RESULTS Among those aged 35-84 years, metabolic syndrome prevalence was 43.3% in women and 32.7% in men. Elevated blood pressure (70.4%), abdominal obesity (64.6%), and low HDL cholesterol (37.2%) were highly prevalent among those with metabolic syndrome. Prevalence rates for CVD, CHD, and CBD were 12.8, 8.7, and 5.8%, respectively. After adjustment for age and sex, metabolic syndrome was associated with increased age- and sex-adjusted ORs for CVD (OR 1.7 [95% CI 1.4-2.1]), CHD (1.7 [1.4-2.2]), and CBD (1.7 [1.3-2.3]) compared with those without CVD, CHD, or CBD. CONCLUSION Metabolic syndrome prevalence in the JHS is among the highest reported for population-based cohorts worldwide and is significantly associated with increased ORs for CVD, CHD, and CBD. Abdominal obesity, increased blood pressure, and low HDL cholesterol (without triglyceride elevation) are surprisingly prominent. A high prevalence of low HDL emerges as a leading contributor to metabolic syndrome among African Americans in this large African-American cohort.
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- Herman Taylor
- Jackson Heart Study, Jackson State University, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi 39216-4505, USA.
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Park BJ, Sung JH, Park JH, Choi JS, Choi HJ. Poly(vinyl acetate)/clay nanocomposite materials for organic thin film transistor application. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2008; 8:2676-2679. [PMID: 18572706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Nanocomposite materials of poly(vinyl acetate) (PVAc) and organoclay were fabricated, in order to be utilized as dielectric materials of the organic thin film transistor (OTFT). Spin coating condition of the nanocomposite solution was examined considering shear viscosity of the composite materials dissolved in chloroform. Intercalated structure of the PVAc/clay nanocomposites was characterized using both wide-angle X-ray diffraction and TEM. Fracture morphology of the composite film on silicon wafer was also observed by SEM. Dielectric constant (4.15) of the nanocomposite materials shows that the PVAc/clay nanocomposites are applicable for the gate dielectric materials.
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- B J Park
- Department of Polymer Engineering and Science, Inha University, Incheon 402-751, Korea
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Sung JH, Zhao H, Roy M, Sapolsky RM, Steinberg GK. Viral caspase inhibitor p35, but not crmA, is neuroprotective in the ischemic penumbra following experimental stroke. Neuroscience 2007; 149:804-12. [PMID: 17945431 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.07.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2007] [Revised: 07/09/2007] [Accepted: 08/09/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Apoptosis, a predominant cause of neuronal death after stroke, can be executed in a caspase-dependent or apoptosis inducing factor (AIF)-dependent manner. Herpes simplex virus (HSV) vectors expressing caspase inhibitors p35 and crmA have been shown to be neuroprotective against various excitotoxic insults. Here we further evaluated the possible neuroprotective role of p35 and crmA in a rat stroke model. Overexpression of p35, but not crmA, significantly increased neuronal survival. Results of double immunofluorescence staining indicate that compared with neurons infected with crmA or control vectors, p35-infected neurons had less active caspase-3 expression, cytosolic cytochrome c and nuclear AIF translocation.
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- J H Sung
- Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive R200, Stanford, CA 94305-5327, USA
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The aim of this study was to estimate the distance Mississippi patients must travel to access hospital-based emergency rooms (ERs) and to determine whether an association exists between geographic distance and ER utilization. To that end, great circle distances between Census Block Group Centroid Points and 89 hospitals with emergency departments were calculated for the State of Mississippi. Data on the socio-demographic characteristics of each block group came from the 2000 US Census data. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to test if there was any association between ER utilization and travel distance. Compared to the national benchmark of 35.7%, more than one in two (56.7%), or 1,612,762 Mississippians visited ERs in 2003 with an estimated 6.1 miles per person annual travel for this purpose. The majority of the target population (54.9%) was found to live within 5 miles of hospitals with ERs. Logistic analyses revealed that block groups associated with less miles traveled to hospitals with ERs had a higher proportion of African Americans, impoverished people, female householders, people with more than 12 years education, people older than 65 years, people with high median house values, and people without employment. Twenty-nine of the 89 hospitals (33%) providing ER care in Mississippi were found to be in areas with above-average ER utilization rates. These hospitals served a smaller geographical area (28% of the total) but had a greater proportion of visitors (57%) and served a higher percentage (37%) of the state population. People in areas served by the less utilized ERs traveled more miles to be cared for (7.1 miles vs 5.4 miles; p<0.0001). Logistic regression analysis revealed that shorter distances were associated with increased use of the ERs, even after controlling for socio-demographic factors. The conclusion is that Mississippi ERs are typically located in block groups with higher percentages of disadvantaged residents and that people in these areas are more likely to utilize ER services. Our data suggest that the geographical distance has an impact on ER utilization, especially by reducing utilization in disadvantaged block group areas. Disadvantaged persons living near ER hospitals (<5 miles) were found to be more likely to utilize the ER services. Geographic distance should therefore be considered when planning state-wide ER programmes for disadvantaged populations.
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- Jae Eun Lee
- Methodist Rehabilitation Center, 1350 East Woodrow Wilson, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
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Choi HJ, Lee IS, Sung JH, Park BJ, Jhon MS. Comment on “Preparation and electrorheological property of rare earth modified amorphous BaxSr1−xTiO3 gel electrorheological fluid”. J Colloid Interface Sci 2006; 295:291-3. [PMID: 16165145 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2005.08.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2005] [Revised: 08/04/2005] [Accepted: 08/06/2005] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The comments on the recent results on electrorheological (ER) property of rare earth modified amorphous barium strontium titanate gel based ER fluid are given via analysis of its dynamic yield stress data as a function of applied electric field strengths. Using our previously reported universal yield stress equation, we obtained the critical electric field strength and collapsed their data onto a single curve.
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- H J Choi
- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 402-751, Republic of Korea
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