Browsing School of Medicine by Subject "Diabetes"

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Effects of Air Pollution on Heart Rate Variability: The VA Normative Aging Study

Park, Sung Kyun; O'Neill, Marie S.; Vokonas, Pantel S.; Sparrow, David; Schwartz, Joel (National Institue of Environmental Health Sciences, 2005-03)

Reduced heart rate variability (HRV), a marker of poor cardiac autonomic function, has been associated with air pollution, especially fine particulate matter [< 2.5 μm in aerodynamic diameter (PM2.5)]. We examined the ...
Traffic-Related Air Pollution and QT Interval: Modification by Diabetes, Obesity, and Oxidative Stress Gene Polymorphisms in the Normative Aging Study

Baja, Emmanuel S.; Schwartz, Joel D.; Wellenius, Gregory A.; Coull, Brent A.; Zanobetti, Antonella; Vokonas, Pantel S.; Suh, Helen H. (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2010-06)

BACKGROUND. Acute exposure to ambient air pollution has been associated with acute changes in cardiac outcomes, often within hours of exposure. OBJECTIVES. We examined the effects of air pollutants on heart-rate-corrected ...
Welcoming Low Testosterone as a Cardiovascular Risk Factor

Maggio, M; Basaria, S (Nature Publishing Group, 2009-06-18)

Male hypogonadism now has a new spectrum of complications. They are mainly cardiometabolic in nature. Low serum testosterone levels are a risk factor for diabetes, metabolic syndrome, inflammation and dyslipidemia. These ...

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