Association of Hostility With Coronary Artery Calcification in Young Adults: The CARDIA Study
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Hostility may cause excessive deposits of calcium to build up in the coronary arteries. This in turn can lead to coronary artery disease. Researchers gave 374 people a test to measure hostility and 10 years later used electron beam CT scans of their coronary arteries to measure coronary artery calcification. Those with high scores on the test were 2.5 times more likely to have coronary artery calcification than those with low scores.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2000
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Calcification of the Aortic Arch: Risk Factors and Association With Coronary Heart Disease, Stroke, and Peripheral Vascular Disease
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Calcium deposits in coronary arteries and other arteries may be an early sign of atherosclerosis. Researchers gave 60,393 women and 55,916 men a complete checkup, which included X-ray measurements of calcium deposits in their arteries, and then followed them for up to 30 years or more. Calcium deposits in arteries were an independent risk factor for coronary heart disease in men, and coronary heart disease and stroke in women.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2000
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Cardiorespiratory fitness in young adulthood and the development of cardiovascular disease risk factors
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Low physical fitness may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, especially in people who are overweight or obese. This was the conclusion of a study of 2,478 people. Those who were overweight and had low physical fitness had between three and six times the risk of developing diabetes, high blood pressure, and the metabolic syndrome. Those with normal body weight had twice the risk of developing these conditions if they had low physical fitness.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2003
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