{"title":"Long-term continuous exercise training counteracts the negative impact of the menopause transition on cardiometabolic health in hypertensive women - a 9-year RCT follow-up","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.pcad.2023.12.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pcad.2023.12.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><p>The study examined effects of 9-yrs of multicomponent exercise training during the menopause interval on cardiometabolic health in hypertensive women.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Sedentary, middle-aged women (<em>n</em> = 25) with mild-to-moderate arterial hypertension were randomized into a soccer training (multicomponent exercise; EX; <em>n</em> = 12) or control group (CON; <em>n</em> = 13). EX took part in 1-h football training sessions, 1–3 times weekly, for a consecutive 9-years, totaling ∼800 training sessions, while CON did not take part in regular exercise training. 22 participants entered menopause during the intervention.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>A time×group interaction effect (<em>P</em> = 0.04) of 8.5 mmHg in favour of EX was observed for changes in mean arterial pressure (MAP) (EX: −4.8 [−10.7;1.1] mmHg, CON +3.7 [−2.0;9.3] mmHg). Time×group interaction effects in favour of EX were also observed for total body weight (4.6 kg, <em>P</em> = 0.008, EX: +0.7 [−1.7;3.0] kg, CON: +5.3 [3.0;7.6] kg, total fat percentage (5.7%-points, <em>P</em> = 0.02; EX (−1.9 [−4.4;0.6] %-points; <em>P</em> = 0.13), CON +3.8 [1.4;6.2] %-points and for total cholesterol (1.2 mmol/l, <em>P</em> = 0.03, EX: −0.5 [−1.0;-0.1] mmol/l, CON: +0.7 [0.2;1.1] mmol/l. EX reduced (<em>P</em> = 0.02) plasma low-density lipoprotein cholesterol by −0.4 [−0.8;-0.1] mmol/l, whereas an increase (<em>P</em> = 0.01) of 0.4 [0.1;0.8] mmol/l occurred in CON (interaction. <em>P</em> < 0.001). A time×group interaction (<em>P</em> = 0.004) existed for changes in exercise capacity in favour of EX. Fasting glucose remained unchanged in EX and increased (<em>P</em> < 0.001) by 0.7 [0.4;1.0] mmol/l in CON (time×group interaction <em>P</em> = 0.02).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>In conclusion, long-term multicomponent exercise training fully counteracts the detrimental effects of the menopause transition on cardiometabolic health in hypertensive women.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":21156,"journal":{"name":"Progress in cardiovascular diseases","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0033062023001238/pdfft?md5=8450c2e1bcf241a5a6b56135466c3567&pid=1-s2.0-S0033062023001238-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138556943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Predicting life expectancy in the United States: The importance of healthy living behaviors and residential geography","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.pcad.2024.01.021","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pcad.2024.01.021","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>According to the World Health Organization, 30 countries currently have a life expectancy of ≥80 years: the United States (U.S.) is not among this group of countries. The current analysis assesses the ability of key lifestyle behaviors and characteristics to predict a life expectancy of ≥80 years. Only 577 (19%) of the 3066 U.S. Counties assessed had a life expectancy ≥80 years. These counties had significantly higher life expectancy (81 ± 3 vs. 76 ± 2 years) and lower percent of the population who are physically inactive (20.7 ± 3.9 vs. 27.0 ± 4.7%), actively smoke (15.9 ± 3.1 vs. 21.1 ± 3.6%), obese (31.7 ± 4.7 vs. 37.3 ± 3.9%) and have limited access to healthy food (7.1 ± 6.8 vs. 8.4 ± 6.6%) (all <em>p</em><span> < 0.001). Binary logistic regression revealed percent adults who currently smoke, percent obese, percent physically inactive, and percent with limited access to healthy food were all significant univariate predictors of </≥80 years life expectancy (</span><em>p</em><span> < 0.001) and retained in the multivariate regression (</span><em>p</em> < 0.05). A better understanding of the driving forces that increase healthy living behaviors should be a primary goal in the effort to increase U.S. life expectancy: an individualized approach recognizing unique regional cultures may significantly improve adoption and maintenance of desirable health behaviors and outcomes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":21156,"journal":{"name":"Progress in cardiovascular diseases","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139668723","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) - in search of ideal diagnostic criteria and precise treatment","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.pcad.2024.03.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pcad.2024.03.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><span>Maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) is a spectrum of clinically heterogenous forms of monogenic diabetes mellitus characterized by autosomal dominant inheritance, onset at a young age, and </span>absence<span><span> of pancreatic islets<span> autoimmunity. This rare form of hyperglycemia<span>, with clinical features<span> overlapping with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus, has 14 subtypes with differences in prevalence and complications occurrence which tailor therapeutic approach. MODY phenotypes differ based on the gene involved, gene penetrance and expressivity. While MODY 2 rarely leads to </span></span></span></span>diabetic complications<span> and is easily managed with lifestyle interventions alone, more severe subtypes, such as MODY 1, 3, and 6, require an individualized treatment approach to maintain a patient's quality of life and prevention of complications. This review summarizes current evidence on the presentation, diagnosis, and management of MODY, an example of a </span></span></span>genetic<span> cause of hyperglycemia that calls for a precision medicine approach.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":21156,"journal":{"name":"Progress in cardiovascular diseases","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140186765","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stratified medicine for acute and chronic coronary syndromes: A patient-tailored approach","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.pcad.2024.06.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pcad.2024.06.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The traditional approach to management of cardiovascular disease relies on grouping clinical presentations with common signs and symptoms into pre-specified disease pathways, all uniformly treated according to evidence-based guidelines (“one-size-fits-all”). The goal of precision medicine is to provide the right treatment to the right patients at the right time, combining data from time honoured sources (e.g., history, physical examination, imaging, laboratory) and those provided by multi-omics technologies. In patients with ischemic heart disease, biomarkers and intravascular assessment can be used to identify endotypes with different pathophysiology who may benefit from distinct treatments. This review discusses strategies for the application of stratified management to patients with acute and chronic coronary syndromes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":21156,"journal":{"name":"Progress in cardiovascular diseases","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0033062024000914/pdfft?md5=45089945244c502b4c1bed7ce3f27bc5&pid=1-s2.0-S0033062024000914-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141474121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Association between testosterone replacement therapy and cardiovascular outcomes: A meta-analysis of 30 randomized controlled trials","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.pcad.2024.04.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pcad.2024.04.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p><span>The Cardiovascular safety of testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) among men with </span>hypogonadism<span> is not well established to date. Hence, we sought to evaluate the cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes among patients receiving testosterone therapy by using all recently published randomized controlled trials.</span></p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>We performed a systematic literature search on PubMed, EMBASE, and <span><span>Clinicaltrial.gov</span><svg><path></path></svg></span><span> for relevant randomized controlled trials (RCTs) from inception until September 30th, 2023.</span></p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>A total of 30 randomized trials with 11,502 patients were included in the final analysis. The mean age was ranging from 61.61 to 61.82 years. Pooled analysis of primary and secondary outcomes showed that the incidence of any CVD events (OR, 1.12 (95%CI: 0.77–1.62), <em>P</em> = 0.55), stroke (OR, 1.01 (95%CI: 0.68–1.51), <em>P</em> = 0.94), myocardial infarction (OR, 1.05 (95%CI: 0.76–1.45), <em>P</em> = 0.77), all-cause mortality (OR, 0.94 (95%CI: 0.76–1.17), <em>P</em> = 0.57), and CVD mortality (OR, 0.87 (95%CI: 0.65–1.15), <em>P</em> = 0.31) was comparable between TRT and placebo groups.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Our analysis indicates that for patients with hypogonadism, testosterone replacement therapy does not increase the CVD risk and all-cause mortality.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":21156,"journal":{"name":"Progress in cardiovascular diseases","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140782341","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"List of recent issues","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S0033-0620(24)00107-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0033-0620(24)00107-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21156,"journal":{"name":"Progress in cardiovascular diseases","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142011521","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"RNA in cardiovascular disease: A new frontier of personalized medicine","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.pcad.2024.01.016","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pcad.2024.01.016","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><span>Personalized medicine has witnessed remarkable progress with the emergence of RNA therapy, offering new possibilities for the treatment of various diseases, and in particular in the context of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The ability to target the </span>human genome through RNA manipulation offers great potential not only in the treatment of cardiac pathologies but also in their diagnosis and prevention, notably in cases of </span>hyperlipidemia<span><span> and myocardial infarctions. While only a few RNA-based treatments have entered clinical trials or obtained approval from the US Food and Drug Administration, the growing body of research on this subject is promising. However, the development of RNA therapies faces several challenges that must be overcome. These include the efficient delivery of drugs into cells, the potential for immunogenic responses, and safety. Resolving these obstacles is crucial to advance the development of RNA therapies. This review explores the newest developments in medical studies, treatment plans, and results related to RNA therapies for </span>heart disease. Furthermore, it discusses the exciting possibilities and difficulties in this innovative area of research.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":21156,"journal":{"name":"Progress in cardiovascular diseases","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139508330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dose-response associations of the American Heart Association's new “Life's essential 8” metrics with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in a nationally representative sample from the United States","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.pcad.2024.06.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pcad.2024.06.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Our aim was to examine the prospective dose-response associations of American Heart Association's (AHA) LIFE's Essential 8 (LE8) score and number of cardiovascular health (CVH) factors with high score with all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) related mortality.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>We pooled 6 consecutive waves of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) comprising rounds between 2007 and 2008 and 2017–2018. We calculated hazard ratios (HRs) and conducted restricted cubic splines models to assess the dose-response association of LE8 score and CVH factors with all-cause and CVD mortality.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Analyses included 23,531 adults aged 18 years and over (mean [SD] age, 43.6 [16.7] years; 11,979 [51%] female; 8960 [38.1%] non-Hispanic white individuals) with a median follow-up of 7.3 years (IQR 4.3–10.1), corresponding to 168,033 person-years.</p><p>The dose-response analyses showed a significant inverse curvilinear trend for the association between LE8 score with all-cause and CVD mortality. The optimal risk reduction for all-cause mortality was found at 100 points of the LE8 Score (HR, 0.50; 95% CI, 0.27–0.93) compared to the reference (median LE8 score [62.5 points]). Moreover, the dose-response association between LE8 and CVD mortality also exhibited a significant inverse curvilinear association up to 90 points (HR, 0.41; 95% CI, 0.17–0.99). Optimal levels of LE8 score may be able to avert around 40% of the annual all-cause and CVD deaths among the US adult population.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Best-case scenario of CVH may reduce around 40% of the all-cause and CVD annual mortality among adults in the United States.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":21156,"journal":{"name":"Progress in cardiovascular diseases","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141461491","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}