Background Vitamin D is crucial for maintenance of musculoskeletal health, and might also
have a role in extraskeletal tissues. Determinants of circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D …

Myocardial infarction (MI), a leading cause of death around the world, displays a complex
pattern of inheritance 1 , 2 . When MI occurs early in life, genetic inheritance is a major …

ContextObesity, typically measured as body mass index of 30 or higher, has 3 subclasses:
obesity 1 (30-34.9); obesity 2 (35-39.9); and extreme obesity (≥40). Extreme obesity is …

Background. Frailty is considered highly prevalent in old age and to confer high risk for falls,
disability, hospitalization, and mortality. Frailty has been considered synonymous with …

Objectives— Relationships between incident cardiovascular disease and lipoprotein
subclass measurements by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy were evaluated in the …

Background The combined thickness of the intima and media of the carotid artery is associated
with the prevalence of cardiovascular disease. We studied the associations between the …

Background: The Cardiovascular Health Cognition Study has evaluated the determinants of
dementia among 3,608 participants that had a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the …

The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis was initiated in July 2000 to investigate the prevalence,
correlates, and progression of subclinical cardiovascular disease (CVD) in a population…

This statement examines the cardiovascular complications of diabetes mellitus and considers
opportunities for their prevention. These complications include coronary heart disease (…

Background In white populations, computed tomographic measurements of coronary-artery
calcium predict coronary heart disease independently of traditional coronary risk factors. …