Background: Patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) have 2- to 6-fold increase in the prevalence
of cardiovascular disease (CVD) compared to non-DM subjects. Epidemiological data …

… We chose these criteria instead of a BMI >25 kg/m 2 to avoid individuals with borderline
excess adiposity with only a minimal need for weight reduction. Patients were enrolled from …

It is estimated that by 2030, 1 in 5 Americans will be older than 65 years. 1 As a consequence,
the number of older patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) is expected to increase. …

PURPOSE Cardiac rehabilitation (CR)/secondary prevention programming is dependent on
clinical attributes of participants. We examined recent changes in the profile of individuals …

Plasma lipoprotein levels, including remnant-like particle (RLP) cholesterol and RLP
triglycerides, were assessed in fasting (12 hours) and postprandial (PP) (4 hours after a fat-rich …

Objective: Obesity promotes the development and progression of coronary heart disease (CHD),
in part, through its association with hyperlipidemia, hypertension, clotting abnormalities …

Background The ongoing scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in sub-Saharan Africa has
prompted the interest in surveillance of transmitted and acquired HIV drug resistance. …

Background: In Denmark, 300 new individuals are diagnosed with HIV every year, despite
decades of public health campaigns aimed to raise awareness of potential risk behavior for …

Novel risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, including infectious agents such as Chlamydia
pneumoniae and Helicobacter pylori, inflammatory mediators such as C-reactive protein …

… To determine the independent predictors of outcomes (baseline m-value and change in m-value),
we used stepwise linear regression algorithms. Nonnormally distributed variables …