Search Results - "Goff Jr, D."

Glycaemia and correlates of patient-reported outcomes in ACCORD trial participants by Ali, M. K., Feeney, P., Hire, D., Simmons, D. L., O'Connor, P. J., Ganz-Lord, F., Goff Jr, D., Zhang, P., Anderson, R. T., Narayan, K. M. V., Sullivan, M. D.

“…Diabet. Med. 29, e67–e74 (2012) Aims  Post‐hoc evaluation of relationships between first‐year change in glycaemic control (HbA1c) and change in…”
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Evaluation of Subsecond Gated Helical CT for Quantification of Coronary Artery Calcium and Comparison with Electron Beam CT by Carr, J. Jeffrey, Crouse, John R., III, Goff, David C., Jr, D'Agostino, Ralph B., Jr, Peterson, Neil P, Burke, Gregory L

“…Since its introduction early in the 1990s, helical CT has become the predominant technology for obtaining CT images for medical applications. Recent…”
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The combination oral and nutritional treatment of late-onset diabetes mellitus (CONTROL DM) trial results by Reboussin, D. M., Goff Jr, D. C., Lipkin, E. W., Herrington, D. M., Summerson, J., Steffes, M., Crouse III, R. J., Jovanovic, L., Feinglos, M. N., Probstfield, J. L., Banerji, M. A., Pettitt, D. J., Williamson, J.

“…Objective  To examine the effect of short‐term improvements in glycaemic control on brachial artery endothelial function as a marker of cardiovascular health…”
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Investigating Correlates of Health Related Quality of Life in a Low-Income Sample of Patients with Diabetes by Camacho, F., R. T. Anderson, Bell, R. A., D. C. Goff, Jr, V. Duren-Winfield, D. D. Doss, R. Balkrishnan

“…Objective: We sought to describe and find correlates of health-related quality of life among under-served low-income patients in North Carolina with diabetes…”
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Lipoprotein concentrations and carotid atherosclerosis by diabetes status: results from the Insulin Resistance Atherosclerosis Study by D C Goff, Jr, R B D'Agostino, Jr, S M Haffner, M F Saad, L E Wagenknecht

“…Lipoprotein concentrations and carotid atherosclerosis by diabetes status: results from the Insulin Resistance Atherosclerosis Study. D C Goff, Jr , R B…”
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Longitudinal association between serum urate and subclinical atherosclerosis: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study by Wang, H., Jacobs, D. R., Gaffo, A. L., Gross, M. D., Goff, D. C., Carr, J. J.

“…Objective The aim of the present study was to determine whether serum urate (sUA) concentration is positively associated with subclinical atherosclerosis,…”
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Higher pericardial adiposity is associated with prevalent diabetes: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study by Alman, A.C, Jacobs, D.R, Lewis, C.E, Snell-Bergeon, J.K, Carnethon, M.R, Terry, J.G, Goff, D.C, Ding, J, Carr, J.J

“…Abstract Background and aims Pericardial adipose tissue (PAT) is located on both sides of the pericardium. We tested whether PAT was associated with prevalent…”
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Effect of a Community Intervention on Patient Delay and Emergency Medical Service Use in Acute Coronary Heart Disease: The Rapid Early Action for Coronary Treatment (REACT) Trial by Luepker, Russell V, Raczynski, James M, Osganian, Stravoula, Goldberg, Robert J, Finnegan, Jr, John R, Hedges, Jerris R, Goff, Jr, David C, Eisenberg, Mickey S, Zapka, Jane G, Feldman, Henry A, Labarthe, Darwin R, McGovern, Paul G, Cornell, Carol E, Proschan, Michael A, Simons-Morton, Denise G, for the REACT Study Group

“…CONTEXT Delayed access to medical care in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is common and increases myocardial damage and mortality. OBJECTIVE To…”
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Change in level of physical activity and risk of all-cause mortality or reinfarction: The Corpus Christi Heart Project by STEFFEN-BATEY, Lyn, NICHAMAN, Milton Z, GOFF, David C, FRANKOWSKI, Ralph F, HANIS, Craig L, RAMSEY, David J, LABARTHE, Darwin R

“…The role of physical activity (PA) in reducing the risk of all-cause mortality or reinfarction after a first myocardial infarction (MI) remains unresolved,…”
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Acute myocardial infarction and coronary heart disease mortality among Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic whites in Texas, 1980 through 1989 by Goff, Jr, D C, Ramsey, D J, Labarthe, D R, Nichaman, M Z

“…We calculated acute myocardial infarction and chronic coronary heart disease mortality rates for Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic whites in Texas for the…”
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Quality of diabetes care among low-income patients in North Carolina by Bell, Ronny A, Camacho, Fabian, Goonan, Kelly, Duren-Winfield, Vanessa, Anderson, Roger T, Konen, Joseph C, Goff, David C

“…Background: Diabetes is a leading cause of death and disability, disproportionately affecting most ethnic minority groups, people of low socioeconomic status,…”
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Mortality after hospitalization for myocardial infarction among Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic whites: the Corpus Christi Heart Project by Goff, Jr, D C, Varas, C, Ramsey, D J, Wear, M L, Labarthe, D R, Nichaman, M Z

“…We compared short- and long-term mortality among 334 Mexican Americans and 348 non-Hispanic whites hospitalized for myocardial infarction in the Corpus Christi…”
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Factors associated with serum cholesterol level in a pediatric practice. Cholesterol screening in a pediatric practice by Donker, G A, Goff, Jr, D C, Ragan, Jr, J D, Killinger, R P, Harrist, R B, Labarthe, D R

“…The associations between age, sex, height, Quetelet index, blood pressure, and serum cholesterol level were examined among 1406 routinely screened children,…”
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Associations between Recent Exposure to Ambient Fine Particulate Matter and Blood Pressure in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) by Auchincloss, Amy H., Roux, Ana V. Diez, Dvonch, J. Timothy, Brown, Patrick L., Barr, R. Graham, Daviglus, Martha L., Goff, David C., Kaufman, Joel D., O'Neill, Marie S.

“…Background: Blood pressure (BP) may be implicated in associations observed between ambient particulate matter and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. This…”
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Summary measures of the insulin resistance syndrome are adverse among Mexican-American versus non-hispanic white children : The Corpus Christi child heart study by BATEY, L. S, GOLF, D. C, TORTOLERO, S. R, NICHAMAN, M. Z, WENYAW CHAN, CHAN, F. A, GRUNBAUM, J, HANIS, C. L, LABARTHE, D. R

“…Mexican-American (MA) adults are known to have a greater burden of diabetes and insulin resistance than non-Hispanic white (NHW) people. In this report, we…”
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Baseline Characteristics of the Diabetic Participants in the Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT) by BARZILAY, Joshua I, JONES, Cheryl L, DAVIS, Barry R, BASILE, Jan N, GOFF, David C, CIOCON, Jerry O, SWEENEY, Mary Ellen, RANDALL, Otelio S

“…Baseline Characteristics of the Diabetic Participants in the Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT) Joshua I…”
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A call for caution in the interpretation of the observed smaller relative importance of risk factors in the elderly by Howard, G, Goff, Jr, D C

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Trends in severity of hospitalized myocardial infarction: The Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities (ARIC) study, 1987–1994 by Goff, David C., Howard, George, Wang, Chin-Hua, Folsom, Aaron R., Rosamond, Wayne D., Cooper, Lawton S., Chambless, Lloyd E.

“…Background Declining mortality rates of coronary heart disease in the United States could be attributable to declining incidence, declining severity, and/or…”
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Congestive heart failure in the United States: is there more than meets the I(CD code)? The Corpus Christi Heart Project by Goff, Jr, D C, Pandey, D K, Chan, F A, Ortiz, C, Nichaman, M Z

“…Congestive heart failure (CHF) is increasing as a public health problem in the United States. The ability to quantify this problem has been limited by a lack…”
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Health-Associated Changes in Drinking: A Period Prevalence Study of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Cohort (1987–1995) by Eigenbrodt, Marsha L., Fuchs, Flavio D., Hutchinson, Richard G., Paton, Catherine C., Goff, David C., Couper, David J.

“…Background. Several investigators have suggested that drinking cessation occurs because of poor health which may bias studies on the benefit or risk of alcohol…”
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