We compared the ability of separately measured intimal-medial thickness and atherosclerotic plaque to predict incident cardiovascular disease. American Indian men and women from the Strong Heart Study who were free of cardiovascular disease were evaluated with carotid ultrasound and cardiovascular disease risk factor assessment. End-diastolic intimal-medial thickness of the common carotid arter...

We compared the ability of separately measured intimal-medial thickness and atherosclerotic plaque to predict incident cardiovascular disease. American Indian men and women from the Strong Heart Study who were free of cardiovascular disease were evaluated with carotid ultrasound and cardiovascular disease risk factor assessment. End-diastolic intimal-medial thickness of the common carotid arter...

unreliability of financial statements in iran has urged this country’s financial services industry management to manipulate practices by which they could gain reliable risk scores for borrowers. this research extracts the most influential qualitative factors that would impact the default of a business relationship borrower. solicitation of the factors is done through delphi methodology. the mea...

Background: India is home to 77 million diabetics. Roughly 30% of overweight people have diabetes and 85% diabetics are overweight. Young adults especially prone due increased junk food consumption sedentary lifestyle. Many young would be leading a life as diabetic if they not educated about screened for the risk factors. This will also allow us timely strategize effective prevention therapies....

OBJECTIVE The aim of this article was to assess the association between the Alternate Healthy Eating Index (AHEI) and risk of type 2 diabetes in women. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A total of 80,029 women aged 38-63 years in the Nurses' Health Study were followed from 1984 to 2002. The AHEI score was computed from dietary information collected from five repeated food frequency questionnaires a...

BACKGROUND We set out to describe the risk of hospitalization from heart disease, stroke, and diabetes among persons born in India, all foreign-born persons, and U.S.-born persons residing in New York City. METHODS We examined billing records of 1,083,817 persons hospitalized in New York City during the year 2000. The zip code of each patient's residence was linked to corresponding data from ...

ncmedicaljournal.com 394 NCMJ vol. 72, no. 5 ncmedicaljournal.com effective in ensuring that culturally relevant approaches are developed. A critical first step is increasing awareness of the behaviors associated with diabetes prevention and control. This is the goal of the American Indian and Alaska Native Workgroup of the National Diabetes Education Program, with initiatives such at the Move ...