Lifestyle, psychological, socioeconomic and environmental factors and their impact on hypertension during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic

R Kreutz, P Dobrowolski, A Prejbisz… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
… likely to influence BP control and cardiovascular risk during the pandemic. This includes the
… Other risk factors for increases in BP and cardiovascular risk such as smoking, emotional/…

What comes first, the behavior or the condition? In the COVID-19 era, it may go both ways

R Arena, CJ Lavie, MA Faghy, HLP Network - Current Problems in …, 2022 - Elsevier
… In a UK cohort of 387,109 individuals, Hamer et al 21 found those who reported being
physical inactive [Relative risk (RR) = 1.32, 95% CI = 1.10-1.58), smoking (RR = 1.42, 95% CI = …

[HTML][HTML] More People, More Active, More Often for Heart Health–Taking Action on Physical Activity

T Shilton, A Bauman, B Beger, A Chalkley… - Global Heart, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… ’ Physical Activity Guidelines conclude that physical activity reduces the risk of cardiovascular
disease by 35% in adults and older adults (Department of Health and Social Care, 2019). …

[HTML][HTML] Physical activity lowers the risk for acute respiratory infections: Time for recognition

DC Nieman, CA Sakaguchi - Journal of Sport and Health Science, 2022 - Elsevier
… ratio of 0.64 for risk of infectious disease mortality when comparing adults who met MVPA
guidelines … Risk for infectious disease mortality was also reduced in adults with low (≤4 h/day) …

[HTML][HTML] Global pandemics interconnected—obesity, impaired metabolic health and COVID-19

N Stefan, AL Birkenfeld, MB Schulze - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2021 - nature.com
… characterized by an acute cardiac injury with cardiomyopathy… the absence of obstructive
coronary artery disease 75 . The … obstructive coronary artery disease, arrhythmias, heart failure …

[HTML][HTML] Unique Pulmonary Hypertensive Vascular Diseases Associated with Heart and Lung Developmental Defects

H Ishida, J Maeda, K Uchida, H Yamagishi - Journal of Cardiovascular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
… Childhood PAH is frequently associated with congenital heart disease (CHD) resulting from
developmental defects of the cardiovascular system, and belongs to group 1.4.4 of the sixth …

Mapping one million COVID-19 deaths and unhealthy lifestyle behaviors in the United States: recognizing the syndemic pattern and taking action

R Arena, NP Pronk, D Laddu, LP Whitsel… - The American Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
… would eliminate all chronic disease and poor outcomes with viral pandemics. Certainly,
contributory factors to an unfavorable health trajectory (eg, cardiovascular disease, cancer, …

[HTML][HTML] The association of estimated cardiorespiratory fitness with COVID-19 incidence and mortality: A cohort study

RAG Christensen, J Arneja, K St. Cyr, SL Sturrock… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
… of cardiovascular disease [13–15] and all-cause mortality [13–15], independent of age and
body mass index—risk … In fact, CRF has been found to better predict heart disease than …

Shelter from the cytokine storm: Healthy living is a vital preventative strategy in the COVID-19 era

R Arena, S Bond, IR Calvo, L Lebowicz… - … in Cardiovascular …, 2022 - Elsevier
… Through this graphical review, we will demonstrate unhealthy lifestyle characteristics,
chronic disease risk factors and diagnoses, and COVID-19 outcomes are intricately linked, …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of COVID-19-related lockdown on diet and serum markers in healthy adults

N Bogataj Jontez, K Novak, S Kenig, A Petelin… - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
… mortality from ischemic heart disease [24]; the ratio in our study significantly increased from
2.8 to 3.9 (p < 0.001), which could implicate a higher risk for heart disease among subjects in …