Insufficient recommendations do not support the clinical use of carotid ultrasonography for
further risk stratification in moderate-to-high risk patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) …

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients have an increased
cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality. Common carotid intima-media thickness (CCA …

Background Early-life air pollution exposure is associated with lung function in children and
adolescents. However, whether the association of prenatal and early postnatal exposure to …

Background Dementia is an increasingly important public health problem with various risk
factors. Respiratory function, measured via peak expiratory flow (PEF), may be a modifiable …

Objective We examined the association between different adiposity indices and pulmonary
function in Chinese adults in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (GBCS). Methods …

Background and aims Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with
increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Identifying early changes of …

Epicatechin gallate (ECG) is beneficial to the treatment of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs),
especially atherosclerosis (AS) through antioxidant stress, but there is a lack of detailed …

Aim: Impaired lung function is associated with atherosclerotic vascular events. Carotid intima-
media thickness (cIMT) is a marker for subclinical atherosclerosis. However, few studies …

We aimed to determine if prematurity and lower birth weight are associated with poorer lung
function in a non-western developed setting with less marked confounding by …

Aims: Cigarette smoking provokes deleterious influences on cardiovascular and pulmonary
systems, although the underlying relationship has not been sufficiently investigated …