Top in cardiology: Health risks tied to late menarche; risk prediction from low HDL
Premenopausal women who experienced late menarche had a greater risk for myocardial infarction and stroke, according to a study published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.
Su-Min Jeong, MD, of the Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine in Seoul, South Korea, and colleagues also found that oral contraceptive use and longer duration of breastfeeding were associated with an increased risk for CVD in premenopausal women. It was the top story in cardiology last week.
The second top story was about low HDL as a risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD). A study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology found that low HDL was predictive of CHD in white adults but not Black adults.
Read these and more top stories in cardiology below:
Late menarche associated with MI, stroke in premenopausal women
Late menarche was associated with a 15% to 33% greater risk for myocardial infarction and stroke among premenopausal women compared with menarche at age 13 years, researchers reported. Read more.
Risk prediction from low HDL varies by race
Low HDL was associated with CHD risk among white adults but not Black adults, and high HDL was not protective of risk in either, researchers reported. Read more.
‘Code blue button’ may improve care of in-hospital cardiac arrest
A “code blue button” to activate code teams via text message may expedite epinephrine administration and increase survival to discharge vs. code activation by overhead page or pager alerts, a speaker reported. Read more.
People with childhood adversity at elevated risk for CVD in young adulthood
Children who experienced adversity from age 0 to 15 years were at elevated risk for developing CVD in young adulthood compared with those who did not, researchers reported in the European Heart Journal. Read more.
Persistent asthma may drive higher carotid plaque burden
Adults with persistent asthma, but not those with intermittent asthma, had a higher carotid plaque burden compared with those without asthma, according to research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. Read more.