Atherosclerosis

Women with metabolic syndrome are more likely to have increased risk for atherosclerotic changes than women without metabolic syndrome, regardless of whether they also have obesity, according to study findings published in Menopause.

Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES, FADCES, continues her conversation with Audrey Fleck, MS, RDN, about associations between gut dysbiosis — an unhealthy imbalance of microbes in the gut — and diseases associated with reproductive hormones.

College graduates may have lower CV risk in middle and older age compared with individuals who did not complete college or high school earlier in life, researchers reported.

Data show that higher cumulative remnant cholesterol and greater remnant cholesterol variability are each associated with elevated risk for atherosclerosis, independent of LDL, triglycerides level and other traditional CV risk factors.

Researchers identified early signals of atherosclerosis in blood samples from young people who smoke tobacco cigarettes or vape, though to a lesser extent among the latter.

Self-reported and genotype-predicted mean alcohol intake are associated with a higher burden of carotid plaque among a cohort of Chinese men, but not carotid intima-media thickness, researchers reported.

In this Healio | Cardiology Today video exclusive, Daniel Soffer, MD, FNLA, discussed some of the highlights so far from the National Lipid Association Scientific Sessions.

This installment of Pipeline Pulse focuses on a single cardiovascular risk factor, lipoprotein(a), and examines two CV outcomes trials aimed at reducing CV events through Lp(a) reduction.

Compared with men, women with atherosclerotic CVD were less likely to be prescribed any statin, less likely to be prescribed a high-intensity statin and more likely to be deemed statin-intolerant, electronic health records data show.

Cardiovascular disease, especially atherosclerotic CVD, was associated with increased risk for cancer diagnosis, according to a study published in JACC: CardioOncology.