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Amytis Towfighi
Researcher at University of Southern California
Publications - 116
Citations - 28912
Amytis Towfighi is an academic researcher from University of Southern California. The author has contributed to research in topics: Stroke & Population. The author has an hindex of 32, co-authored 96 publications receiving 25088 citations. Previous affiliations of Amytis Towfighi include American Heart Association & Los Angeles County Department of Health Services.
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Trends in Acute Ischemic Stroke Hospitalizations in the United States
Lucas Ramirez,May Kim-Tenser,Nerses Sanossian,Steven Cen,Ge Wen,Shuhan He,William J. Mack,Amytis Towfighi +7 more
TL;DR: Although overall stroke hospitalizations declined in the United States, the reduction was more pronounced among older individuals, women, Hispanics, and whites and renewed efforts at targeting risk factor control among vulnerable individuals may be warranted.
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A midlife stroke surge among women in the United States
TL;DR: A higher prevalence of stroke may exist among women aged 45 to 54 years compared with similarly aged men, due in part to inadequate stroke risk factor modification in women and is deserving of further study.
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The impact of body mass index on mortality after stroke.
Amytis Towfighi,Bruce Ovbiagele +1 more
TL;DR: Higher BMI after stroke is associated with a greater risk of all-cause and cardiovascular death among younger individuals and declined linearly with increasing age, such that in the elderly, overweightness and obesity had a protective effect.
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Low-Calorie Sweetened Beverages and Cardiometabolic Health: A Science Advisory From the American Heart Association.
Rachel K. Johnson,Alice H. Lichtenstein,Cheryl A.M. Anderson,Jo Ann S. Carson,Jean-Pierre Després,Frank B. Hu,Penny M. Kris-Etherton,Jennifer J. Otten,Amytis Towfighi,Judith Wylie-Rosett +9 more
TL;DR: There is a dearth of evidence on the potential adverse effects of LCS beverages relative to potential benefits, and on the basis of the available evidence, the writing group concluded that, at this time, it is prudent to advise against prolonged consumption of LCS beverage by children.
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Therapeutic milestone: stroke declines from the second to the third leading organ- and disease-specific cause of death in the United States.
TL;DR: With stroke death rates decreasing substantially in the United States from 1996 to 2005, stroke moved from the second to the third leading organ- and disease-specific cause of death and women and blacks may warrant attention for targeted stroke prevention and treatment.