F J Nieto

TL;DR: Even after controlling for personal income, education, and occupation, it is found that living in a disadvantaged neighborhood is associated with an increased incidence of coronary heart disease.

TL;DR: Both active smoking and ETS exposure are associated with the progression of an index of atherosclerosis, and the fact that pack-years of smoking but not current vs past smoking was associated with progression of Atherosclerosis suggests that some adverse effects of smoking may be cumulative and irreversible.

TL;DR: Clinical trials should be conducted to determine whether normalization of hyperhomocyst(e)inemia may prevent progression of atherosclerosis, as well as observations on the common occurrence of elevated plasma homocyst (e)ine levels in patients with occlusive arterial diseases.

TL;DR: That low dietary magnesium intake does not confer risk for type 2 diabetes implies that compartmentalization and renal handling of magnesium may be important in the relationship between low serum magnesium levels and the risk forType 2 diabetes.

TL;DR: A cross sectional analysis of the relation between neighbourhood median household income and food and nutrient intakes, before and after adjustment for individual level variables found consistent (albeit small) differences across neighbourhoods in food intake.