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Gerardo Heiss
Researcher at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Publications - 649
Citations - 75660
Gerardo Heiss is an academic researcher from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Risk factor. The author has an hindex of 128, co-authored 623 publications receiving 69393 citations. Previous affiliations of Gerardo Heiss include Bank of America & Brigham and Women's Hospital.
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Smoking and Cardiac Structure and Function in the Elderly: The ARIC Study (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities).
Wilson Nadruz,Brian Claggett,Alexandra Gonçalves,Gabriela Querejeta-Roca,Miguel Morita Fernandes-Silva,Amil M. Shah,Susan Cheng,Hirofumi Tanaka,Gerardo Heiss,Dalane W. Kitzman,Scott D. Solomon +10 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the relationship between smoking and echocardiographic measures in a large elderly cohort and found that current smokers had greater left ventricular (LV) mass index (80.4±1.1 versus 76.7±0.4 g/m2; P <0.001), higher prevalence of LV hypertrophy (15% versus 9%; P =0.008), and worse diastolic function, as reflected by higher E/E′ ratio (11.7 ± 0.2 versus 10.9± 0.1
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Studies of blood pressure in schoolchildren (ages 6–19) and their parents in an integrated suburban school district
John A. Morrison,Philip R. Khoury,Kathe Kelly,Margot J. Mellies,Edith Parrish,Gerardo Heiss,Herman A. Tyroler,Charles J. Glueck +7 more
TL;DR: Children in an integrated school district may have shared behaviors, goals, and environments contributing to shared BP, while differing environmental factors may become amplified with age and life experience and contribute to higher BP in black adults.
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Sickle Cell Trait and Incident Ischemic Stroke in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study
Melissa C. Caughey,Laura R. Loehr,Nigel S. Key,Vimal K. Derebail,Rebecca F. Gottesman,Abhijit V. Kshirsagar,Megan L. Grove,Gerardo Heiss +7 more
TL;DR: An increased risk of ischemic stroke in blacks with sickle cell trait is observed, and further investigation of the incidence and pathophysiology of stroke in patients with SCT is warranted.
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Circulating oxidised low-density lipoprotein and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study
Ron C. Hoogeveen,Christie M. Ballantyne,Heejung Bang,Gerardo Heiss,Bruce Bartholow Duncan,Bruce Bartholow Duncan,Aaron R. Folsom,James S. Pankow +7 more
TL;DR: In this community-based cohort of middle-aged US adults, elevated plasma ox-LDL and sICAM-1 levels were associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes.
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Television, physical activity, diet, and body weight status: the ARIC cohort
TL;DR: The hypothesis that time spent watching TV is associated with deleterious effects on physical activity, diet, and BMI is supported.