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Showing papers by "James F. Fries published in 2019"

Journal Article•DOI•
Favorable Cardiovascular Health at Young and Middle Ages and Dementia in Older Age-The CHA Study.

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Thanh Huyen T. Vu1, Lihui Zhao1, Lei Liu2, Cuiping Schiman3, Donald M. Lloyd-Jones1, Martha L. Daviglus4, Kiang Liu1, Daniel B. Garside4, Jeremiah Stamler1, James F. Fries5, Ya Chen Tina Shih6, Norrina B. Allen1 •
Northwestern University1, Washington University in St. Louis2, Pennsylvania State University3, University of Illinois at Chicago4, Stanford University5, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center6
08 Jan 2019-Journal of the American Heart Association
TL;DR: In this large population-based study, a favorable CVH profile at younger age is associated with a lower risk of dementia in older age and the association was attenuated but remained significant when the model was further adjusted for competing risk of death.
Abstract: Background Data are sparse on the association of cardiovascular health (CVH) in younger/middle age with the incidence of dementia later in life. Methods and Results We linked the CHA (Chicago Heart...

15 citations

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Cardiovascular health in young and middle adulthood and medical care utilization and costs at older age - The Chicago Heart Association Detection Project Industry (CHA).

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Cuiping Schiman1, Lei Liu1, Ya Chen Tina Shih2, Lihui Zhao1, Martha L. Daviglus3, Kiang Liu1, James F. Fries4, Daniel B. Garside3, Thanh Huyen T. Vu1, Jeremiah Stamler1, Donald M. Lloyd-Jones1, Norrina B. Allen1 •
Northwestern University1, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center2, University of Illinois at Chicago3, Stanford University4
01 Feb 2019-Preventive Medicine
TL;DR: All favorable CVH in earlier adulthood was associated with lower long-term utilization and costs in all settings and the gap widened with age, and the cost differences were greatest for acute in patient, followed by ambulatory, post-acute inpatient, home health, and other.

7 citations