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Piet Van Damme
Publications - 4
Citations - 546
Piet Van Damme is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Estrogen & Hormonal therapy. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 4 publications receiving 502 citations.
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Telomere length and cardiovascular risk factors in a middle‐aged population free of overt cardiovascular disease
Sofie Bekaert,Tim De Meyer,Ernst Rietzschel,Marc De Buyzere,Dirk De Bacquer,Michel Langlois,Patrick Segers,Luc Cooman,Piet Van Damme,Peter Cassiman,Wim Van Criekinge,Pascal Verdonck,Guy De Backer,Thierry C. Gillebert,Patrick Van Oostveldt +14 more
TL;DR: It is shown that TL of peripheral blood leukocytes primarily reflects the burden of increased oxidative stress and inflammation, whether or not determined by an increasingly unhealthy lifestyle, while the association with classical CVD risk factors is limited.
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Rationale, design, methods and baseline characteristics of the Asklepios Study.
E. Rietzschel,E. Rietzschel,Marc De Buyzere,Sofie Bekaert,Patrick Segers,Dirk De Bacquer,Luc Cooman,Piet Van Damme,Peter Cassiman,Michel Langlois,Patrick Van Oostveldt,Pascal Verdonck,Guy De Backer,Thierry C. Gillebert +13 more
TL;DR: The Asklepios Study is a longitudinal population study focusing on the interplay between ageing, cardiovascular haemodynamics and inflammation in (preclinical) cardiovascular disease, and the systematic determination of peripheral blood leukocyte telomere length as a marker for biological ageing.
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Systemic telomere length and preclinical atherosclerosis: the Asklepios Study.
Tim De Meyer,Ernst Rietzschel,Marc De Buyzere,Michel Langlois,Dirk De Bacquer,Patrick Segers,Piet Van Damme,Guy De Backer,Patrick Van Oostveldt,Wim Van Criekinge,Thierry C. Gillebert,Sofie Bekaert +11 more
TL;DR: Since systemic TL is not a substantial underlying determinant of preclinical Atherosclerosis, the association between CVD and TL cannot be explained by the fact that subjects with shorter inherited TL are predisposed to atherosclerosis.
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Abstract 3537: Oral Contraceptives Cause Major C-reactive Protein Rises in the Female General Population
Ernst Rietzschel,Marc De Buyzere,Dirk De Baquer,Michel Langlois,Sofie Bekaert,Patrick Segers,Piet Van Damme,Pascal Verdonck,Guy De Backer,Thierry C. Gillebert,Asklepios investigators +10 more
TL;DR: In this paper, high-sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) is identified as a marker of inflammation, identifying subjects at increased cardiovascular risk, and Hormonal therapy with estrogen (E) alone or combined with pro...