Thomas K. Welty

TL;DR: In a population-based sample of middle-aged and elderly adults, mitral E/A >1.5 at baseline Doppler echocardiography is associated with 2-fold increased all-cause and 3-fold increase cardiac mortality independent of covariates.

TL;DR: The Strong Heart Study, a study of cardiovascular disease among American Indians, was conducted to determine cardiovascular disease rates and the prevalence of risk factors among members of 13 tribal groups in South Dakota/North Dakota, southeastern Oklahoma, and Arizona, indicating that cardiovascular disease risk factors vary significantly among tribal groups.

TL;DR: Compared with diabetes-associated differences in men, diabetes in women was related to greater adverse differences in levels of several CVD risk factors, and the combined effects of these risk factor differences in diabetic women may be substantial.

TL;DR: The prevalence of asthma among older American Indians residing in three separate geographic areas of the United States was similar to rates in other ethnic groups, yet medications for pulmonary disease were underutilized by this population.

TL;DR: Public health nurse visits, maternal alcohol use during the periconceptional period and first trimester, and layers of clothing are important risk factors for SIDS among Northern Plains Indians.