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Executive Summary of the Japan Atherosclerosis Society (JAS) Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Diseases in Japan —2012 Version

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A New Proposal for the Target Value for Home BP in Type 2 Diabetes Patients: The J-HOP Study.

TL;DR: The target levels of home-monitored blood pressure (BP) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) have not yet been established and Quadratic equations of the relationship between clinic/home systolic BP (SBP) and log-transformed UACR were used to determine the home BP value.
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Association of obesity with serum free fatty acid levels in individuals at different stages of prediabetes.

TL;DR: In this article, the associations of prediabetes categories and obesity with serum free fatty acid (FFA) levels and adipose tissue insulin resistance were investigated, and the duration of obesity-related impairment in lipolysis inhibition after glucose ingestion was prolonged in IFG plus IGT and diabetes.
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Patency with antiplatelet treatment after vascular access intervention therapy: a retrospective observational study

TL;DR: Administration of antiplatelet agents was associated with a significant reduction in VAF risk after VAIVT, and multivariate analysis revealed that anti platelet treatment wasassociated with a lower risk of VAF afterVAIVT.
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Proneness to high blood lipid-related indices in female smokers.

TL;DR: In women, all of the four lipid-related indices tested were higher in smokers than in nonsmokers, and these associations were independent of alcohol drinking.
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Carotid-Artery Intima and Media Thickness as a Risk Factor for Myocardial Infarction and Stroke in Older Adults

TL;DR: Increases in the thickness of the intima and media of the carotid artery, as measured noninvasively by ultrasonography, are directly associated with an increased risk of myocardial infarction and stroke in older adults without a history of cardiovascular disease.
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ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias: The Task Force for the management of dyslipidaemias of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS)☆☆☆

TL;DR: These Joint ESC/European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS) guidelines on the management of dyslipidaemias are complementary to the guidelines on CVD prevention in clinical practice and address not only physicians but also specialists from lipid clinics or metabolic units who are dealing with dyslipIDAemias that are more difficult to classify and treat.
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Serum total cholesterol and long-term coronary heart disease mortality in different cultures. Twenty-five-year follow-up of the seven countries study

TL;DR: The large difference in absolute CHD mortality rates at a given cholesterol level, however, indicates that other factors, such as diet, that are typical for cultures with a low CHD risk are also important with respect to primary prevention.
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