Elevated blood pressure is a common, heritable cause of cardiovascular disease worldwide.
To date, identification of common genetic variants influencing blood pressure has proven …

Background Genetic, observational, and clinical intervention studies indicate that circulating
levels of triglycerides and cholesterol transported in triglyceride-rich lipoproteins (remnant …

Background: To assess the reliability and accuracy of the Framingham coronary heart disease
(CHD) risk function adapted by the Registre Gironí del Cor (REGICOR) investigators in …

OBJECTIVE Diabetes is a common cause of shortened life expectancy. We aimed to assess
the association between diabetes and cause-specific death. RESEARCH DESIGN AND …

The R package compareGroups provides functions meant to facilitate the construction of
bivariate tables (descriptives of several variables for comparison between groups) and …

Background High prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors has been observed in Spain
along with low incidence of acute myocardial infarction. Our objective was to determine the …

Aims To perform a meta-analysis of the association between CYP2C19 loss- and gain-of-function
variants and cardiovascular outcomes and bleeding in patients with coronary artery …

Objective— Olive oil polyphenols have shown beneficial properties against cardiovascular
risk factors. Their consumption has been associated with higher cholesterol content in high-…

Objectives : We investigated the role of nitric oxide 1 adaptor protein (NOS1AP) as a genetic
modifier of long QT syndrome (LQTS). Background : LQTS risk stratification is complicated …

Purpose To investigate the effect of virgin olive oil phenolic compounds (PC) alone or in
combination with thyme PC on blood lipid profile from hypercholesterolemic humans, and …