Search for dissertations about: "Obesity and cardiovascular morbidity"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 48 swedish dissertations containing the words Obesity and cardiovascular morbidity.
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1. Obesity and cardiovascular disease. Aspects of methods and susceptibility
Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to study the morbidity and mortality of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in obese individuals, as measured by different obesity measurements, and to explore how the CVD risk related to obesity was modified by other biologic and socio-demographic circumstances. Data from two population-based cohort studies was used. READ MORE
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2. Obesity, Weight Loss and Cardiovascular Risk
Abstract : Background: The global prevalence of obesity is on the rise, contributing to increased incidence and prevalence of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Obesity has adverse effects on cardiac structure and function, directly through a hemodynamic overload, and indirectly through cardiovascular risk factors and low-grade inflammation. READ MORE
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3. Cardiovascular morbidity and metabolic signature in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Abstract : Background and objectives: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease with excess risk for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The treatment of RA by anti-inflammatory drugs has dramatically been improved over the resent decades. READ MORE
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4. Body weight, body size and early cardiovascular disease. Epidemiological studies using Swedish registries
Abstract : Background: Obesity is a known risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, as well as for atrial fibrillation and heart failure. While overweight and obesity have become increasingly more common in Sweden and worldwide during the past decades, there have also been an increase of some cardiovascular diseases (CVD) among men and women younger than 45 years old in Sweden. READ MORE
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5. Obesity, Sleep and Sleep-disordered Breathing
Abstract : Background: Sleep problems are associated with impaired quality of life and daytime sleepiness. Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) and obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS), are associated with metabolic changes and an increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. READ MORE