Background The appropriate target for systolic blood pressure to reduce cardiovascular risk
in older patients with hypertension remains unclear. Methods In this multicenter …

Background Recently, the potential role of gut microbiome in metabolic diseases has been
revealed, especially in cardiovascular diseases. Hypertension is one of the most prevalent …

Background The relations of hypertension onset age with cardiovascular diseases (CVD)
and all-cause mortality remain inconclusive. Objectives This study sought to examine the …

Background—The American Heart Association Committee recently developed definitions of
“ideal,”“intermediate,” and “poor” cardiovascular health based on 7 cardiovascular disease …

Background There is an increasing body of evidence associating traditional cardiovascular
risk factors with atrial fibrillation (AF), but the relationship between blood lipid profiles and …

Previous studies suggested a possible gut microbiota dysbiosis in chronic heart failure
(CHF). However, direct evidence was lacking. In this study, we investigated the composition …

Rationale: Previous studies on the relationship between diabetes and arterial stiffness were
mostly cross-sectional. A few longitudinal studies focused on one single direction. Whether …

Background and Purpose—Previous studies showed an inverse association between ideal
cardiovascular health (CVH) metrics and the total risk of cardiovascular diseases and stroke …

Background: SII and SIRI are two novel systemic inflammation indexes that were suggested
in predicting poor outcomes in cancers. However, no studies have examined their effect on …

Abstract Background Triglyceride–glucose (TyG) index, a simple surrogate marker of insulin
resistance, has been reported to be associated with arterial stiffness. However, previous …