Cardiovascular Risk Factors Impact Brain Volume and White Matter Hyperintensities: A Multiethnic Cohort Study.

Background And Purpose: Brain atrophy and white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) are established markers of cerebrovascular disease, yet most evidence comes from older populations of predominantly European descent. We prospectively examined the relationship between cardiovascular risk factors and brain volumes and WMHs in middle-aged participants in a multiethnic cohort and examined ethnic differences in these associations.

Methods: Baseline data (2011-2015) were collected from 562 participants of Moroccan, South-Asian Surinamese, and Dutch descent, with 3 Tesla brain MRIs conducted between 2021 and 2022 (median follow-up 8.

Mid-life association between cardiovascular risk factors and cerebral blood flow in a multi-ethnic population.

Background: Cardiovascular (CV) risk factors are associated with cerebrovascular damage and cognitive decline in late-life. However, it is unknown how different ethnic CV risk profiles relate to cerebral haemodynamics in mid-life. We aimed to investigate associations of CV risk factors with cerebral haemodynamics at two timepoints and examine the impact of ethnicity on these measures.

Impaired autonomic cardiovascular control in people with HIV on long-term successful treatment.

Objective: People with HIV have an increased cardiovascular disease risk. Persistent inflammation and mitochondrial dysfunction are considered important contributors to impaired autonomic cardiovascular control, as evidenced by decreased baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) and heart rate variability (HRV). We assessed differences in cross-correlation BRS (xBRS) and HRV between people with and without HIV and explored associations with HIV-specific characteristics.

Sex differences in blood pressure phenotypes over time - the HELIUS study.

Background: Hypertension can be classified into different phenotypes according to systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP). In younger adults, these phenotypical differences have different prognostic value for men and women. However, little is known about sex differences in the natural course of different BP phenotypes over time.

Ethnic Differences in Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Plaque Presence: The HELIUS Study.

Introduction: In the Netherlands, the prevalence of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) is higher among South-Asian Surinamese and lower among Moroccans compared to the Dutch. Traditional risk factors for atherosclerotic CVD do not fully explain these disparities. We aimed to assess ethnic differences in plaque presence and carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) and explore to what extent these differences are explained by traditional risk factors.

Salt-sensitive trait of normotensive individuals is associated with altered autonomous cardiac regulation: a randomized controlled intervention study.

Blood pressure (BP) responses to sodium intake show great variation, discriminating salt-sensitive (SS) from salt-resistant (SR) individuals. The pathophysiology behind salt sensitivity is still not fully elucidated. We aimed to investigate salt-induced effects on body fluid, vascular tone, and autonomic cardiac response with regard to BP change in healthy normotensive individuals.

Ethnic differences in blood pressure levels over time: the HELIUS study.

Aims: Hypertension is an important global health burden with major differences in prevalence among ethnic minorities compared with host populations. Longitudinal research on ethnic differences in blood pressure (BP) levels provides the opportunity to assess the efficacy of strategies aimed at mitigating gaps in hypertension control. In this study, we assessed the change in BP levels over time in a multi-ethnic population-based cohort in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Association between the reflection magnitude and blood pressure in a multiethnic cohort: the Healthy Life in an Urban Setting study.

Aims: Reflection magnitude (RM), the ratio of the amplitudes of the backward and forward central arterial pressure waves, has been shown to predict cardiovascular events. However, the association with blood pressure (BP) and hypertension is unclear.

Methods: We assessed RM in 10 195 individuals of Dutch, South-Asian Surinamese, African Surinamese, Ghanaian, Turkish and Moroccan origin aged between 18 and 70 years (54.