3413.0 Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology

Monday, November 9, 2009: 4:30 PM
Oral
This informative session will focus on issues in cardiovascular disease epidemiology. Presentations will include discussions of hypertension among US military service members, a multi-lingual telephone-based cardiovascular risk assessment for urban low-income, uninsured wome, health disparities in cardiometabolic disorders, and Barker's "fetal origin hypothesis" in terms of arterial compliances.
Session Objectives: 1. Describe the incidence of self-reported hypertension among US military service members. 2. Discuss cardiovascular risk factors for urban, low-income and uninsured women in Los Angeles County. 3. Discuss differences in the prevalence of cardiometabolic conditions among different race/ethnic groups.
Moderator:
Kurt J. Greenlund, PhD

Introductory Remarks
4:35 PM
Role of combat deployment-induced stress and newly-reported hypertension in the Millennium Cohort Study
Nisara S. Granado, MPH, PhD, Tyler C. Smith, MS, PhD, G. Marie Swanson, PhD, MPH, Robin Harris, PhD, Eyal Shahar, MD, MPH, Besa Smith, MPH, PhD, Edward J. Boyko, MD, MPH, Timothy S. Wells, DVM, MPH, PhD and Margaret A.K. Ryan, MD, MPH
4:53 PM
Effectiveness of a multi-lingual telephone-based cardiovascular risk assessment for urban low-income, uninsured women in Los Angeles County
Susan A. Nyanzi, DrPH, CHES, ACSM, Ximin Li, MD, MPHc, Ariel Chen, RN, MPH, Rita Singhal, MD, MPH and Ellen Eidem, MS
  
5:11 PM
Health Disparity in Cardiometabolic Disorders and Association with Social Support among Minority Populations in Pennsylvania
Longjian Liu, MD, PhD, MSc and Ana Nunez, MD
5:29 PM
Low birth weight is associated with lower large artery compliance in asymptomatic young adults: The Bogalusa Heart Study
Azad R. Bhuiyan, MD, PhD, Wei Chen, MD, PhD, Sathanur R. Srinivasan, PhD, Mario J. Azevedo, PhD and Gerald S. Berenson, MD
  
Discussion

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Epidemiology
Endorsed by: Social Work, Women's Caucus

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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