Aaron R. Folsom

Large-scale association analysis identifies 13 new susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease

Recent Trends in Acute Coronary Heart Disease — Mortality, Morbidity, Medical Care, and Risk Factors

The recent decline in mortality due to CHD in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area can be explained by both the declining incidence of myocardial infarction in the populat...

Incidence of atrial fibrillation in whites and African-Americans: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study

LEISURE TIME PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO CORONARY RISK FACTORS IN A POPULATION-BASED SAMPLE

Energy expenditure in leisure time physical activity was measured using the Minnesota Leisure Time Physical Activity Questionnaire in a probability sample of 25- to 74-year-old ...

Community Prevalence of Ideal Cardiovascular Health, by the American Heart Association Definition, and Relationship With Cardiovascular Disease Incidence

American Heart Association's Life's Simple 7: Avoiding Heart Failure and Preserving Cardiac Structure and Function

American Heart Association's Life's Simple 7 and Risk of Venous Thromboembolism: The Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study

Background The American Heart Association's Life's Simple 7 metric is being used to track the population's cardiovascular health ( CVH ) toward a 2020 goal for improvement. The ...

Ideal Cardiovascular Health and the Prevalence and Severity of Aortic Stenosis in Elderly Patients

Background The relationship between ideal cardiovascular health reflected in the cardiovascular health score ( CVHS ) and valvular heart disease is not known. The purpose of thi...

American Heart Association's Life's Simple 7 at Middle Age and Prognosis After Myocardial Infarction in Later Life

Background The American Heart Association recommends focusing on 7 health factors (Life's Simple 7) for primordial prevention of cardiovascular health. However, whether greater ...

Trends in Acute Coronary Heart Disease Mortality, Morbidity, and Medical Care From 1985 Through 1997

Background —Coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality continued to decline from 1985 to 1997. Methods and Results —We tabulated CHD deaths (ICD-9 codes 410 through 414) in the Minn...

Physical activity and mortality in postmenopausal women.

These results demonstrate a graded, inverse association between physical activity and all-cause mortality in postmenopausal women. These findings strengthen the confidence that ...