To identify individuals at high risk for cardiovascular disease, the function of the Progetto
CUORE has been identified and the global cardiovascular risk score has been built using data …

Background— Studies in hypertensive patients suggest that ambulatory blood pressure (BP)
is prognostically superior to office BP. Much less information is available in the general …

Triglycerides are transported in plasma by specific triglyceride-rich lipoproteins; in
epidemiological studies, increased triglyceride levels correlate with higher risk for coronary artery …

Objective To determine ambulatory and home blood pressure means and distributions in
relation to clinic blood pressure in a general population. Methods We obtained a random …

Background— The prevalence and clinical significance of isolated office (or white coat)
hypertension is controversial, and population data are limited. We studied the prevalence of this …

Tumor-infiltrating regulatory T lymphocytes (Treg) can suppress effector T cells specific for
tumor antigens. Deeper molecular definitions of tumor-infiltrating-lymphocytes could thus offer …

Scavenger receptor BI (SR-BI) is the major receptor for high-density lipoprotein (HDL)
cholesterol (HDL-C). In humans, high amounts of HDL-C in plasma are associated with a lower …

Objective The effect of compliance with antihypertensive medications on the risk of cardiovascular
outcomes in a population without a known history of cardiovascular disease has been …

Hypertension is a heritable and major contributor to the global burden of disease. The sum
of rare and common genetic variants robustly identified so far explain only 1%–2% of the …

Objectives To assess rates and determinants of treatment discontinuation of or changes in
initial antihypertensive drug therapy in a large cohort of patients from Lombardia (Italy). …