Metastasis is defined as…

Atherosclerosis begins as an inflammatory response related to some form of arterial wall damage.

Being able to exercise at higher capacities relative to lower capacities is only important in healthy individuals. For persons with disease, exercise capacity is irrelevant.

Which food is more strongly implicated with a worse outcome of schizophrenia and a greater prevalence of depression?  Table 1. Pearson correlation coefficients between both the schizophrenia 2-year outcome variables and depression prevalence and the composition of the national diet Foodstuff Schizophrenia Outcome Depression prevalence IPSS DOSMED Mean days out of hospital % Patients with severe social impairment Total outcome score Never hospitalized % Patients with little social impairment Total best outcome score Meat 0.86** 0.81* 0.78* 0.82*** 0.63 0.63 0.70 Fish 0.70 0.54 0.60 0.21 0.34 0.46 −0.85** Eggs 0.91*** 0.86** 0.83* 0.80** 0.60 0.65 −0.12 Dairy 0.92*** 0.87** 0.88*** 0.58 0.60 0.55 0.71* Vegetable oil 0.37 0.16 0.13 0.31 0.22 0.11 −0.07 Sugar 0.91*** 0.89*** 0.94*** 0.93*** 0.82** 0.89*** 0.74* Cereals −0.15 −0.32 −0.27 −0.20 −0.24 −0.12 −0.53 Pulses −0.64 −0.62 −0.76* −0.77** −0.60 −0.67 0.11 Vegetables 0.66 0.49 0.45 0.56 0.59 0.59 −0.27 Starchy roots −0.19 −0.42 −0.35 0.40 0.47 0.50 −0.75* Fruits 0.09 −0.02 −0.00 0.34 0.47 0.30 0.50 Nuts −0.04 −0.30 −0.31 0.09 −0.26 −0.28 −0.01 Coffee  0.45 0.48 0.60 0.48 0.39 −0.43 0.39 Alcohol 0.81* 0.70 0.72* 0.51 0.20 0.24 0.69 IPSS, International Pilot Study of Schizophrenia; DOSMED, Determinants of Outcome of Severe Mental Disorders.  Positive correlations reflect a detrimental relationship between the nutritional variable and the clinical outcome. *P

Use the following figure that describes relative risks for CHD to answer the next two questions.

In the Nurses’ Health Study, population attributable risk for coronary disease went from 82% for women who had 5 low-risk factors to 64 % for women who had 4 low-risk factors. What risk factor was different between these two groups?

There is enough valid scientific information on the requirements for healthy living to transform the health of most Americans.

Which is the most prevalent modifiable risk factor for CVD in the US?

What would be the best explanation for increased blood pressure within a given age category from 1991 to 2000-2001?

When the heart is contracting the pressure in the arteries is called __________ blood pressure, and when the heart is between beats the pressure in the arteries is called __________ blood pressure?