Alexandra M Kriofske Mainella, Karisse A Callender, Stephanie Laubacher
Sex education through the lifespan: a pilot intervention for older adults in changing attitudes and comfort with sexuality
Gerontology & geriatrics education
cardiovascular disease cvd leading cause death worldwide prevalence estimates former professional athletes limited huddle heart health understanding diagnosing disease leveraging echocardiograms aimed raise awareness estimate prevalence cvd associated risk factors among members national football league nfl alumni association families education screening events huddle multicity crosssectional study nfl alumni family members aged 50 years older subjects reported health history participated cvd education screening blood pressure electrocardiogram transthoracic echocardiogram tte assessments phone followup investigators occurred 30 days postscreening review results recommendations analysis focuses former nfl athletes 498 participants screened 572 n 285 former nfl players majority african american 676 prevalence hypertension among nfl alumni estimated 898 though 375 reported history hypertension 285 evaluable participants 618 structural cardiac abnormalities tte multivariable analysis showed hypertension significant predictor clinically relevant structural abnormalities tte huddle identified large discrepancy participant selfawareness actual prevalence cvd risk factors highlighting significant opportunity population health interventions structural cardiac abnormalities observed participants independently predicted hypertension affirming role tte cvd screening population aged older 50 years heart health understanding diagnosing disease leveraging echocardiograms huddle nct05009589