Cardiovascular risk management in patients with coronary heart disease in primary care: variation across countries and practices. An observational study based on quality indicators.

Background: Primary care has an important role in cardiovascular risk management (CVRM) and a minimum size of scale of primary care practices may be needed for efficient delivery of CVRM . We examined CVRM in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) in primary care and explored the impact of practice size.

Methods: In an observational study in 8 countries we sampled CHD patients in primary care practices and collected data from electronic patient records.

Sex differences in the association of adiponectin and low-grade inflammation with changes in the body mass index from youth to middle age.

Background: There are sex differences in low-grade inflammation markers in obesity-related disorders. Little is known, however, about a possible sex-specific association of relative weight change from youth to adulthood with actual low-grade inflammation.

Objective: The aim of this study was to identify possible sex differences in adiponectin, interleukin-1β (IL-1β), interleukin-1Ra (IL-1Ra), and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) levels with respect to the relative change in body mass index (BMI) from youth to middle age.

Health views and metabolic syndrome in a Finnish rural community: a cross-sectional population study.

Introduction: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) can be prevented through the promotion of healthy lifestyles. In rural areas, MetS is associated with unhealthy lifestyles and socioeconomic and demographic changes. However, there is scarce evidence on how health views contribute to the unhealthy lifestyles that result in MetS.

Choosing a medical specialty--study of Finnish doctors graduating in 1977-2006.

Background: Choosing a medical specialty is an important element predefining a physician's career and life. Although there has been some research in this area of interest, there has not been much research where the profession has been researched as a whole, or where trend data over different generations has been presented.

Aim: The aim of our study was to ascertain the motives affecting physicians' choice of a medical specialty.

The association of adiponectin and low-grade inflammation with the course of metabolic syndrome.

Background And Aims: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is associated with low-grade inflammation. The connections of adiponectin and inflammatory cytokines with the course of MetS are not well-known. The aim of this study was to investigate the relation of adiponectin and low-grade inflammation with the development or resolution of MetS.