Asthma was a risk factor for hypertension and atrial fibrillation at the genetic level, and CC motif chemokine 4 might play a mediating role in the mechanism by which asthma promoted hypertension. Thus, effective control of asthma may help reduce the risk of some cardiovascular diseases in older adults.
Keyphrases
- cardiovascular disease
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- lung function
- allergic rhinitis
- blood pressure
- atrial fibrillation
- type diabetes
- heart failure
- gene expression
- genome wide
- metabolic syndrome
- air pollution
- cardiovascular risk factors
- dna methylation
- cardiovascular events
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- catheter ablation
- left atrial appendage