Pantel Vokonas
Biographic Data
| ID | 3575655 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pantel Vokonas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pantel |
| FAMILY NAME | Vokonas |
| SIGNATURE | VOKONAS P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boston University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3639-035X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Smoking-Related DNA Methylation is Associated with DNA Methylation Phenotypic Age Acceleration
DNA methylation may play a critical role in aging and age-related diseases. DNA methylation phenotypic age (DNAmPhenoAge) is a new aging biomarker and predictor of chronic disease risk. While smoking is a strong risk factor for chronic diseases and influences methylation, its influence on DNAmPhenoAge is unknown. We investigated associations of self-reported and epigenetic smoking indicators with DNAmPhenoAge acceleration in a longitudinal aging …
Optimism in Relation to Inflammation and Endothelial Dysfunction in Older Men
Background: Recent research suggests that optimism may reduce the risk of incident cardiovascular disease, but the mechanisms have not been determined. This study examines the association of optimism with change in inflammation and endothelial function over time in men. Methods: Longitudinal data were obtained from the Normative Aging Study excluding men with preexisting coronary heart disease or active infection at the time optimism was assessed…
Lipid and endothelium-related genes, ambient particulate matter, and heart rate variability—the VA Normative Aging Study
BACKGROUND: Many studies have shown that exposures to air pollution are associated with cardiovascular events, although the mechanism remains to be clarified. To identify whether exposures to ambient particles act on autonomic function via the lipid/endothelial metabolism pathway, whether effects of particulate matter <2.5 mum in aerodynamic diameter (PM(2.5)) on heart rate variability (HRV) were modified by gene polymorphisms related to those pa…
Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full? A Prospective Study of Optimism and Coronary Heart Disease in the Normative Aging Study
OBJECTIVE: A sense of optimism, which derives from the ways individuals explain causes of daily events, has been shown to protect health, whereas pessimism has been linked to poor physical health. We examined prospectively the relationship of an optimistic or pessimistic explanatory style with coronary heart disease incidence in the Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study, an ongoing cohort of older men. METHODS AND RESULTS: In 1986, 1306 men comp…
A randomized control trial of cardiac rehabilitation
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A randomized control trial of cardiac rehabilitation
Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full? A Prospective Study of Optimism and Coronary Heart Disease in the Normative Aging Study
OBJECTIVE: A sense of optimism, which derives from the ways individuals explain causes of daily events, has been shown to protect health, whereas pessimism has been linked to poor physical health. We examined prospectively the relationship of an optimistic or pessimistic explanatory style with coronary heart disease incidence in the Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study, an ongoing cohort of older men. METHODS AND RESULTS: In 1986, 1306 men comp…
Lipid and endothelium-related genes, ambient particulate matter, and heart rate variability—the VA Normative Aging Study
BACKGROUND: Many studies have shown that exposures to air pollution are associated with cardiovascular events, although the mechanism remains to be clarified. To identify whether exposures to ambient particles act on autonomic function via the lipid/endothelial metabolism pathway, whether effects of particulate matter <2.5 mum in aerodynamic diameter (PM(2.5)) on heart rate variability (HRV) were modified by gene polymorphisms related to those pa…
Optimism in Relation to Inflammation and Endothelial Dysfunction in Older Men
Background: Recent research suggests that optimism may reduce the risk of incident cardiovascular disease, but the mechanisms have not been determined. This study examines the association of optimism with change in inflammation and endothelial function over time in men. Methods: Longitudinal data were obtained from the Normative Aging Study excluding men with preexisting coronary heart disease or active infection at the time optimism was assessed…
Smoking-Related DNA Methylation is Associated with DNA Methylation Phenotypic Age Acceleration
DNA methylation may play a critical role in aging and age-related diseases. DNA methylation phenotypic age (DNAmPhenoAge) is a new aging biomarker and predictor of chronic disease risk. While smoking is a strong risk factor for chronic diseases and influences methylation, its influence on DNAmPhenoAge is unknown. We investigated associations of self-reported and epigenetic smoking indicators with DNAmPhenoAge acceleration in a longitudinal aging …
Internal Medicine (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Internal Medicine (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Biology (2 works) · Cardiology (2 works) · Disease (2 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (2 works) · Myocardial infarction (2 works) · Optimism (2 works)