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181. Archived: Evidence Summary: High Blood Pressure in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary19/high-blood-pressure-in-adults-screening-monitoring-october-2015
     December 22, 2014 - (aged 40 or 45 to 60 or 65 years) than in younger persons (aged 18 to 40 or 45 years). … Although incidence was also 2-fold higher in overweight persons and 3-fold higher in obese persons compared … rather than measurement of all persons at every office visit. … persons but did not increase in smokers compared with nonsmokers or former smokers. … Black persons had a consistently higher incidence of hypertension at rescreening than white persons.

182. Archived: Healthful Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults Without Known Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/healthful-diet-and-physical-activity-for-cardiovascular-disease-prevention-in-adults-without-known-risk-factors-behavioral-counseling-july-2017
     July 11, 2017 - All persons, regardless of their CVD risk status, can gain health benefits from healthy eating behaviors … All persons, regardless of their CVD risk status, can gain health benefits from healthy eating behaviors … glucose levels, or diabetes) or persons with obesity or who are underweight. … It also  recommends programs promoting healthful diet and physical activity for persons at increased … The USPSTF concluded that the overall magnitude of benefit related to these interventions for persons

183. Final Research Plan: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 17, 2022 - Use of HPV or cytology testing for posttreatment surveillance or other purposes Populations Persons … who have a cervix (any age), including persons at increased risk for cervical cancer or morbidity/mortality … trauma, smoking history, or HPV vaccination status) Surveillance studies conducted exclusively in persons … In response to public comment, the USPSTF included pregnant persons in the population of interest and

184. Screening for Skin Cancer: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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     insufficient evidence) Risk Assessment Skin cancer occurs more commonly in men than in women and among persons … with a fair complexion, persons who use indoor tanning beds, and persons with a history of sunburns

185. Screening for HIV: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     June 20, 2019 - However, the yield of screening persons without risk factors would be low, and potential harms associated … CLINICAL CONSIDERATIONS A person is considered at increased risk for HIV infec- tion (and thus should … Persons who request an HIV test despite reporting no individual risk factors may also be considered at … DISCUSSION Of the estimated 850 000 to 950 000 persons in the United States infected with HIV-1, 25% … age 15 to 24 years and the fifth leading cause of death in persons age 25 to 44 years in the United

186. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Coronary Heart Disease: Screening Using Non-Traditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary16/coronary-heart-disease-screening-using-non-traditional-risk-factors-2009
     October 15, 2009 - For most risk factors, no studies assessed their usefulness for reclassifying intermediate-risk persons … (persons with a 10-year risk >20%), who benefit from aggressive risk-reduction measures 4 , 5 . … When assessed in intermediate-risk persons, it should reclassify a substantial proportion of them as … Applicability to Intermediate-Risk Persons Cohorts that included intermediate-risk persons provide … Studies did not establish applicability of results to intermediate-risk persons.

187. Archived: Final Research Plan: Healthful Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults With Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan17/healthy-diet-and-physical-activity-counseling-adults-with-high-risk-of-cvd-august-2014
     May 15, 2013 - with any acute disease (other than hypertension or dyslipidemia) Persons with known CVD, such … Persons with severe and persistent mental illness Persons with cognitive impairment … Healthy diet only: persons requiring a specialized diet (e.g., kidney disease) Physical … activity only: persons with specific physical activity requirements or limitations for health reasons … The USPSTF received several comments requesting that it include persons with diabetes in the review.

188. Modeling Study: Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 26, 2022 - Lifetime net life-years were negative in most cases for persons starting aspirin between ages 60 and … 79 years, as were lifetime net QALYs for persons aged 70 to 79 years. … Model simulations were independently conducted with a sample population of 100,000 persons for each age … Effects of aspirin for primary prevention in persons with diabetes mellitus. … Annual risk of major bleeding among persons without cardiovascular disease not receiving antiplatelet

189. Final Research Plan: Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults Without Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/healthy-lifestyle-and-physical-activity-for-cvd-prevention-adults-without-known-risk-factors-behavioral-counseling
     June 04, 2020 - Children and adolescents Parents (if intended behavior change is directed toward children) Persons … with known CVD or diabetes mellitus Persons with known traditional CVD risk factors (i.e., hypertension … trial inclusion criteria specifies that the population has ≥1 CVD risk factors Current smokers Persons … with medical conditions limiting their generalizability to primary care–based populations (e.g., persons … † Persons with known traditional CVD risk factors (i.e., hypertension or elevated blood pressure,

190. Screening for Colorectal Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation (pdf file)
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     July 31, 2020 - Clinicians and patients may consider a variety of factors in deciding which test may be best for each person … strategy used (Figure 2).12 This finding translates to an estimated 104 to 123 days of life gained per person … to 27 additional life-years gained per 1000 adults (ie, 8 to 10 additional days of life gained per person … ranges from 0.8 to 5.3 mSv (compared with an average annual back- ground radiation dose of 3.0 mSv per person … complications would be expected over the lifetime of 1000 screened adults (ie, 1.5 to 4.2 colonoscopies per person

191. Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2022 - • The USPSTF currently recommends considering initiating aspirin in persons with an estimated 10% … Aspirin should be initiated selectively based on individual decision-making rather than routinely for all persons … Among both sexes, Black persons have the highest prevalence of CVD.

192. Archived: Skin Cancer: Screening and Behavioral Counseling, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - One study of persons presenting to free skin cancer screening clinics for screening by dermatologists … In two large case series of persons with atypical moles who were screened regularly by dermatologists … It is also possible that sunscreens may increase skin cancer risk by encouraging susceptible persons … 20-39 years old and annually in persons ≥ 40 years old. 82 The American Academy of Dermatology, 2 , … Characteristics of persons screened in Massachusetts.

193. Draft Research Plan: Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Adults: Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/unhealthy-alcohol-use-adolescents-adults-behavioral-counseling-interventions
     February 01, 2024 - participants are: Treatment-seeking individuals (including those responding to recruitment advertising) Persons … with concomitant psychotic disorders (e.g., schizophrenia) Persons presenting in an emergency setting … motor vehicle injury) Other groups not generalizable to primary care (e.g., psychiatric inpatients, persons … who are court-mandated to treatment, and incarcerated persons) KQs 4, 5: Persons with severe alcohol … Screening for alcohol use using a brief standardized instrument or set of questions that is conducted in person

194. Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Promote a Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for CVD Prevention in Adults Without Known CVD Risk Factors: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2022 - reclining while watching televi- sion or using a computer.1 Primary care clinicians can deliver in-person … ; in 17 trials, Asian persons, Black persons, Hispanic/ Latino persons, or Native American/American Indian … Delivery mode varied widely; 52.9% of trials in- cluded at least 1 in-person counseling session, whereas … research into effective primary care–community connections and clinical training to support delivering in-person … • Future research should identify best practices to improve clini- cian skills in delivering in-person

195. Archived: Abnormal Blood Glucose and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/screening-for-abnormal-blood-glucose-and-type-2-diabetes-october-2015
     October 26, 2015 - Studies that specifically treat persons who have IFG or IGT with intensive lifestyle interventions to … Clinicians should consider screening earlier in persons with 1 or more of these characteristics. … About 60% of nontraumatic lower-limb amputations occur in persons with diabetes. … The USPSTF identified 4 trials of multifactorial interventions in persons with existing diabetes. … studies to date have shown this effect, however, and it is unclear whether the harms of labeling a person

196. Archived: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/falls-prevention-in-older-adults-interventions-2018
     April 17, 2018 - A pragmatic approach to identifying older persons at high risk for falls would be to assess for a history … Most commonly, studies used history of prior falls to identify persons at high risk for future falls … experiencing a fall, reductions in injurious falls, and number of persons experiencing an injurious … The most commonly reported outcomes were falls and number of persons experiencing a fall; half (31/62 … Based on pooled analyses of 15 studies (n=4926), exercise interventions reduced the number of persons

197. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents: A Targeted Evidence Update for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2022 - However, without treatment, the infected person will continue to have syphilis in their body. … Syphilis incidence was 19.9 cases per 100-person years (95% CI, 16.3–24.3). … Includes all stages of syphilis, rates per 1,000 person-years. … Includes all stages of syphilis, rates per 10,000 person-years. § Cantor et al (2016). … /region with a high prevalence of syphilis; prior syphilis, HIV infection, or other STI; born to a person

198. Screening for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2021 - POPULATION Asymptomatic, sexually active adolescents and adults, including pregnant persons. … Population Recommendation Grade Sexually active women, including pregnant persons Sexually active … women, including pregnant persons The USPSTF recommends screening for chlamydia in all sexually … For sexually active women, including pregnant persons: Screen for chlamydia if they are • 24 years … Both recommendations included pregnant persons.

199. Emerging Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease: A Summary of Systematic Reviews Conducted for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2009 - emphasized the importance of the effect of that factor on the reclassification of intermediate-risk persons … For most risk factors, no studies assessed their usefulness for reclassifying intermediate-risk persons … (persons with a 10-year risk �20%), who benefit from aggressive risk- reduction measures (4, 5). … When assessed in intermediate-risk persons, it should reclassify a substantial proportion of them as … Applicability to Intermediate-Risk Persons Cohorts that included intermediate-risk persons pro- vide

200. Screening for Skin Cancer (pdf file)
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     Grade: B Risk Assessment Women, young and middle-aged adults, and nonwhite persons have higher … rates of depression, as do persons who are undereducated, previously married, or unemployed. … Persons with chronic illnesses, other mental health disorders, or a family history of psychiatric disorders