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- METABOLIC SYNDROME: -FAT, NEWS LINK & CARDIAC DISEASE: -Getting radical about obesity, new links between fat and heart isease
Visceral obesity has become the most frequent preventable condition accounting for diseases such as hypertension and diabetes, two of the major risk factors for coronary artery disease, stroke, and ...
- OBESO-ADIPOSITY, TYPE 2 DIABETES & METABOLIC SYNDROME: -Obesity and persistent organic pollutants: possible obesogenic effect of organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls
Abstract Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are endocrine-disrupting chemicals associated with the development of the metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes. In humans, little is known about ...
- VASCULAR BIOLOGY & LIPIDS & METABOLIC SYNDROME: -High-density lipoprotein function in regulating insulin secretion: Possible relevance to Metabolic Syndrome
With the increased incidence of obesity in our population, the metabolic syndrome is frequently encountered. This syndrome is comprised of obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia (mostly ...
- METABOLIC SYNDROME: -Using glycosylated hemoglobin to define the metabolic syndrome in United States adults
OBJECTIVE To compare the use of GHb and fasting plasma glucose (FPG) to define the metabolic syndrome (MetS). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Data from the U.S. National Health and ...
- SUBCLINICAL INFLAMMATION: -Roles of the metabolic syndrome, HDL cholesterol, and coronary atherosclerosis in subclinical inflammation
OBJECTIVE The metabolic syndrome (MetS) and coronary artery disease (CAD) frequently coincide; their individual contribution to inflammation is unknown. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The ...
- EDITORIAL:-Editorial introduction
Article Outline Section Editor Paul N. Durrington Paul Durrington MD FRCP FRCPath FAHA FACP FMed Sci is Professor of Medicine at the University of Manchester and Consultant Physician at ...
- FULLTEXT: -METABOLIC SYNDROME: -Optimal cut-off point of waist circumference for the diagnosis of metabolic syndrome in Japanese subjects
ABSTRACT Metabolic syndrome (MetS) has been redefined by a new criterion in Japan, in which waist circumference cut-off points, that is 85 cm for men and 90 cm for women, are ...
- ADIPOSITY, ADIPONECTIN & LEPTIN: -Ethnic variation in adiponectin and leptin levels and their association with adiposity and insulin resistance
OBJECTIVE To investigate ethnic differences in adiponectin and leptin concentration and to determine whether these adipokines and a high–glycemic index diet account for ethnic variation ...
- METABOLIC SYNDROME & SEX HORMONES: -Association of testosterone and sex hormone–binding globulin with metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance in men
OBJECTIVE We sought to assess the associations of testosterones and sex hormone–binding globulin (SHBG) with metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance in men. RESEARCH DESIGN AND ...
- METABOLIC SYNDROME: -Leisure-time physical activity and the metabolic syndrome in the finnish diabetes prevention study
OBJECTIVE To assess the effects of leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) and resistance training on metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its components in a post hoc analysis of the Finnish Diabetes ...
- METABOLIC SYNDROME & THERAPEUTIC OMENTECTOMY: -Potential additional effect of omentectomy on metabolic syndrome, acute-phase reactants, and inflammatory mediators in grade III obese patients undergoing laparoscopic Roux-en Y Gastric Bypass
OBJECTIVE To assess the additional effect of sudden visceral fat reduction by omentectomy on metabolic syndrome, acute-phase reactants, and inflammatory mediators in patients with grade III ...
- METABOLIC EFFECTS:- Processed meat, not red meat per se, linked to CHD, diabetes
May 18, 2010 Boston, MA - The first study to systematically separate out the effects of red unprocessed meat from processed-meat products has shown that eating the former is not associated ...
- METABOLIC SYNDROME AND MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: Metabolic syndrome and risk of acute myocardial infarction: A Case-Control Study of 26,903 Subjects From 52 Countries: More evidence against concept of -Metabolic Syndrome-
May 20, 2010 Hamilton, ON - Patients with metabolic syndrome are no more at risk of future MI than those with diabetes or hypertension alone, a new study suggests [1]. The study, ...
- EPICARDIAL ADIPOSITY & AND CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE: -Epicardial adipose tissue and coronary artery plaque characteristics
Objective Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of coronary atherosclerosis. The association of EAT volume with type of coronary artery plaque on computed ...
- METABOLIC SYNDROME: -The effect of PPAR-α agonism on apolipoprotein metabolism in humans
Metabolic syndrome, diabetes and obesity are frequently associated with hypertriglyceridemia, hypercholesterolemia and low HDL levels, a phenotype known as atherogenic dyslipidemia. Atherogenic ...
