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Effects of Ramadan fasting on cardiovascular risk factors: a prospective observational study

Nutrition Journal, 2012
Background Previous research has shown that Ramadan fasting has beneficial effects on cardiovascular risk factors, however there are controversies. In the present study, the effect of Ramadan fasting on cardiovascular risk factors has been investigated ...
Nematy Mohsen, Alinezhad-Namaghi Maryam, Rashed Masoud Mahdavi, Mozhdehifard Mostafa, Sajjadi Seyedeh Sania, Akhlaghi Saeed, Sabery Maryam, Mohajeri Seyed Amir R, Shalaey Neda, Moohebati Mohsen, Norouzy Abdolreza   +10 more
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The Predictive Value of Carotid Artery Strain and Strain-Rate in Assessing the 3-Year Risk for Stroke and Acute Coronary Syndrome in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome

Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022
Purpose: The goal of this study is to see if carotid strain and strain rate can predict major cardio-vascular events (MACE) in people who have metabolic syndrome (MS) over a 3-year period of time.
Sergiu Florin Arnăutu, Vlad Ioan Morariu, Diana Aurora Arnăutu, Mirela Cleopatra Tomescu   +3 more
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Serum vitamin D levels, diabetes and cardio-metabolic risk factors in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians [PDF]

, 2014
Assesses levels of serum 25(OH)D in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians and explores relationships between 25(OH)D and cardio-metabolic risk factors and diabetes.
Lu, Zhong X, Graham R.D. Jones, Kanakamani Jeyaraman, Kanakamani Jeyaraman, Louise J. Maple-Brown, Ellis, Andrew, Richard J MacIsaac, Ashim Sinha, Jaquelyne T. Hughes, Paul Lawton, Andrew Ellis, Zhong X Lu, Maple-Brown, Louise J, Jerums, George, Jeyaraman, Kanakamani, MacIsaac, Richard J, Kerin O'Dea, Alan Cass, Lawton, Paul, George Jerums, Graham RD Jones, Zhong X. Lu, Jones, Graham Rd, Kerin O’Dea, Hughes, Jaquelyne T, Cass, Alan, O'Dea, Kerin, Louise J Maple-Brown, Richard J. MacIsaac, Jaquelyne T Hughes, Sinha, Ashim   +30 more
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Correlation of Postprandial Hypertriglyceridemia with Carotid Intima Media Thickness in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus [PDF]

National Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2016
Introduction: Macro vascular disease is a major cause of death in diabetic individuals. Because many diabetic individuals have multiple risk factors for atherosclerosis, the relative risks of Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD) and Cerebro-Vascular Disease (
Ashwani Kumar Sharma, Rajiv Sharma, Sat Pal Aloona, Smit Rajput   +3 more
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Cerebro-rhino orbital mucormycosis: An update

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2012
Summary: Mucormycosis is an uncommon fungal infection which can lead to fulminant necrotizing infection under optimal host condition. Fungi have the ability to invade blood vessels and can affect different parts of the body.
Upender Wali, Abdullah Balkhair, Abdullah Al-Mujaini   +2 more
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Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Psychiatric Inpatients: A Naturalistic Study [PDF]

, 2010
The aim of this naturalistic survey was to measure the prevalence of metabolic syndrome by collating data on routine physical investigation in an acute psychiatric inpatient population.
Batugedara, Anuja, Derradji, Merzaka, Mahmood, Tariq, Pandit, Chhaya, Robinson, Julie   +4 more
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Metabolic syndrome, the leptin gene and kidney disease in non-diabetic black South Africans [PDF]

, 2008
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 226-256).Obesity is a worldwide problem and is a factor in the pathogenesis of the metabolic syndrome and kidney disease through the development of obesity-related hypertension and ...
Okpechi, Ikechi Gareth
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Humanin: a novel central regulator of peripheral insulin action. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2009
Decline in insulin action is a metabolic feature of aging and is involved in the development of age-related diseases including Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) and Alzheimer's disease (AD).
Radhika H Muzumdar, Derek M Huffman, Gil Atzmon, Christoph Buettner, Laura J Cobb, Sigal Fishman, Temuri Budagov, Lingguang Cui, Francine H Einstein, Aruna Poduval, David Hwang, Nir Barzilai, Pinchas Cohen   +12 more
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Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in Chinese adolescents [PDF]

, 2008
Since national figures on the occurrence of metabolic syndrome among Chinese adolescents are lacking, this study aims to estimate its prevalence and distribution among Chinese youngsters.
Yang, X., Kok, F.J., Zhai, F., Li, Y., Piao, J., Zhang, J., Ma, G.   +6 more
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A Bivariate Genome-Wide Approach to Metabolic Syndrome STAMPEED Consortium [PDF]

, 2010
OBJECTIVE The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is defined as concomitant disorders of lipid and glucose metabolism, central obesity, and high blood pressure, with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
O'Reilly, Paul F., David J. Couper, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, Mathias, Rasika A., Sun, Y. V., Becker, DM, Zhang, Q., Psaty, Bruce M., Dhananjay Vaidya, Assimes, Themistocles L., Rotter, Jerome I, Cashell Jaquish, Becker, LC, McCarthy, Mark I, Boerwinkle, E., Franceschini, Nora, O'Reilly, P. F., O'Reilly, Paul F, Feitosa, MF, Hartikainen, A.-L., Yanek, L., Knowles, JW, Bruce M. Psaty, Becker, Diane M, Mathias, RA, Lewis C. Becker, Goodarzi, Mark O., Kardia, Sharon LR, Glazer, NL, Themistocles L. Assimes, Kraja, Aldi T, Couper, D. J., Mathias, Rasika A, Couper, DJ, Kardia, SL, Kullo, I. J., Rasika A. Mathias, Province, Michael A., Guo Li, Borecki, IB, Absher, Devin, Borecki, Ingrid B., Chakravarti, A, Iribarren, C., Yanek, Lisa, Kari E. North, Jaquish, Cashell, O’Reilly, Paul F, Sovio, U., Becker, D. M., Sun, Yan V, Kraja, AT, Paul F. O’Reilly, Yii-Der Ida Chen, Lisa Yanek, Vaidya, D., Quertermous, Thomas, Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Leena Palotie, Sun, Yan V., Boerwinkle, Eric, Aldi T. Kraja, Goodarzi, Mark O, Pankow, JS, Talin Haritunians, Psaty, Bruce M, Palotie, L., Boerwinkle, E, Zhang, Q, Becker, L. C., Kral, Brian, Sovio, U, Feitosa, Mary F., Haritunians, T., North, Kari E., Haritunians, Talin, Brian Kral, Quertermous, T., Chen, Y.-d. I., Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa, Feitosa, Mary F, Chakravarti, A., Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Hartikainen, AL, Mark O. Goodarzi, Diane M. Becker, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Sharon L.R. Kardia, Mary F. Feitosa, Palotie, L, Couper, David J., Anna-Liisa Hartikainen, Borecki, I. B., Nora Franceschini, Jarvelin, MR, North, Kari E, Knowles, Joshua W, Pankow, James S, Jerome I. Rotter, Couper, David J, Franceschini, N., McCarthy, M. I., Iribarren, C, Psaty, BM, Yanek, L, Vaidya, Dhananjay, Psaty, B. M., Kral, B, Becker, Lewis C, Kral, B., Michael A. Province, Ingrid B. Borecki, Chen, YD, Goodarzi, M. O., Glazer, N. L., Becker, Lewis C., Palotie, Leena, Jaquish, C., Kraja, Aldi T., Glazer, Nicole L, Kullo, IJ, Thomas Quertermous, Kullo, Iftikhar J, Joshua W. Knowles, Carlos Iribarren, Zhang, Qunyuan, Quertermous, T, Ulla Sovio, Li, Guo, Haritunians, T, Mathias, R. A., Jarvelin, M.-r., Sovio, Ulla, Qunyuan Zhang, Iftikhar J. Kullo, Province, Michael A, Rotter, J. I., Pankow, James S., Province, MA, McCarthy, MI, James S. Pankow, Knowles, J. W., Borecki, Ingrid B, Li, G, Eric Boerwinkle, Becker, Diane M., Kardia, Sharon L. R., Glazer, Nicole L., O'Reilly, PF, Sun, YV, North, K. E., Li, G., Mark I. McCarthy, Absher, D, Iribarren, Carlos, Vaidya, D, Absher, D., Feitosa, M. F., Franceschini, N, Aravinda Chakravarti, Knowles, Joshua W., Assimes, Themistocles L, Yan V. Sun, Kardia, S. L. R., Pankow, J. S., Rotter, Jerome I., Assimes, TL, Devin Absher, McCarthy, Mark I., North, KE, Assimes, T. L., Goodarzi, MO, Province, M. A., Jaquish, C, Nicole L. Glazer, Rotter, JI, Kraja, A. T., Kullo, Iftikhar J.   +177 more
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