Elevated cystatin-C concentration is associated with progression to prediabetes: the Western New York Study [PDF]
, 2007 OBJECTIVE – We conducted a nested case-control investigation to examine if elevated baseline concentrations of cystatin-C predicted progression from normoglycaemia to prediabetes over 6 years of follow-up from the Western New York Health Study. RESEARCH
Dmochowski, Jacek +5 more
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Blood Sugar, Your Pancreas, and Unicorns: The Development of Health Education Materials for Youth With Prediabetes [PDF]
, 2018 Background. The obesity epidemic has led to an increase in prediabetes in youth, causing a serious public health concern. Education on diabetes risk and initiation of lifestyle change are the primary treatment modalities.
Haberlin, Kathryn +6 more
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Amyloid beta and diabetic pathology cooperatively stimulate cytokine expression in an Alzheimer's mouse model [PDF]
, 2020 Background Diabetes is a risk factor for developing Alzheimer's disease (AD); however, the mechanism by which diabetes can promote AD pathology remains unknown.
Fernández Ponce, Cecilia Matilde +7 more
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Obesity and Preeclampsia: Common Pathophysiological Mechanisms
Frontiers in Physiology, 2018 Preeclampsia is a disorder specific of the human being that appears after 20 weeks of pregnancy, characterized by new onset of hypertension and proteinuria. Abnormal placentation and reduced placental perfusion associated to impaired trophoblast invasion
Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo +6 more
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Revista Colombiana de Cardiología, 2013 La diabetes mellitus tipo 2 (DM2) es una enfermedad altamente prevalente, la cual ha mostrado un incremento acelerado en las últimas décadas, pues se ha duplicado el número de personas con esta enfermedad. Diversos estudios epidemiológicos revelan que el
Patricio López-Jaramillo, MD., PhD., FACP. +4 more
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Prevalence of prediabetes and undiagnosed diabetes in patients with HFpEF and HFrEF and associated clinical outcomes [PDF]
, 2017 Purpose: The prevalence and consequences of prediabetic dysglycemia and undiagnosed diabetes is unknown in patients with heart failure (HF) and preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and has not been compared to heart failure and reduced ejection ...
Christopher B. Granger +10 more
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Exposure to Household Air Pollution from Biomass-Burning Cookstoves and HbA1c and Diabetic Status Among Honduran Women [PDF]
, 2018 Household air pollution from biomass cookstoves is estimated to be responsible for more than two and a half million premature deaths annually, primarily in low and middle‐income countries where cardiometabolic disorders, such as Type II Diabetes, are ...
Africano, S. +14 more
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Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2021 Importance An estimated 13% of all US adults (18 years or older) have diabetes, and 34.5% meet criteria for prediabetes. The prevalences of prediabetes and diabetes are higher in older adults.
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Associations between blood glucose and carotid intima-media thickness disappear after adjustment for shared risk factors: the KORA F4 study. [PDF]
, 2012 The association between blood glucose and carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) is considered to be established knowledge. We aimed to assess whether associations between different measures of glycaemia and CIMT are actually independent of anthropometric
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Prediabetes is associated with a higher serum neurofilament light chain level in adolescents
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023 ObjectiveSerum neurofilament light chain (sNfL) level, which is a biomarker indicative of neuroaxonal damage and cognitive impairment, has been reported in several neurological diseases.
Zheng Chen, Lan-Ping Wu, Tuo-Chao Peng
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