Polygenic index of waist-hip ratio associated with cardiovascular disease
1. Investigating a polygenic index of 48 single nucleotide polymorphisms for Waist-Hip Ratio adjusted for BMI, this study showed an ...
Tag: metabolic syndrome
Metabolic syndrome severity decreasing among adolescents
1. From 1999 to 2012, there was a significant linear trend of decreasing metabolic syndrome severity and of increasing Body ...
High-fiber diet induces weight loss comparable to AHA multicomponent diet
1. After 1 year, patients with metabolic syndrome who followed the American Heart Association (AHA) diet lost only 0.6 kg ...
Hidradenitis suppurativa linked with metabolic syndrome
1. An association between patients with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) and metabolic syndrome (MetS) was revealed in this study. 2. While ...
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2 Minute Medicine Rewind May 12 – May 19, 2014
Image: PD In this section, we highlight the key high-impact studies, updates, and analyses published in medicine during the past ...
Current BMI standards may be predictive of metabolic syndrome
Image: PD 1. BMI percentiles/cutoffs which have been established by the CDC and school based fitness program, FITNESSGRAM (FGram) can ...
Earlier adiposity rebound associated with worse metabolic markers
Image: PD 1. Among children born in a Japanese town, those who had a rise in their body mass index ...
Obesity without metabolic syndrome still associated with increased mortality
Image: PD 1. Women with an unhealthy BMI (<18.5 or >25) or waist circumference (>88cm) were associated with increased odds ...
Gastric bypass surgery reduces cardio-metabolic risk factors
Image: PD 1. In mild to moderately obese patients, gastric bypass surgery plus intensive lifestyle modifications demonstrates better cardio-metabolic risk ...