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Tumor necrosis factor alpha -308 promoter polymorphism and insulin resistance in overweight and obese adolescents

Study Model/Methodology: This is a cross-sectional study with a sample of 104 overweight/obese adolescents, with a mean weight of 52.98 kg ± 22.00, mean age 16.01 ± 2.91 years. We used the homeostasis model assessment-estimated IR (HOMA-IR) index to quantify the insulin resistance (IR). The -308 polymo...

Severidad de presentación de acrocordones relacionada al riesgo cardiovascular medido en función de índice de masa corporal y obesidad central
Accuracy of presentation of acrochordons related to cardiovascular risk measured according to body mass index and central obesity

Contexto: los acrocordones son protrusiones benignas de piel presentes en zonas de roce; usualmente acompañan a enfermedades metabólicas. Objetivo: caracterizar la asociación entre la severidad de presentación de acrocordones y el riesgo cardiometabólico medido en función del índice de masa corpor...

Intervención multi-componente en la prevención de la obesidad infantil como medida de salud pública
Multi-component intervention in the prevention of childhood obesity as a public health measure

Objetivos: se propone identificar y revisar aquellas estrategias potenciales que incluyan un enfoque multifacético a la hora de hacer frente a la obesidad en niños escolarizados. De acuerdo a la evidencia más reciente, las intervenciones más efectivas para combatir la obesidad infantil son aquellas q...

Hipertrigliceridemia asociada a sobrepeso y obesidad en médicos del hospital San Francisco del IESS, en la ciudad de Quito: una alerta para los profesionales médicos

Contexto: la OMS menciona que la alteración del estado nutricional será notorio en países en vías de desarrollo, en los cuales se experimentará cambios acelerados en los regímenes alimentarios y el modo de vida de su población, y será una respuesta a “la industrialización, la urbanización, el...

Fisiopatología de la hipertensión arterial secundaria a obesidad

Arch. cardiol. Méx; 87 (4), 2017
Resumen: La obesidad es un problema de gran morbimortalidad a nivel mundial. Hoy en día, ha sido constituido como un factor de riesgo cardiovascular, que predispone frecuentemente al desarrollo de múltiples dolencias que deterioran la calidad de vida, tales como hipertensión arterial, dislipidemia y d...

Obese with higher FNDC5/Irisin levels have a better metabolic profile, lower lipopolysaccharide levels and type 2 diabetes risk

ABSTRACT Objective: Thus, the aim of this study was to compare if higher or smaller fibronectin type 3 domain-containing protein 5 (FNDC5)/irisin levels are associated with inflammatory and metabolic markers, caloric/macronutrient intake, physical fitness and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) risk in obes...

Thyroid disorders in obese patients. Does insulin resistance make a difference?

ABSTRACT Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between insulin resistance and thyroid pathology in obese patients, and compare the results between insulin-resistant and noninsulin-resistant patients. Subjects and methods: Obese/nondiabetic patients, aged 18-70 years, attendin...

Circulating omentin-1 might be associated with metabolic health status in different phenotypes of body size

ABSTRACT Objective Adipokines are mediators of body composition and are involved in obesity complications. This study aimed to assess the association of circulating omentin-1, vaspin, and RBP-4 with body composition indices and metabolic health status (MHS) in different phenotypes of body size. Subjec...

Role of vitamin D in the development of obesity

Int. j. morphol; 35 (4), 2017
SUMMARY: Antecedents in the literature suggest that vitamin D (VD) play a role in overweigh/obesity. The present study evaluated the effect of VD deficiency diet intake and fat hight on overweight/obesity about white adipose tissue (WAT) and body mass (BM) gain. Animals were divided into four experimenta...

Obese fathers lead to an altered metabolism and obesity in their children in adulthood: review of experimental and human studies

J. pediatr. (Rio J.); 93 (6), 2017
Abstract Objective: To discuss the recent literature on paternal obesity, focusing on the possible mechanisms of transmission of the phenotypes from the father to the children. Sources: A non-systematic review in the PubMed database found few publications in which paternal obesity was implicated in the...