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Incidence of Obesity and Hypertension among Hyatt Employees in Aruba, 2012

West Indian med. j; 68 (2), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: Obesity and hypertension, which are associated with cardiovascular disease and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM), have become a major health concern in Aruba. The present study was aimed to determine the incidence of obesity and potential hypertension among Hyatt employees in Oranjestad,...

Resumenes de los investigadores de la Pirámide EVESCAM presentados en el XXV Congreso Venezolano de Medicina Interna. 2019
Summaries of the researchers from the EVESCAM Pyramid presented at the XXV Venezuelan Congress of Internal Medicine. 2019

Med. interna (Caracas); 35 (4), 2019

Caracterización clínico epidemiológico de la diabetes mellitus tipo 2 en pacientes hospitalizados. Mayarí, 2016
Clinical and epidemiological characterization of the diabetes mellitus type 2 in patients hospitalized. Mayarí, 2016

Rev. medica electron; 40 (6), 2018
RESUMEN Introducción: la diabetes mellitus tipo 2 ha mantenido un incremento en los últimos años convirtiéndose en una pandemia. Objetivo: describir las características clínicas en pacientes con diabetes mellitus tipo 2 hospitalizados en el Servicio de Medicina Interna del Hospital Universitari...

No cumplir con las recomendaciones de actividad física se asocia a mayores niveles de obesidad, diabetes, hipertensión y síndrome metabólico en población chilena

Rev. méd. Chile; 146 (5), 2018
Background: Physical inactivity is an important cardiovascular risk factor. Aim: To investigate the association of physical inactivity with obesity, metabolic markers, type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension and metabolic syndrome in Chilean adults. Material and Methods: Participants from the National H...

Tiempo destinado a estar sentado y niveles de adiposidad ¿Cuál es su efecto sobre el desarrollo de diabetes mellitus tipo 2?

Rev. méd. Chile; 146 (4), 2018
Background: Obesity and sedentary behavior are risk factors acting independently in the development of type 2 diabetes. Aim: To investigate whether the association between diabetes and obesity is modified by the levels of sitting time (ST) in the Chilean population. Material and Methods: We included 4,...

Increased insulin sensitivity in individuals with neurofibromatosis type 1

ABSTRACT Objects To compare insulin resistance (IR) and metabolic aspects of patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and individuals without the disease. Subjects and methods Forty patients with NF1 were matched by sex, age, and body mass index (BMI) to 40 controls from the community. Blood sample...

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...

Relationships between adiponectin levels, the metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes: a literature review

ABSTRACT Elevated hepatic glucose production, impaired insulin secretion, and insulin resistance - abnormalities of glucose metabolism typically found in subjects with obesity - are major factors underlying the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes (DM2) and the metabolic syndrome (MS). Adiponectin is a major ...