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Is fibroblast growth factor 23 a new cardiovascular risk marker in gestational diabetes?

ABSTRACT Objective This study was designed to compare the serum levels of fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) among patients with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and healthy pregnant women, and to evaluate the association between hormonal and metabolic parameters. Subjects and methods A total of ...

The Expected Cardiovascular Benefit of Plasma Cholesterol Lowering with or Without LDL-C Targets in Healthy Individuals at Higher Cardiovascular Risk

Arq. bras. cardiol; 108 (6), 2017
Abstract Background: There is controversy whether management of blood cholesterol should be based or not on LDL-cholesterol (LDL-c) target concentrations. Objectives: To compare the estimated impact of different lipid-lowering strategies, based or not on LDL-c targets, on the risk of major cardiovascul...

La estimación del riesgo cardiovascular mediante puntajes mejoró el perfil de riesgo pero no redujo la incidencia de eventos

Serum TSH levels are associated with cardiovascular risk factors in overweight and obese adolescents

J. pediatr. (Rio J.); 92 (5), 2016
Abstract Objective: To investigate the relationship between serum thyrotropin (TSH), insulin resistance (IR), and cardiovascular risk factors (CRF) in a sample of overweight and obese Brazilian adolescents. Methods: A retrospective, longitudinal analysis of 199 overweight and obese pubescent adolescent...

Association of hypertriglyceridemic-waist phenotype with liver enzymes and cardiometabolic risk factors in adolescents: the CASPIAN-III study

J. pediatr. (Rio J.); 92 (5), 2016
Abstract Objective This study aims to investigate the role of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and the hypertriglyceridemic-waist (HW) phenotype in determining cardiometabolic risk factors and elevated liver enzymes in a national sample of Iranian pediatric population. Method This nationwide study was conduct...

Factores bioquímicos y nutricionales asociados a la viscosidad sanguínea en adultos de la sierra urbana (Imbabura), Ecuador

Invest. clín; 57 (3), 2016
La asociación de la viscosidad sanguínea (VS) con la hipertensión y la diabetes mellitus 2, indica que debe ser considerada sobre todo en poblaciones que viven en la sierra donde el hematocrito y la hemoglobina son más elevados. Se evaluó la asociación de la VS con factores de riesgo cardiovascular...

Clinical practice guideline for the prevention, early detection, diagnosis, management and follow up of type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults

Colomb. med; 47 (2), 2016
In Colombia, diabetes mellitus is a public health program for those responsible for creating and implementing strategies for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up that are applicable at all care levels, with the objective of establishing early and sustained control of diabetes. A clinical pract...

LDL oxidada: Como um fator de risco para doença cardiovascular no transplante renal

J. bras. nefrol; 38 (2), 2016
RESUMO Objetivos: A taxa de mortalidade de pacientes com doença renal crônica (DRC), que tenham sido submetidos à terapia de substituição renal, é muito elevada devido a doenças cardiovasculares (DCV). Alguns estudos indicaram que a ciclosporina A (CsA), um medicamento utilizado para prevenir a r...

Ancho de distribución eritrocitaria como potencial biomarcador clínico en enfermedades cardiovasculares

Rev. méd. Chile; 144 (5), 2016
Red cell distribution width (RDW) is a measurement of the variation in size, as well as an index of heterogeneity of erythrocytes, which is used in combination with other hematologic parameters as an aid to the differential diagnosis of hypochromic anemia. RDW could also serve as a biomarker in the diagn...

Family history of cardiovascular disease and non-HDL cholesterol in prepubescent non-obese children

Summary Objective: To describe the values of non-HDL cholesterol (NHDL-c) and the frequency of a family history of early cardiovascular disease (family HCVD) in healthy prepubescent children. Analyze the association between NHDL-c and family HCVD, and possible associations with other risk factors for ca...