Previous studies have reported increased prevalence of coronary heart disease (CHD) in Indians and South Asian settlers in North America. This increased burden of CHD among South Asians is mainly caused by dyslipidemia. To the best of our knowledge, none of the previous works has studied the patterns and...
La yuca es un tubérculo originario de Brasil perteneciente a la familia Euphorbiacea y al género Manihot, a partir de la cual se produce el casabe. Hoy día el casabe forma parte de la dieta de los venezolanos, siendo valorado por su contenido calórico y riqueza en fibra dietética (FD). En este estud...
ABSTRACT Objective To assess the feasibility of implementing a physician-based, patient-centered counseling intervention model in Ecuador to improve the ability of primary care physicians (PCPs) to reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors among patients. Methods This was a randomized clinical t...
RESUMO Objetivo: comparar as melhorias no perfil lipídico de pacientes submetidos à gastrectomia vertical (GV) e à derivação gástrica em Y de Roux (DGYR). Metódos: estudo de coorte misto, em que foram avaliados 334 pacientes submetidos à GV e 178 pacientes submetidos à DGYR no Hospital das C...
Fundamento: A presença de hipertensão durante a adolescência está correlacionada a mudanças metabólicas,
obesidade e sobrepeso.
Objetivos: Correlacionar o perfil lipídico e glicêmico de adolescentes hipertensos e não hipertensos com idade,
sexo, índice de massa corpórea (IMC), peso e altura.
M...
Abstract Background: Subjects with levels of non-HDL-C 30 mg/dL above those of LDL-C (lipid discordance) or with high remnant cholesterol levels could have a greater residual cardiovascular risk. Objectives: To determine the prevalence of lipid discordance in a primary prevention population and anal...
ABSTRACT CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: The association of serum triglycerides plus waist circumference seems to be a good marker of cardiovascular risk and has been named the “hypertriglyceridemic waist” phenotype. The aim of our study was to investigate the association between the hypertriglyceri...
Varias circunstancias motivan el creciente interés por la esteatosis hepática no alcohólica (EHNA): la elevada prevalencia de la enfermedad en el mundo occidental, su capacidad de progresión a formas histológicas más agresivas y su asociación con enfermedades que incrementan el riesgo cardiovascul...