..., Idewaki Y, Joudai T, Hirakawa Y, Uchida K, Sasaki S, Nakamura U, Kitazono T: Impact of dietary fiber intake on glycemic control, cardiovascular risk factors and chronic kidney disease in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: the Fukuoka diabetes registry. Nutr J 2013;12:159. 27. Streppel MT...

... to in the content or advertisements. Metabolic syndrome Adolescents Obesity Cardiovascular risk The increasing prevalence of the so-called metabolic syndrome (MS) is a result of the current pandemic of obesity, which affects not only adults but also children and adolescents in both developed...

... or range for monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) are rare. It was the aim of this study to analyze long-term, randomized, controlled dietary intervention trials and to investigate the effects of MUFA on the biomarkers of obesity and cardiovascular risk factors. Dietary regimens with a high amount of MUFA...

...V. Di Francesco; T. Sacco; M. Zamboni; L. Bissoli; E. Zoico; G. Mazzali; A. Minniti; T. Salanitri; F. Cancelli; O. Bosello Background and Aim: Obesity affects cardiovascular risk and also quality of life (QoL). The aim of this study was to test weight loss and impact on QoL after sibutramine...

... patients treated or not with antiretroviral drugs and to correlate these visceral adiposity measurements to other parameters of cardiovascular risks. Methods: In a transversal observational study, 160 HIV-infected patients were recruited and divided in two groups, i.e., 123 antiretroviral (ARV)-treated...

...A. Waldmann; J.W. Koschizke; C. Leitzmann; A. Hahn Background/Aim: Evaluation of cardiovascular risk profile in 154 German vegans. Methods: Cross-sectional study, Germany. Study instruments: 2 FFQ, 2 questionnaires, analyses of fasting venous blood samples. Results: The total study population had...

... of atherosclerosis and acute myocardial infarction is related to body iron stores, though there is conflicting epidemiological evidence as well. The most recent and best controlled studies, however, support the hypothesis that iron stores are related to cardiovascular risk. Iron-amplified oxidative stress may also...

...-sectional study was performed in two stages in 1991 and 1996 in 43 primary care clinics. One thousand two hundred people ‘with cardiovascular risk’ and 600 ‘without risk’ answered a food frequency questionnaire. Results: Significant increases in vitamin C, retinol, lycopenes, β-cryptoxanthin and vitamin E...

...M.D. Ballesteros-Pomar; M.A. Rubio-Herrera; J.A. Gutiérrez-Fuentes; J.A. Gómez-Gerique; A. Gómez-de-la-Cámara; O. Pascual; I. Gárate; R. Montero; S. Campiña Backgrounds/Aims: To investigate dietary habits and their evolution with regard to cardiovascular risk status in Spain. Methods: Cross...