Interactions between race/ethnicity, poverty status, and pregnancy cardio-metabolic diseases in prediction of postpartum cardio-metabolic health

Sleep and Cardio-Metabolic Disease

PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review summarises and discusses the epidemiological evidence suggesting a causal relationship between sleep duration and cardio-metabolic risk and outcomes in population. RECENT FINDINGS Sleep duration is affected by a variety of cultural, social, psychological, behavioural, pathophysiological and environmental influences. Changes in modern society-like longer working h...

Anthropometric parameters--predictive factors for cardio-metabolic diseases.

UNLABELLED The aim of this study was to evaluate comparatively the predictive power of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC), two anthropometric parameters used in daily practice, for detecting cardio-metabolic diseases, in a rural community in north-east Romania. MATERIAL AND METHODS We evaluated 3248 persons, aged 19 or over, for whom we collected the following data: medical hi...

Association between shortened leukocyte telomere length and cardio-metabolic outcomes.

In their meta-analysis of 27 published studies, D’Mello et al show that shortened leukocyte telomere length (LTL) is associated with 3 primary end points: myocardial infarction, stroke, and type 2 diabetes mellitus. The meta-analysis and its findings raise several fundamental issues that are worth considering. After discussing the major findings and limitations, we focus on 3 central themes: th...

Psoriasis and Associated Cardio-metabolic Comorbidities

Endocannabinoid system and cardio-metabolic risk.

Recent research in bio-medical science has shown an integral role of endocannabinoid system (ECS) in determining cardio-metabolic risk of human body. The mechanism is mediated through binding of endocannabinoids at the CB1 receptors. The stimulation of CB1 receptor in the brain is believed to control and mediate the effects on appetite. In normal physiology, CB1 receptors activation is responsi...