BACKGROUND Body fat distribution is, next to overall obesity, an important risk factor for cardiometabolic outcomes in the general population. In particular, visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is strongly associated with cardiometabolic risk factors. Since it is unclear whether body fat distribution is also important in men and women with obesity we investigated the associations between measures of ...

Background Genetically, predisposed children are considered as at-risk individuals for cardiovascular disease. In this study, we aimed to compare the frequency of four-lipid regulatory polymorphism in obese and normal-weight children with and without cardiometabolic risk factors. Materials and Methods In this nested case-control study, 600 samples of four groups of participants consisted of t...

BACKGROUND Managed care organizations (MCOs) have access to treatment and diagnosis information from administrative claims data but generally have limited or no access to clinical information about laboratory values or biometric values such as body mass index (BMI) or waist circumference. Thus, MCOs are generally unable to identify overweight patients with cardiometabolic risk factors that put ...

OBJECTIVES We investigated the association of generalized and abdominal obesity with cardiometabolic risk factors in children and adolescents. METHODS Data were obtained from a surveillance system entitled CASPIAN-III study in school students aged 10-18 years in Iran. Data of subjects with normal body mass index (BMI) or above (BMI ≥ 5th percentile) were analyzed. The associations of obesity ...

Background & Aims: Metabolic syndrome is composed of interrelated cardiovascular and cardiometabolic risk factors. Moreover, recent researches have illustrated the association of systemic diseases and periodontitis. Thus, the early diagnosis of this syndrome, as a cardiometabolic risk factor, seems necessary. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in patients...

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of cardiometabolic risk factors, including central obesity, insulin resistance, glucose intolerance, dyslipidemia and increased blood pressure. The prevalence of MetS is on the increase worldwide owing to the epidemic of overweight and obesity. The risk of prevalence of MetS greatly increases during adulthood for those children exposed to cardiometabolic r...

1 Department of Clinical Medicine, State University of Rio de Janeiro, 20551030 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil 2 Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, 56100, Italy 3 Department of Internal Medicine, State University of Rio de Janeiro, 20551030 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil 4 Laboratory of Cardiovascular Investigation, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, 21045900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ,...

Greater consumption of n3 (ω3) polyunsaturated fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) can reduce risk for cardiovascular disease events, yet their effects on metabolic risk factors and diabetes remain unclear. This cross-sectional study used a community volunteer sample to test whether the associations between n3 fatty acids and cardiometabolic risk vary as a fun...

BACKGROUND Cardiometabolic risk factors and related cardiovascular diseases represent major threats to healthy aging. OBJECTIVE We aimed to estimate distribution, pharmacological treatment, and control of main cardiometabolic risk factors among older people. METHODS This population-based study included 3363 participants (age≥60 years, 64.9% women) in the Swedish National study on Aging and ...

OBJECTIVE We evaluated whether cardiometabolic risk profiles differ for subjects identified as having prediabetes by A1C, fasting glucose (FPG), or 2-h postchallenge glucose (2-PG) criteria. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Atherosclerosis risk factors, oral glucose tolerance test, and ultrasound measurement of carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) were analyzed in 780 nondiabetic individuals. RE...