Sex differences in cardiovascular disease mortality are more pronounced among non-Hispanic whites than other racial/ethnic groups, but it is unknown whether this variation is present in the earlier subclinical stages of disease. The authors examined racial/ethnic variation in sex differences in coronary artery calcification (CAC) and carotid intimal media thickness at baseline in 2000–2002 amon...

Plasma sphingomyelin has been shown to be an independent risk factor for coronary heart disease, but the relation of plasma sphingomyelin to earlier, subclinical atherosclerotic disease has not been reported. The authors examined the association between plasma sphingomyelin and three measures of subclinical cardiovascular disease (carotid intimal-medial wall thickness, ankle-arm blood pressure ...

Background and Aim: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in the absence of diabetes mellitus hypertension also predisposes to atherosclerotic changes. We conducted an observational cross-sectional study from January 2022 2023 at IMS-BHU, Varanasi, subclinical cardiovascular NAFLD patients. Methods: 100 consecutive patients, non-hypertensive non-diabetic, aged 18-50 years were included study, as ag...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Subclinical primary hypothyroidism is highly prevalent in the general population, especially in the elderly. However, the prevalence of subclinical primary hypothyroidism in persons with chronic kidney disease (CKD) not requiring chronic dialysis is not well defined. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, AND MEASUREMENTS Cross-sectional data from 3089 adult outpatients, who...

Accurate diagnosis and treatment of subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) is challenging in clinical practice because normal limits of TSH differs in various studies [1]. Subclinical Hypothyroidism (SCH) is defined as mild elevation in serum TSH levels with normal fT3 and fT4 concentration. The prevalence of this disease is 4-10% in the general population of United States. Up to 20 % women older tha...

Canine leishmaniosis (CanL) due to Leishmania infantum is a life threatening zoonotic disease with a wide distribution in four continents and importance also in non-endemic regions. The purpose of this report is to present a consensus of opinions on the diagnosis, treatment, prognosis and prevention of CanL in order to standardize the management of this infection. CanL is a disease in which inf...

Sex differences in cardiovascular disease mortality are more pronounced among non-Hispanic whites than other racial/ethnic groups, but it is unknown whether this variation is present in the earlier subclinical stages of disease. The authors examined racial/ethnic variation in sex differences in coronary artery calcification (CAC) and carotid intimal media thickness at baseline in 2000-2002 amon...