background and objective: obesity is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. the abnormalities involved may be mediated by increased secretions of inflammatory proteins called adipocytokines by the adipose tissue. thus, monitoring adipocytokines during weight loss could be helpful in progress evaluation of weight reduction programs. since high-protein diets are cons...

Lanza GA, Pitocco D, Navarese EP, Sestito A, Sgueglia GA, Manto A, Infusino F, Musella T, Ghirlanda G, Crea F. Istituto di Cardiologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo A. Gemelli, 8, 00168 Roma, Italy. [email protected] AIMS: To assess the relationship between cardiac autonomic dysfunction and inflammation in patients with type 1 diabetes and whether beta-blocker therapy might imp...

Objective Biochemical indicators such as N-terminal pro-brain type natriuretic peptide (NT pro-BNP) and high-sensitivity Creactive protein (hsCRP) predict mortality in acute coronary syndrome (ACS). However, little is known about the relationship of these factors with severity of coronary artery stenosis in patients with. Methods Three hundred and thirty-one subjects including 246 unstable angi...

in recent years there have been many attempts to develop and market inexpensive mixtures of high protein food for the children in developing areas of the world. biological studies have shown that these foods are rich sources of protein and are every effective in combating protein malnutrition. however, practical marketing and distribution has not been very successful due to the local people's h...

BACKGROUND High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) is a commonly used inflammatory marker. The association between hs-CRP and cancer is less consistent than that between hs-CRP and cardiovascular diseases. This study explored the association between hs-CRP and cancer, using a large database of Korean health examination records. METHODS A total of 80,781 Koreans who visited the health pro...

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is characterized by excess accumulation of lipids within parenchymal cells of the liver (ie, hepatocellular steatosis) in the absence of excessive ethanol consumption. Fatty liver disease is widely considered to be the hepatic manifestation of metabolic syndrome and is estimated to occur in more than 25% of the Western population.1 Nonalcoholic fatty liver disea...

To the Editor: Last year, Ockene et al. (1) published a report in this journal that made the claim that high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) has a degree of measurement stability that is similar to that of total cholesterol and that this provides further evidence of the potential clinical utility of hs-CRP screening as a novel tool for vascular risk prediction. The key evidence that Ock...