Previous studies have demonstrated that circulating levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker of cardiovascular risk, are strictly related to body fatness. Elevated fibrinogen levels are also predictive of future cardiovascular events. The metabolic background of this relationship and the predictors of fibrinogen levels have not been well established. We aimed to evaluate whether fibrinogen ...

The role of the liver and the endocrine pancreas in development of hyperinsulinemia in different types of obesity remains unclear. Sedentary rats (160 g) were fed a low-fat-diet (LFD, chow 13% kcal fat), high-fat-diet (HFD, 35% fat), or HFD+ 30% ethanol+ 30% fructose (HF-EFr, 22% fat). Overnight-fasted rats were culled after one, four or eight weeks. Pancreatic and hepatic mRNAs were isolated f...

Thirty female Large White x Landrace pigs (average weight 57.2 (sd 1.9) kg) were allocated to one of six dietary treatments containing 0, 1.25, 2.5, 5.0, 7.5 or 10.0 g 55 % conjugated linoleic acids (CLA) isomers (CLA-55)/kg diet and fed for 8 weeks. Each pig was scanned at 0, 28 and 56 d and again at post slaughter using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) to determine the temporal pattern ...

in this descriptive cross-sectional study 14 national basketball team players attending the preparatory camp for the asian games with mean age of 25. 6 ± 3.1 yrs, height of 191 ± 6 em,w eight of87.3 ±8 .1 kg and bmi of 23.9 ±1.7 were surveyed. the subjects underwent anthropometlic, aerobic power, body fat content and v02max measurements in three stages of the training period (before training, d...

introduction: inappropriate body composition represents impaired energy and nutrient intake and can be a risk factor for many diseases, especially for cardiovascular disease. different methods have been suggested for the estimation of body fat volume and its distribution. however, they may be either expensive or hazardous for some groups of patients. sonography is a very accessible technique, w...

Dietary fat and oxidative stress are hypothesized to contribute to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and progression to steatohepatitis. To determine the effects of dietary fat content on hepatic triglyceride, body fat distribution and markers of inflammation and oxidative stress, overweight/obese subjects with normal glucose tolerance consumed a control diet (CONT: 35% fat/12% saturated fat/47...