METABOLIC SYNDROME IN OBESE AFRICAN AMERICAN ADOLESCENTSbyYULYU YEHAugust 2014Advisor: Dr. K.L. Catherine Jen Major: Nutrition and Food ScienceDegree: Doctor of PhilosophyLimited research regarding the relationship of metabolic syndrome (MetS),serum calcium, vitamin D level, nutrition knowledge, and food environments (FE)has been conducted in obese African Am...

OBJECTIVE Chronic inflammation plays a role in the pathogenesis of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Complement component 3 (C3) is a novel cardiometabolic risk factor. Whether dietary fat intake modulates MetS risk conferred by elevated C3 concentrations is unknown. Our objective is to investigate the relationship between C3 concentrations and risk of the MetS and its...

Early recognition of patients at increased cardiovascular risk is a major challenge. The surface electrocardiogram provides a useful platform and it has been used to propose several indexes. T wave axis abnormality is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular mortality, independently of other risk factors and can be associated with the presence of the metabolic syndrome (MetS). We ass...

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an emerging chronic liver disease that may lead to liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. We aimed to determine the association between the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and NAFLD severity using semi-quantitative ultrasonography (US). A total of 614 participants were recruited from the community. NAFLD was evaluated according to the ...

BACKGROUND This systematic review paper aims to study the experimental and human studies on the relationship between metabolic syndrome (MetS), its component and selenium (Se) concentration. MATERIALS AND METHODS The literature was searched in PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar databases with no time limitation using MetS X and Se key words in medical subject heading. The related papers were ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by swelling, tenderness, and destruction of synovial joints, leading to severe disability and premature mortality. The severity of inflammation is linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular mortality in the affected persons. Patients with RA are more prone for accelerated atherosclerosis than the general population. At...

Hegele, Robert A., and Rebecca L. Pollex. Genetic and physiological insights into the metabolic syndrome. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 289: R663–R669, 2005. First published May 12, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00275.2005.—The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a common phenotype that is clinically defined by threshold values applied to measures of central obesity, dysglycemia, dyslipidemia, an...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the effect of lifestyle modifications on metabolic syndrome (MetS) as assessed by its resolution and improved values for its components. METHODS This was a systematic review and meta-analysis. Searches were performed of MEDLINE and the Cochrane Database from January 1966 to October 2011 to identify randomized controlled trials (RCTs) related to the study objective. The ...

Abstract Subgrouping language varieties within dialect continua poses challenges for the application of comparative method historical linguistics, and similar claims have been made use Bayesian phylogenetic methods. In this article, we present first analysis Mixtecan family southern Mexico show that produces valuable results new insights with respect to subgrouping beyond what geography provide...

BACKGROUND We aimed to explore the association between presence and number of components of the Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) and subclinical atherosclerosis outcomes (common carotid intima media thickness, plaque presence and sum of plaque area) in both the carotid and femoral bifurcations. METHODS Cross-sectional analysis of 771 volunteers from the ongoing epidemiological Cyprus Study (46% male...