Welcome to the new MSI Newsletter & Literature Watch. The all-in-one publication features the latest news, events and research related to the metabolic syndrome.

EPIDEMIOLOGY
  • Significant association between shift work and metabolic syndrome
    (Posted: 05/29 | View Article)
  • Nutritional habit changes during Ramadan and changes in LDL-C and HDL-C levels
    (Posted: 05/22 | View Article)
  • Specific components of metabolic syndrome increase the odds of metachronous neoplasia
    (Posted: 05/14 | View Article)
  • Inverse association between calcium intake and metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal Korean women
    (Posted: 05/13 | View Article)
  • Body mass index as predictor of overall mortality both above and below the apparent optimum
    (Posted: 05/12 | View Article)
  • Adiponectin as a biomarker of the relationship between adiposity and bone mineral status
    (Posted: 05/05 | View Article)
  • Systemic effects of obesity on cardiac structure and function may outweigh local effects of pericardial fat
    (Posted: 05/04 | View Article)
PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECTS
  • Triglyceride levels but not adipokine concentrations as metabolic determinants of advanced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
    (Posted: 05/26 | View Article)
  • High prevalence of renal microvascular disease in patients with metabolic syndrome
    (Posted: 05/18 | View Article)
  • Visceral fat diameter as a major determinant of endothelial dysfunction in obese subjects
    (Posted: 05/15 | View Article)
  • Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease as risk factor for the development of diabetes and metabolic syndrome
    (Posted: 05/08 | View Article)
  • Visceral adipose tissue marginally more related to endothelium-dependent vasodilation than subcutaneous adiposity
    (Posted: 05/06 | View Article)
MS COMPONENTS / RISK FACTORS / ASSOCIATED RISKS

ELEVATED FASTING GLUCOSE

  • Cigarette smoking positively associated with incident impaired fasting glucose
    (Posted: 05/25 | View Article)

ABDOMINAL OBESITY

  • Abdominal obesity underlies a high risk of all-cause and CV mortality in patients with end-stage renal failure
    (Posted: 05/28 | View Article)
  • Surrogate and direct measures of adiposity associated with risk of metabolic syndrome in rural Chinese women
    (Posted: 05/19 | View Article)

HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA

  • Defect in fatty acid oxidation in moderately obese men with hypertriglyceridaemia
    (Posted: 05/27 | View Article)

LOW HDL-CHOLESTEROL LEVELS

  • Serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol as independent predictor of one-year mortality after percutaneous coronary interventions
    (Posted: 05/21 | View Article)
PROGNOSIS / OUTCOMES


CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

  • Low HDL-C and high TC/HDL-C increase CVD mortality in either diabetic or nondiabetic subjects
    (Posted: 05/11 | View Article)
PREVENTION & TREATMENT
  • Less favourable biological effects of a high-fat Atkins diet compared to South Beach and Ornish diet during weight maintenance phase
    (Posted: 05/20 | View Article)
  • Men lose more visceral and less subcutaneous adipose tissue mass than women following lifestyle intervention
    (Posted: 05/07 | View Article)

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UKPDS Risk Engine
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