Metabolic syndrome pathophysiology and predisposing factors

A Bovolini, J Garcia, MA Andrade… - International journal of …, 2021 - thieme-connect.com
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of cardiometabolic risk factors with high prevalence
among adult populations and elevated costs for public health systems worldwide. Despite …

Diabetes mellitus and its metabolic complications: the role of adipose tissues

L Dilworth, A Facey, F Omoruyi - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Many approaches have been used in the effective management of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
A recent paradigm shift has focused on the role of adipose tissues in the development and …

Insulin resistance in COVID-19 and diabetes

N Govender, OP Khaliq, J Moodley, T Naicker - Primary Care Diabetes, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The epidemiology of COVID-19 and its association with cardiometabolic
disorders is poorly understood. This is a narrative review that investigates the effects of …

[HTML][HTML] Metabolic syndrome, aging and involvement of oxidative stress

F Bonomini, LF Rodella, R Rezzani - Aging and disease, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The prevalence of the metabolic syndrome, a cluster of cardiovascular risk factors
associated with obesity and insulin resistance, is dramatically increasing in Western and …

The impact of obesity on severe disease and mortality in people with SARS‐CoV‐2: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

S Seidu, C Gillies, F Zaccardi… - Endocrinology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Obesity accompanied by excess ectopic fat storage has been postulated as a
risk factor for severe disease in people with SARS‐CoV‐2 through the stimulation of …

Insulin resistance as a key link for the increased risk of cognitive impairment in the metabolic syndrome

B Kim, EL Feldman - Experimental & molecular medicine, 2015 - nature.com
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of cardiovascular risk factors that includes obesity,
diabetes, and dyslipidemia. Accumulating evidence implies that MetS contributes to the …

The impact of recent technological advances on the trueness and precision of DXA to assess body composition

RJ Toombs, G Ducher, JA Shepherd, MJ De Souza - Obesity, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The introduction of dual‐energy X‐ray absorptiometry (DXA) in the 1980s for the
assessment of areal bone mineral density (BMD) greatly benefited the field of bone imaging …

Adipokines: a link between obesity and dementia?

AJ Kiliaan, IAC Arnoldussen, DR Gustafson - The Lancet Neurology, 2014 - thelancet.com
Being overweight or obese, as measured with body-mass index or central adiposity (waist
circumference), and the trajectory of body-mass index over the life course have been …

The correlation between metabolic syndrome and prostatic diseases

C De Nunzio, W Aronson, SJ Freedland… - European urology, 2012 - Elsevier
CONTEXT: Metabolic syndrome (MetS), a cluster of several metabolic abnormalities with a
high socioeconomic cost, is considered a worldwide epidemic. Recent epidemiologic and …

Insulin resistance in the nervous system

B Kim, EL Feldman - Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2012 - cell.com
Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of cardiovascular risk factors including obesity, diabetes and
dyslipidemia. Insulin resistance (IR) is at the core of metabolic syndrome. In adipose tissue …