Abstract Background The triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index is a new alternative measure for
insulin resistance. This meta-analysis was conducted to assess the associations of the TyG …

Background and Aim. The relationship between liver fibrosis scores and clinical outcomes in
patients with COVID‐19 is not compressively assessed. Methods. We identified relevant …

Relatively little is known about the influence of extreme body weight on the
pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics (PD), efficacy, and safety of drugs used in many …

Background In the past decade, fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) has been recognized as
an important biomarker of cardiovascular diseases. This study aimed to assess the …

Theoretically informed and empirically grounded, Rethinking Obesity invites readers to
reconsider the medical and public health framing of population weight (gain) as a massive …

Background: Overweight and mildly obese individuals have a lower risk of death than their
normal-weight counterparts; this phenomenon is termed “obesity paradox.” Whether this …

Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) has a higher prevalence in men than in women and is
associated with measures of adiposity and lean mass (LM). However, it remains uncertain …

Background The prognostic impact of obesity on patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) remains
under-evaluated and controversial. Methods Patients with AF from the Gulf Survey of Atrial …

Background Several published studies have examined the association of coffee
consumption with atrial fibrillation (AF) risk, but their findings are still controversial …

Background and objective Growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15) and fibroblast growth
factor-23 (FGF-23) are considered predictors of the incidence of cardiovascular diseases …