Obesity is considered one of the independent risk factors for atherosclerosis and is strongly
correlated with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Previous studies showed carotid …

Background: Obesity, and in particular extreme obesity, as a global health problem is an
important risk factor for many diseases, including atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease …

Adipose tissue is a major source of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), which possess a
variety of properties that make them ideal candidates for regenerative and …

Importance Chronic inflammation and insulin resistance often accompany severe obesity,
and all are associated with disease risk. Objective To examine how the association of …

High body mass index (BMI) is paradoxically associated with better outcome in hemodialysis
(HD) patients. Persistent inflammation commonly features in clinical conditions where the …

Background Obesity causes secondary hypogonadism (HG) in men. Standard testosterone
(T) replacement therapy improves metabolic parameters but leads to infertility. Objective To …

Background Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is characterized by repetitive intermittent
hypoxia and reoxygenation during sleep with elevated oxidative stress and promotes the …

Objective: The underlying pathobiology of the paradoxical relationship between obesity and
adverse outcomes in coronary artery disease (CAD) is unclear. Our objective was to …

Background Endothelial dysfunction has been suggested as a potential mechanism
contributing to the development and progression of heart failure (HF). Levels of circulating …

Objective Obesity is a risk factor for clinical cardiovascular disease, putatively via increased
burden of atherosclerosis. It remains contentious as to whether weight loss in people with …