The metabolic syndrome—from insulin resistance to obesity and diabetes

EJ Gallagher, D LeRoith, E Karnieli - Endocrinology and metabolism clinics …, 2008 - Elsevier
In today's society with the escalating levels of obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease,
the metabolic syndrome is receiving considerable attention and is the subject of much …

Correlates of physical activity among women from diverse racial/ethnic groups

AE Eyler, S Wilcox, D Matson-Koffman… - Journal of women's …, 2002 - liebertpub.com
Objective: Women have lower rates of participation in leisure time physical activity than men
and have been studied to a lesser extent than men. Because physical activity plays a vital …

[HTML][HTML] Separate and combined associations of body-mass index and abdominal adiposity with cardiovascular disease: collaborative analysis of 58 prospective …

Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration - The Lancet, 2011 - thelancet.com
Background Guidelines differ about the value of assessment of adiposity measures for
cardiovascular disease risk prediction when information is available for other risk factors. We …

[图书][B] Clinical guidelines on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults: the evidence report

National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute… - 1998 - books.google.com
Page 1 Obesity Education Initiative TAUB RA 11 .B15 A25127 no.984083 D PRESSURE
tivation LAORTALITY OVERWEIGHT BODY MASS INDEX prevalence BEHAVIOR DIETARY …

[图书][B] The mixed methods reader

VLP Clark, JW Creswell - 2008 - books.google.com
" It premieres the most adept researchers in the field who have bravely and soundly followed
mixed methodology approaches."—NACADA (National ACademic ADvising Association) In …

Global burden of cardiovascular diseases: Part II: variations in cardiovascular disease by specific ethnic groups and geographic regions and prevention strategies

S Yusuf, S Reddy, S Ôunpuu, S Anand - Circulation, 2001 - Am Heart Assoc
This two-part article provides an overview of the global burden of atherothrombotic
cardiovascular disease. Part I initially discusses the epidemiological transition which has …

Impact of diabetes on cardiac structure and function: the strong heart study

RB Devereux, MJ Roman, M Paranicas, MJ O'Grady… - Circulation, 2000 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Whether diabetes mellitus (DM) adversely affects left ventricular (LV) structure
and function independently of increases in body mass index (BMI) and blood pressure is …

Left atrial diameter as an independent predictor of first clinical cardiovascular events in middle-aged and elderly adults: the Strong Heart Study (SHS)

JR Kizer, JN Bella, V Palmieri, JE Liu, LG Best… - American heart …, 2006 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Echocardiographic left atrial (LA) volume has been documented to be an
independent predictor of cardiovascular events. Less is known about the predictive ability of …

LDL cholesterol as a strong predictor of coronary heart disease in diabetic individuals with insulin resistance and low LDL: The Strong Heart Study

BV Howard, DC Robbins, ML Sievers… - … , and vascular biology, 2000 - Am Heart Assoc
Diabetes has been shown to increase the risk of coronary heart disease in all populations
studied. However, there is a lack of information on the relative importance of diabetes …

The impact of diabetes on left ventricular filling pattern in normotensive and hypertensive adults: the Strong Heart Study

JE Liu, V Palmieri, MJ Roman, JN Bella… - Journal of the American …, 2001 - jacc.org
OBJECTIVES We sought to determine the effect of diabetes mellitus (DM) on left ventricular
(LV) filling pattern in normotensive (NT) and hypertensive (HTN) individuals …