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.

DEFINITION
  • Asthma linked with obesity in adults
    (Posted: 04/16 | View Article)
EPIDEMIOLOGY
  • First attacks of gout often precede the diagnosis of metabolic abnormalities and associated diseases
    (Posted: 04/29 | View Article)
  • Predictors of incidence of metabolic syndrome based on the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging
    (Posted: 04/27 | View Article)
  • Increased daily total fat intake significantly increases the risk of ischaemic stroke
    (Posted: 04/24 | View Article)
  • Adherence to a Mediterranean diet reduces systemic inflammatory markers in myocardial infarction survivors
    (Posted: 04/23 | View Article)
  • Insulin resistance associated with increased risk of developing asthma-like symptoms
    (Posted: 04/22 | View Article)
  • Subcutaneous abdominal fat is not associated with a linear increase in the prevalence of all cardiovascular metabolic risk factors
    (Posted: 04/21 | View Article)
  • High prevalence of metabolic syndrome in an urban Indian diabetic population
    (Posted: 04/17 | View Article)
  • Diabetic retinopathy detected in about 7% of adult Chinese
    (Posted: 04/15 | View Article)
  • Replacing saturated fatty acids with polyunsaturated fatty acids prevents coronary heart disease over a wide range of intakes
    (Posted: 04/14 | View Article)
  • Both general and abdominal adiposity are stroke risk predictors in Chinese women
    (Posted: 04/10 | View Article)
  • Metabolic syndrome versus C-reactive protein as cardiovascular risk factors in African-Americans and European-Americans
    (Posted: 04/08 | View Article)
  • Relative importance and joint association of overall obesity and body fat distribution as predictor of mortality risk
    (Posted: 04/07 | View Article)
  • U-shaped association between body mass index and all-cause mortality in both Austrian men and women
    (Posted: 04/01 | View Article)
PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECTS
  • Hypothyroidism associated with metabolic syndrome in a cross-sectional study from South India
    (Posted: 04/30 | View Article)
  • The TG/HDL-C ratio as a powerful independent predictor of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular events
    (Posted: 04/28 | View Article)
  • Cardiovascular risk factors highly associated with erectile dysfunction in the Look AHEAD trial
    (Posted: 04/02 | View Article)
MS COMPONENTS / RISK FACTORS / ASSOCIATED RISKS

LOW LDL-CHOLESTEROL LEVELS

  • Obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnea syndrome independently associated with low HDL cholesterol levels
    (Posted: 04/06 | View Article)
PROGNOSIS / OUTCOMES

DIABETES

  • Higher plasma HDL cholesterol levels associated with lower risk of incident chronic kidney disease in type 2 diabetic adults
    (Posted: 04/03 | View Article)

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

  • Decreased HDL particle size and coronary heart disease risk
    (Posted: 04/20 | View Article)
TREATMENT
  • Metabolic syndrome shown to enhance blood pressure response to sodium intake
    (Posted: 04/09 | View Article)

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