MSI Newsletter- August 2009

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
The inverse association between physical activity and cardiovascular risk factors appears to be partly mediated by biological risk factors (Posted: 07/10 \| View Article)
EPIDEMIOLOGY
Body mass index is positively related to coronary heart disease risk from childhood onwards (Posted: 07/10 \| View Article) Overweight in midlife increases later risk of dementia (Posted: 07/23 \| View Article) Rapid weight gain in the first 3 months of life associated with several determinants of adult cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes (Posted: 07/22 \| View Article) Metabolic syndrome as a predictor of stroke in patients having achieved complete coronary revascularisation (Posted: 07/21 \| View Article) Metabolic syndrome associated with cognitive impairment among elderly Chinese (Posted: 07/13 \| View Article) Waist circumference related to systolic hypertension, and fat intake to diastolic hypertension in Mexican children aged 8-10 years (Posted: 07/09 \| View Article) Diabetes mellitus is a more important determinant for intracranial atherosclerotic stroke than extracranial atherosclerosis or non-atherosclerotic stroke subtype (Posted: 07/08 \| View Article) Modest overweight in women as predictor of vascular endothelial dysfunction (Posted: 07/02 \| View Article) Metabolic syndrome associated with chronic kidney disease in a large Korean cohort (Posted: 07/01 \| View Article)
PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECTS
Coronary endothelial dysfunction is positively related to low-density lipoprotein and inversely related to high-density lipoprotein subclass particles (Posted: 07/31 \| View Article) Metabolic syndrome associated with impaired left ventricular synchronicity (Posted: 07/30 \| View Article) Metabolic syndrome impacts on the increase in high sensitivity C-reactive protein levels in patients with acute coronary syndrome (Posted: 07/29 \| View Article) Sedentary time as predictor of insulin resistance, independent of moderate or vigorous physical activity (Posted: 07/20 \| View Article) Abnormalities in carotid artery wall thickness and function in youth with obesity and type 2 diabetes (Posted: 07/16 \| View Article)
MS COMPONENTS / RISK FACTORS / ASSOCIATED RISKS
ABDOMINAL OBESITY Subjects with high visceral adipose tissue exhibit higher blood pressure, independent of fitness (Posted: 07/17 \| View Article) Physical screening for erectile dysfunction risk should include the assessment of weight circumference and physical activity level in addition to body mass index (Posted: 07/07 \| View Article) HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA Moderate and severe hypertriglyceridaemia associated with obesity, diabetes mellitus and vascular disease in the Spanish working population (Posted: 07/28 \| View Article) Paediatric hypertriglyceridaemia as a significant predictor of young-onset adult cardiovascular disease (Posted: 07/27 \| View Article) LOW HDL-C CHOLESTEROL Elevated high-density lipoprotein cholesterol improves long-term outcome in patients undergoing elective percutaneous coronary intervention (Posted: 07/15 \| View Article)
PREVENTION AND TREATMENT
Adherence to the DASH diet may help prevent type 2 diabetes mellitus (Posted: 07/14 \| View Article) Five-year changes in physical activity level are associated with relevant changes in cardiovascular disease risk factors (Posted: 07/06 \| View Article) A diet meeting the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans is associated with slower atherosclerosis progression in postmenopausal women with established heart disease (Posted: 07/03 \| View Article)