Publications by authors named "Arreola E"
Article Synopsis
- The ETCHED study aims to explore how negative factors during pregnancy and early childhood contribute to obesity and metabolic issues in minority groups, particularly American Indian/Alaska Native and Hispanic populations.
- This longitudinal study involves monitoring pregnant women and their children over 18 years, collecting data on health history, lifestyle, and biological samples to assess the risk factors for obesity.
- Multiple check-ups will occur at various stages of the child’s development, with a focus on comprehensive health assessments and environmental influences, using medical records for additional context.
Mechanisms of weight loss-induced remission in people with prediabetes: a post-hoc analysis of the randomised, controlled, multicentre Prediabetes Lifestyle Intervention Study (PLIS).
Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol
November 2023
Background: Remission of type 2 diabetes can occur as a result of weight loss and is characterised by liver fat and pancreas fat reduction and recovered insulin secretion. In this analysis, we aimed to investigate the mechanisms of weight loss- induced remission in people with prediabetes.
Methods: In this prespecified post-hoc analysis, weight loss-induced resolution of prediabetes in the randomised, controlled, multicentre Prediabetes Lifestyle Intervention Study (PLIS) was assessed, and the results were validated against participants from the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) study.
Article Synopsis
- Advance care planning (ACP) is often overlooked by Latinx older adults, prompting a study that used community-based participatory research to understand barriers and facilitators of ACP in this group.
- The research involved focus groups with community members, leading to the development of community-based ACP events aimed at improving readiness and understanding of ACP.
- Results showed a significant increase in ACP readiness after the events, with high comfort and recommendation rates among attendees, highlighting the effectiveness of community collaboration in addressing ACP disparities.
Objective: Infection with SARS-CoV-2 induces a proinflammatory state that causes hyperglycemia and may precipitate diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) in patients with known or new-onset diabetes. We examined the trends in new-onset diabetes and DKA prior to and following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: This single-center retrospective observational study included pediatric patients (aged 0 to <18 years) hospitalized with new-onset type 1 diabetes or type 2 diabetes (T2D) before (March 1, 2018, to February 29, 2020) and after (March 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020) the pandemic onset.
Sensor-Based Frailty Assessment in Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Pilot Study.
J Frailty Aging
February 2021
Background: Survivors of childhood cancer (CCS) are at risk for early aging and frailty. Frailty in CCS has been assessed with established clinical criteria, a time-intensive approach requiring specialized training. There is an unmet need for cost-effective, rapid methods for assessing frailty in at-risk adolescent and young adult (AYA) CCS, which are scalable to large populations.
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe union between mammalian gametes begins with the sperm binding to the zona pellucida (ZP). We studied the interaction between human sperm and ZP by using recombinant human ZP proteins (rhZP). The cDNAs coding for human ZP2, ZP3, and ZP4 were expressed in Sf9 cells and proteins were characterized to determine their competence for sperm binding.
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