Background: Chronic diseases such as obesity, hypertension, and metabolic syndrome are major health concerns worldwide. Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) is a bile acid that is naturally produced in the liver and has been used for the treatment of various liver disorders. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we investigated how UDCA might affect inflammation, blood pressure, and obesity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Previous studies showed the possible association between obesity, dietary pattern, and depressive symptoms. Due to the lack of enough data to confirm the association of obesity and depression in the Middle East, here, we aimed to explore the possible mediatory role of adipokines Galectin-3, transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β), and endothelial plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI-1) in the association between low carbohydrate diet (LCD) and depressive symptoms.
Methods: A total of 256 women aged 17-56 years old were grouped based on their LCD score.
Purpose: It has recently found that adipokines, play a numerous functional roles in inflammation, lipids and glucose metabolism and in the pathogenically conditions such as atherosclerosis and insulin resistance. Therefore, for the first time we aimed the present study to evaluating serum levels of CTRP5 and inflammatory cytokines patients with CAD and T2DM in comparison with controls.
Methods: This study was done on 44 patients with CAD, 45 type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), 41 CAD + T2DM and 41 controls.
Diabetes Metab Syndr
April 2019
Background & Aim: Previous studies have explored the relation of metabolic syndrome (MetS), its components and the risk of albuminuria/proteinuria but their results are inconsistent. Then, we aimed to conduct a meta-analysis in order to resolve these controversies.
Method: PubMed and Scopus were systematically searched from their inception to 1 march 2018.
Aims: Adipokines play a major role in developing metabolic syndrome (MetS), and it has been found that there is a significant relationship between MetS and resting metabolic rate (RMR) in obese people. The present study aimed to investigate the mediatory effect of adipokines on the RMR-MetS relationship.
Methods: This cross-sectional study included 263 obese and overweight women, mean BMI 33.
Background: Recent studies have shown that Vitamin D deficiency is very common globally. Vitamin D deficiency is associated with lipid metabolism. A relationship between vitamin D levels and waist circumference (WC) has been observed.
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