Assessing the prevalence of obesity in a Russian adult population by six indices and their associations with hypertension, diabetes mellitus and hypercholesterolaemia.

The anthropometric index that best predicts cardiometabolic risk remains inconclusive. This study therefore assessed the prevalence of obesity using six indices and compared their associations with obesity-related cardiometabolic disorders. We determined obesity prevalence according to body mass index, waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), body fat percentage and fat mass index (FMI) using data from the Know Your Heart study ( = 4495, 35-69 years).

[Prognostic value of glycemic variability in patients with decompensated chronic heart failure and diabetes mellitus].

The review focused on the prognostic significance of hyperglycemia and glycemia variability in patients both with type 2 DM and without previously detected disorders of carbohydrate metabolism hospitalized for decompensated CHF. Results of recent studies of glycemia variability, stress-induced hypoglycemia, and their effect on prognosis for patients with decompensated CHF were analyzed.

[Postprandial lipemia and insulinemia in obese females with cholelithiasis].

The authors studied the pattern of fatty tissue distribution in the body and revealed changes In the baseline and postprandial levels of serum lipids and insulin In females with cholelithiasis (CL) obese. Ninety-five females were examined. These included 41 patients with CL and obesity, 20 patients with the normal body mass index and CL, and 34 obese females without CL.