Mesenteric fat thickness is associated with increased risk of obstructive sleep apnoea.

Background And Objective: Mesenteric fat is a type of intraperitoneal adipose tissue draining into portal circulation. The objective of this study was to investigate the relationships between mesenteric fat thickness and obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in patients with suspected OSA.

Methods: One hundred forty-nine subjects (men: 114; women: 35) with suspected OSA underwent ultrasound examinations of mesenteric, preperitoneal and subcutaneous fat thickness after overnight polysomnography.

Intrarenal arterial resistance is associated with microvascular complications in Chinese type 2 diabetic patients.

Background: Increased renal arterial resistance is associated with various types of chronic renal parenchymal diseases. A resistance index (RI) > 0.8 predicts deterioration in renal function in diabetic subjects.

US assessment of medial arterial calcification: a sensitive marker of diabetes-related microvascular and macrovascular complications.

Purpose: To examine the sensitivity of ultrasonography (US) compared with conventional radiography in detection of lower limb (thigh) medial arterial calcification (MAC) in type 2 diabetic patients and evaluate its association with diabetes-related complications.

Materials And Methods: The study was approved by the local research ethics committee, and informed written consent was obtained. US was performed in 289 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, and MAC severity was assigned a score from 0 to 8.