Efficacy of anthropometric measures for identifying cardiovascular disease risk in adolescents: review and meta-analysis.

Introduction: To compare the ability of Body Mass Index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and waist to height ratio (WHtR) to estimate cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk levels in adolescents.

Evidence Acquisition: A systematic review and meta-analysis was performed after a database search for relevant literature (Cochrane, Centre for Review and Dissemination, PubMed, British Nursing Index, CINAHL, BIOSIS citation index, ChildData, metaRegister).

Evidence Synthesis: The study included 117 records representing 96 studies with 994,595 participants were included in the systematic review, 14 of which (13 studies, N.

Influence of Normo- and Hypogonadal Condition, Hyperuricemia, and High-Fructose Diet on Renal Changes in Male Rats.

. There is a gender disparity in the incidence, prevalence, and progression of renal disease. The object of this paper is to evaluate the presence and type of renal lesion in normogonadic and hypogonadic male rats in a mild hyperuricemia induced condition and exposed to a high-fructose diet.

The coexistence of hypercalcemia and hypoglycemia in a patient with a renal tumor and B cell lymphoma.

Paraneoplastic syndromes are a heterogeneous group of malignant diseases caused by events which involve endocrine, immune and metabolic aspects and whose symptoms vary according to the substance produced and the primary tumor. Hypercalcemia is a frequent complication in cancer patients. Prognosis of cancer patients with hypercalcemia is usually poor.

[Hypoglycemia induced by a solitary fibrous tumor of the lung or Doege-Potter syndrome: Report of one case].

We report the case of a 75-year-old man who was admitted to the hospital with symptoms of severe hypoglycemia. He had a history of solitary fibrous tumor diagnosed by Pathology after its complete surgical resection eight years before. The laboratory examination reported hypoglycemia with inhibited Insulin secretion.

[Familial partial lipodystrophy type 1. A rare or underdiagnosed syndrome?].

Familial partial lipodystrophy (FPL) type 1 is a syndrome characterized by loss of subcutaneous fat in arms and legs and an excess of body fat in face, neck, and torso. This rare syndrome is usually diagnosed when patients present cardiovascular complications or pancreatitis due to the severe metabolic abnormalities. Here we present the case of a 45 year old diabetic female without any pathological family history, a poor glycemic control (HbA1c 11.

Ten years cardiovascular risk estimation according to Framingham score and non HDL-cholesterol in blood donors.

Unlabelled: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is currently the primary cause of morbidity and mortality.

Aims: (1) Assess the 10 years risk for CVD in Argentinean blood donors, according to Framingham score (updated by ATP III), (2) evaluate the prevalence of the MS, (3) evaluate non HDL-cholesterol level in this population as other risk for CVD.

Materials And Methods: A prospective, epidemiological, transversal study was performed to evaluate 585 volunteer blood donors for two years.

[Adrenal carcinoma induced hypoglycemia].

Adrenal carcinoma is a rare malignancy of poor prognosis. The most common clinical presentation is secondary to hormone production, while the development of symptomatic hypoglycemia is exceptional. We report the case of a 37 year old-woman admitted to hospital with severe hypoglycemia, hypertension, hypokalemia and amenorrhea.

[Triglycerides/HDL-cholesterol ratio: in adolescents without cardiovascular risk factors].

Triglycerides/HDL-cholesterol ratio (TG/HDL) is an easy resource determination and it has good correlation with the HOMA index in adults. Due to physiological insulin resistance (IR) in adolescence it is necessary to find markers of IR independent of age, sex and pubertal stage. The objective was to identify reference values of TG/HDL ratio in a population of adolescents without cardiovascular risk factors.

Cardiometabolic risk factors as apolipoprotein B, triglyceride/HDL-cholesterol ratio and C-reactive protein, in adolescents with and without obesity: cross-sectional study in middle class suburban children.

Background: The prevalence of obesity (OB), overweight (OW), and metabolic syndrome (MS) has increased worldwide. That imposes a substantial risk for type 2 diabetes and premature cardiovascular disease. However, to date no unified criteria exist to asses risk or outcomes in children and adolescents.

Metabolic syndrome in Argentine women: ATPIII, IDF, IDF/AHA/NHLBI; what criterion should be used?

Introduction: The menopause and the metabolic syndrome (MS) are related with the increase of the risk of cardiovascular diseases.

Objectives: To evaluate the existence of metabolic risk factors and the prevalence of MS in pre- and post-menopausal women.

Subjects: 253 women: 120 pre-menopausal and 133 post-menopausal.