The association between a low urine pH and the components of metabolic syndrome in the Korean population: Findings based on the 2010 Korea National health and nutrition examination survey.

Background: Low urine pH is related to obesity and insulin resistance, which are components of metabolic syndrome (MS). The aim of this study was to identify the relation between a low urine pH and MS after controlled for other covariates including demographic and lifestyle factors in adult Korean population.

Materials And Methods: We analyzed data from the 2010 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, a cross-sectional and nationally representative survey and 1960 men and 2702 women were included in this study.

A case of incidentally discovered subclinical cushing syndrome in a patient with chronic fatigue and anxiety.

Subclinical Cushing syndrome (SCS) is a hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis abnormality characterized by autonomous cortisol secretion in patients with no typical signs or symptoms of Cushing syndrome. SCS patients may have adverse metabolic and cardiovascular effects due to slight, but continuous glucocorticoid secretion. Glucocorticoids also affect behavior, mood, neural activity, and a number of specific biochemical processes in the central nervous system.

Adjustment of gut hormones release pattern following a fixed mealtime change in human.

Background: Gut hormones secretion is related to habitual mealtimes. However, how fast gut hormones adjust to that change when people change their fixed mealtime remains unknown.

Methods: Seven healthy male volunteers were asked to eat a test breakfast at 0700 am for 2 weeks before the start of the study.