Relationship between diet quality and carotid intima-media thickness in people with and without carotid atherosclerosis.

Background: Dietary assessment and management appear to be essential to limit the impact of cardiovascular risk.

Aim: This study aims to assess the association between diet quality as measured by Alternate Healthy Eating Index (AHEI) and coronary risk as determined by carotid artery intima-media thickness (CIMT) among Saudi adults.

Methods: A case-control study was conducted in 210 participants who were matched for age and sex and recruited sequentially from King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Role of omentin-1 and C-reactive protein in obese subjects with subclinical inflammation.

Background: While chronic subclinical inflammation is now considered to be a predisposing risk factor of cardiovascular diseases, the extent by which adipokines induce metabolic abnormalities in humans is not fully resolved. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between insulin resistance and serum inflammatory markers in obese subjects.

Methods: One hundred and five subjects without any clinically evident CVD were classified into 3 coronary risk levels according to Framingham risk score.