Publications by authors named "Rachel Anne Xuereb"
The concept of metabolic health and the metabolic syndrome is to identify subjects at a higher cardiovascular risk. However, many definitions are currently in use, and it is uncertain which is the best in identifying at-risk subjects. We performed a cross-sectional study whereby women were invited to participate and were assessed for several anthropometric and biochemical parameters.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose Of Review: Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of mortality globally. Identifying patients at risk is important to initiate preventive strategies. Over the last few decades, the role of the endothelium and its impact on arterial stiffness have been recognised as playing a pivotal role in cardiovascular disease.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The objective of this study was to assess whether poor sleep is independently associated with cardiovascular disease in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).
Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed in subjects with T2DM aged between 40 and 80 years. Sleep assessment was achieved by actigraphy and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) score.
Background: Acute coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) causes various cardiovascular complications. However, it is unknown if there are cardiovascular sequelae in the medium and long-term. The aim of this study was dual.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClinical outcomes at medium-term follow-up of COVID-19.
J R Coll Physicians Edinb
September 2022
Background: The long coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) syndrome is defined as persistent physical, cognitive and/or psychological symptoms that continue for more than 12 weeks following the acute illness.
Methods: In all, 2,646 patients were randomly selected from all individuals who were diagnosed with COVID-19. They were interviewed so as to assess the persistence of symptoms and health-related quality of life.