: The literature suggests that physiological menopause (MP) seems linked with increased adiposity with a preference for intra-abdominal fat accumulation, greater than what can be attributed only by aging, which could magnify this period's increased cardiovascular risk. : We retrospectively analyzed two age and body mass index (BMI) propensity-matched subgroups each formed of 90 clinically healthy, 40-60-year-old postmenopausal women, within the first 5 and 5-10 years of MP. The 10-year ASCVD risk was assessed using medical history, anthropometric data, and lipid profile blood tests.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlthough suggested in early papers, the association between primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) and hyperuricemia is still debated, as is the potential benefit of parathyroidectomy compared to conservative treatment in serum uric acid (SUA) metabolism. Material and Our retrospective study of 125 Caucasian PHPT patients with surgical criteria evaluated between 2017 and 2021 at Elias Emergency and University Hospital, Bucharest, Romania aims to describe the characteristics of hyperuricemia in PHPT patients and to assess the differences in SUA levels between 38 surgically cured and 41 conservatively managed patients. Our hyperuricemic PHPT patients (N=34) had significantly higher levels of calcium (11.
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January 2023
Introduction: Patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) experience bone mineral density (BMD) loss and trabecular bone score (TBS) alteration, which current guidelines recommend assessing. Considering TBS alongside BMD for a 10-year fracture risk assessment (FRAX) may improve PHPT management.
Design: Retrospective, cross-sectional study composed of 49 Caucasian females (62 ± 10.
Background: Epidemiological data on obesity prevalence are scarce in Romanian population. Consequently, the aim of our study was to evaluate the prevalence of obesity and unhealthy behaviors among school children and adolescents from Bucharest, Romania.
Methods: Cross-sectional study, 866 participants (53.