Sentences with phrase «cardiovascular risk markers»

Effects on lipids and other cardiovascular risk markers.»

It also led to lower levels of cholesterol and cardiovascular risk markers.

Humans: Trials Using the Intermittent Very Low Energy Approach: In overweight and / or obese populations, the majority of IER (60 - 85 % ER / alternate days) trials spanning four to 12 weeks have consistently demonstrated global improvements in cardiovascular risk markers, encompassing enhancements in glucose metabolism (described above) and lipid profiles 37 - 40, 42, 46, 49, 50 - 52 relative to baseline, which collectively would be expected to improve vascular function.

In the final six months, both groups achieved equivalent weight loss and showed no adverse changes to cardiovascular risk markers.

Low - carb diets are helpful against diabetes and metabolic syndrome, and quickly improve cardiovascular risk markers such as blood pressure, triglycerides, and HDL.

The study published in Pediatrics also analyzed cardiovascular risk markers like cholesterol or blood pressure but found no consistent differences between southern and central - northern European adolescents.

Not exact matches

Subsequently, serum markers of liver damage (ALT, AST, ALP and albumin), kidney damage (urea, creatinine and uric acid), lipid profile and lipid ratios as cardiovascular risk indices were evaluated.

Although tau imaging is still in its earliest stages, Ryan hopes that such imaging will accelerate drug development and that finding a blood - based biomarker for Alzheimer's to reveal risk (much like cholesterol serves as a marker for cardiovascular risk) will change the field dramatically in terms of how doctors can diagnose the disease.

«Our analysis suggests that migraine should be considered an important risk marker for cardiovascular disease, particularly in women,» concludes Prof. Kurth, adding that: «The risk of developing cardiovascular events was shown to be 50 % higher in women with a diagnosis of migraine.

As Maurizio Battino, researcher at UNIVPM and Director of the study, said: «This is the first time a study has been published that supports the protective role of the bioactive compounds in strawberries in tackling recognised markers and risk factors for cardiovascular diseases.»

«Aside from the direct association with cardiovascular risk factors, skipping breakfast might serve as a marker for a general unhealthy diet or lifestyle which in turn is associated with the development and progression of atherosclerosis,» said Jose L. Peñalvo, PhD, assistant professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University and the senior author of the study.

In a large population - based study of randomly selected participants in Germany, researchers found that mild cognitive impairment (MCI) occurred significantly more often in individuals diagnosed with a lower ankle brachial index (ABI), which is a marker of generalized atherosclerosis and thus cumulative exposure to cardiovascular risk factors during lifetime.

There also was no independent association of MCI and intima media thickness (IMT) or coronary artery calcification (CAC), two other surrogate markers of cardiovascular risk.

practice - based research network in Toronto, Ontario, looked at the link between eating habits and serum levels of non-high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, which is a surrogate marker of later cardiovascular risk.

An antibody used to treat the skin disease psoriasis is also effective at reducing aortic inflammation, a key marker of future risk of major cardiovascular events.

These results add to evidence that migraine should be considered an important risk marker for cardiovascular disease, say experts.

Nevertheless, the authors say «these results further add to the evidence that migraine should be considered an important risk marker for cardiovascular disease, at least in women,» and there is no reason why the findings can't be applicable to men.

«Women with migraines have higher risk of cardiovascular disease, mortality: Migraine should be considered an important risk marker for cardiovascular disease, say experts.»

They are also initiating randomized - controlled trials to see how behavioral patterns correlate with biomolecular markers and genetics to develop more precise cardiovascular risk assessment tools.

Cardiovascular phenotyping between the ages of 60 and 64 years with carotid intima media thickness (cIMT; a surrogate marker for cardiovascular events) was used to assess the effect of lifetime exposure to adiposity on cardiovascular risk factors.

«But for those who do well and are able stick to the 5:2 diet, it could potentially have a beneficial impact on some important risk markers for cardiovascular disease, in some cases more so than daily dieting.

«While we don't know which comes first — depression or cardiovascular disease — the consensus is that depression is a risk marker for cardiovascular disease, meaning if you have cardiovascular disease, there is a higher likelihood that you could also have depression, when compared with the risk in the general population,» said Victor Okunrintemi, M.D., M.P.H., a research fellow at Baptist Health South Florida in Coral Gables, Florida, and lead author of a pair of studies that looked into different aspects of depression and cardiovascular disease.

These problems may be regarded as markers for cardiovascular risk (344).

Impaired penile microcirculation may serve as an early marker of endothelial dysfunction, indicating higher cardiovascular risk.

Women and men have similar amounts of liver and intra-abdominal fat, despite more subcutaneous fat in women: implications for sex differences in markers of cardiovascular risk

Even further, studies on high - fat diets show that increased consumption of saturated fat has beneficial impacts on cardiovascular disease risk markers, including decreasing the level of triglycerides, fasting glucose, blood pressure, as well as increasing HDL cholesterol blood levels.

Dr. Reiner is one of a group of researchers across the United States who has turned to genes to establish a link between inflammatory markers and the risk of cardiovascular events.

Studies show that a substance known as C - reactive protein (CRP), one of the so - called markers released by cells during the inflammation process, may be more effective than cholesterol in gauging the risk of heart attack and other cardiovascular events.

Next Page: Treatment options [pagebreak] Implications for treatment Though the exact role of inflammatory markers is yet to be determined, if your CRP test uncovers high levels of CRP (defined by the American Heart Association as over 3 mg / L), it is probably a sign that you should address your risk for cardiovascular disease, even if you have normal cholesterol.

The researchers found that all four were effective in improving various markers of cardiovascular disease risk in people with diabetes, «and could have a wider role in the management of diabetes.»

Several trials have demonstrated that the cardiomyocytes of rodents maintained on IER become more resilient to ischaemic injury induced by occlusion of the left coronary artery 18, 21, 29, which translated into improved long - term survival following such injury in one study.21 In addition, within these studies, associations have been found between the cardiovascular improvements and markers of oxidative stress 24, 30, inflammatory responses 18, 24, 29, 30 and increases in circulating levels of adiponectin.29 Collectively, these reported changes in biochemical and physiological cardiovascular risk factors would be expected to suppress atherosclerotic development and preserve cardiovascular health.

Wei, Min, et al. «Fasting - mimicking diet and markers / risk factors for aging, diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular disease.»

Considering that the hs - CRP inflammation marker is associated with risk of diseases such as cancer, dementia, cardiovascular disease, and many other chronic diseases, «if you have to take one test, this might be the one.»

It has been seen to improve diabetes and high cholesterol in a number of clinical studies, as well as improve risk markers of cardiovascular disease and even constipation.

Studies on low - carbohydrate diets (which tend to be high in saturated fat) suggest that they not only don't raise blood cholesterol, they have several beneficial impacts on cardiovascular disease risk markers.

The study suggests that low testosterone may be a predictive marker for those at high risk of cardiovascular disease.

Some important studies include: • Beneficial effects of a high carbohydrate, high fiber diet on hyperglycemic diabetic men (1976) • Response of non-insulin-dependent diabetic patients to an intensive program of diet and exercise (1982) • Diet and exercise in the treatment of NIDDM: The need for early emphasis (1994) • Toward improved management of NIDDM: A randomized, controlled, pilot intervention using a low fat, vegetarian diet (1999) • The effects of a low - fat, plant - based dietary intervention on body weight, metabolism, and insulin sensitivity (2005) • A low - fat vegan diet improves glycemic control and cardiovascular risk factors in a randomized clinical trial in individuals with type 2 diabetes (2006) • A low - fat vegan diet and a conventional diabetes diet in the treatment of type 2 diabetes: a randomized, controlled, 74 - wk clinical trial (2009) • Vegetarian diet improves insulin resistance and oxidative stress markers more than conventional diet in subjects with Type 2 diabetes (2011) • Glycemic and cardiovascular parameters improved in type 2 diabetes with the high nutrient density (HND) diet (2012)

While the dose was not high enough to completely reverse the reduced T4 to T3 conversion seen with obesity, there was a significant reduction in a number of cardiovascular risk factors, including cholesterol and markers for insulin resistance.

(2) Adiponectin is a marker of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes risk.

«Most risk markers for cardiovascular disease have a pro-inflammatory component, which stimulates the release of a number of active molecules,» researchers in one study argue.

«Given the high content of certain specific polyphenols in the juice blend, the increased antioxidant protection [in the body] after consumption of the juice blend, and the anti-inflammatory capacity in vitro, further research is warranted to evaluate whether juice blend consumption may provide reversal of risk markers in subjects with conditions such as arthritis, obesity, chronic viral diseases, cardiovascular disease and compromised cognitive function, as well as other conditions associated with chronic inflammation,» wrote lead author Gitte Jensen from Holger NIS Inc., a contract research laboratory.

Subsequently, serum markers of liver damage (ALT, AST, ALP and albumin), kidney damage (urea, creatinine and uric acid), lipid profile and lipid ratios as cardiovascular risk indices were evaluated.

People with autoimmune heart disease may not have typical markers of cardiovascular risk, such as diabetes, high cholesterol, or high blood pressure.

«In 2007, researchers found that barley intake significantly reduced serum cholesterol and visceral fat, both of which are markers of cardiovascular risk.»

Healthy humans who underwent cycles of the Fasting Mimicking Diet had lower risk factors that were associated with cardiovascular disease and diabetes, such as lowered blood pressure, reduced CRP (a marker of inflammation in the blood), and reduced fasting blood glucose levels.

Researchers define obesity as a condition where fat accumulates in the body to become a risk factor or marker for many chronic diseases including diabetes, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), and cancer, as well as adversely impacting overall health.

There are several alternative explanations to this «lack» of anti-inflammatory effect (I'd have liked to see the concentrations of other inflammatory markers such as CRP, directly linked to the risk of developing cardiovascular disease).

«Strong evidence indicates that dietary saturated fatty acids (SFA) are positively associated with intermediate markers and end - point health outcomes for two distinct metabolic pathways: 1) increased serum total cholesterol (TC) and LDL cholesterol (LDL - C) and increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and 2) increased markers of insulin resistance and increased risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D).

Diabetic Medicine, May 2009, 26 (5): 526ï ¿ 1/2 531, «Effects of grape seed extract in Type 2 diabetic subjects at high cardiovascular risk: a double blind randomized placebo controlled trial examining metabolic markers, vascular tone, inflammation, oxidative stress and insulin sensitivity»

Not only does it help with cholesterol but L. reuteri 30242 has been shown to safely support healthy CRP (a marker for inflammation), fibrinogen (involved in clot formation), apoB - 100 (a marker for LDL particle size, a known cardiovascular risk factor), and vitamin D levels (important for cardiovascular health) for those within normal range.3, 4,5