In the group who had no symptoms at the start of the study, the level of neurofilament
predicted subsequent disease onset, as volunteers with high neurofilament levels in the blood at the start were more likely to develop symptoms in the following three years.
Not exact matches
To determine that will require further research, such as testing BPA exposure and adiponectin levels, and whether high concentrations of BPA
predict subsequent onset of new
disease.
Last year, Sterniczuk and her colleagues presented preliminary findings showing that sleep disturbances accurately
predict a
subsequent diagnosis of Alzheimer's
disease.
«We found that among patients with OSA, the initial severity of the
disease predicted the
subsequent risk for incident diabetes.»
«Our results demonstrate that aortic arch pulse wave velocity is a highly significant independent predictor of
subsequent white matter hyperintensity volume and provides a distinct contribution — along with systolic blood pressure, hypertension treatment, congestive heart failure and age — in
predicting risk for cerebrovascular
disease,» Dr. King said.
The reason is that yet another study has suggested that waist - to - hip ratio is much more sensitive than body mass index (BMI) at
predicting risk of
subsequent coronary
disease.
Regarding the child, the importance of the intrauterine and early postnatal environments for metabolic programming and modifications of the epigenome is increasingly recognised, 12 — 14 particularly for metabolic
diseases such as obesity and diabetes.15 Thus, GDM is related to macrosomia at birth (> 4 kg), to excess body fat and (central) obesity and to insulin secretion in infants and children, the obesity being in part mediated by maternal body mass index (BMI) or birth weight.16 — 23 Intrauterine exposure to GDM also doubles the risk for
subsequent type 2 diabetes in offspring compared with offspring of mothers with a high genetic predisposition for type 2 diabetes, but with normal glucose tolerance during the index pregnancy.24 Maternal prepregnancy overweight and excessive gestational weight gain also
predict high birth weight and adiposity during infancy.12 25 This is highly relevant, as up to 60 % — 70 % of women with GDM are overweight or obese before pregnancy.26 Finally, maternal lifestyle behaviour such as a high fat diet or lack of physical activity during pregnancy can influence offspring adiposity independent of maternal obesity.12 27