cardiovascular disease in diabetes mellitus risk factors and medical therapy

... dysfunction in uncomplicated obesity. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 1999; 23: 936–942. 33. Caballero EA. Endothelial Dysfunction in Obesity and Insulin Resistance: A Road to Diabetes and Heart Disease. ... development of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease. Dyslipidemia of obesity is characterized by elevated fasting triglycerides and decreased high-density ... diseases, includ- ing insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, atherosclerosis and its complications, fatty liver diseases, osteoarthri- tis, rheumatoid arthritis, and cancer [2-4]. Clinical studies...

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... both cytokine and rheumatoid factor production, and interventions aimed at preserving renal function may attenuate cardiovascular risk in RA. Introduction Cardiovascular disease is an increasingly ... were invited to participate. Only two patients refused, and the remaining 74 were included. Patients receiving lipid-lowering and antidia- betic medications were excluded. The baseline clinical and routine ... dysfunction in RA patients and healthy control individuals The recorded baseline characteristics in the RA patients and control individuals comprised traditional cardiovascular risk factors, hs-CRP and...

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... pre-operative ESR and CRP measurements in the cases and controls are presented in Table 2. ESR was determined in 13 cases and 22 controls. The median values were 20 mm/ hour in cases and 9 mm/hour in controls. ... prev- alence of diabetes mellitus in cases versus controls. Table 1 Comparison of cardiovascular risk factors in cases with idiopathic aortitis and control patients with non-inflammatory ascending thoracic ... role in aortic wall compliance by regulating the elastin/col- lagen activity [12-14]. 17-β-Estradiol increases the elastin/ collagen ratio, reflecting an increase in distensibility of aorta and...

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... congenital heart disease in newborns and infants – risk factors and efficacy of MCT-diet Eva S Biewer 1 , Christoph Zürn 1 , Raoul Arnold 1 , Martin Glöckler 4 , Jürgen Schulte-Mönting 2 , Christian ... iagnosed. A lysis therapy in 3 out of these 4 patients was successful in reopening the vein, but resolved chylothorax only in 2. In one patient who had a contraindication for a lysis therapy, chylothorax was ... chylothorax. Patients and methods: Retrospective review of the institutional surgical database and patient charts including detailed perioperative informations between 1/2000 and 10/2006. Data analyzing with...

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... smoking has been linked with a substantial increased risk of RA [17] (over 13-fold) and there was an increasing association between increasing pack-years of smoking and RA. Current smoking has been ... more com- pelling and include recent studies implicating a gene-environ- ment interaction (see below). The duration and intensity of smoking have been linked to the development of RA in postmenopausal ... transfusion and obesity [23] and (high) birth weight [24], which have been linked with a moderate increased risk, and breast-feeding [25] and alcohol [26], which have been linked with a decreased risk/ protective...

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... are some indications that DMARDs can alter cardiovascular risk either by influencing atherosclerotic processes directly through inflammation or indirectly by influencing cardiovascu- lar risk factors ... pathways by which the investi- gated DMARDs can influence cardiovascular risk; for example, a DMARD could increase the cardiovascular risk by causing hypertension and this increased risk would disappear ... over- or under-represented in certain DMARD groups and, there- fore, falsely influence the cardiovascular risk for these groups. Secondly, correction for known cardiovascular risk factors was done to...

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... predialysis stage are at increased risk of CVD and its complications. This has led to a rapidly growing interest in the relation between kid- ney disease and the risk of CVD and is the focus of ... cardio- vascular risk factor (9, 13, 14). These findings led to the evaluation of novel cardiovascular risk factors like chronic inflammation and malnutrition as predictors of the CVD in chronic kidney disease. ... renal disease in the United States. Bethesda: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 2003. 2. Locatelli F, Marcelli D, Conte F et al. Cardiovascular...

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... total. More information on our analysis of NHANES and MEPS for changes in dental disease and receipt of dental care for children in Medicaid over time, including confidence intervals and whether ... analyses. Finally, we obtained information on oral health and the Medicaid population from CDC and from dental associations and experts including 6 We analyzed the data for privately insured ... result in pain, infection, and tooth loss. How can tooth decay lead to death? Untreated tooth decay can penetrate the tooth surface, allowing bacteria to infect the interior of the tooth, causing...

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... (79.3%), wiping sweat off the face (66.8%), spraying against the wind (23.1), spills at the back (45.2%) and while spraying (51.9%), loading (29.8%) and mixing (35.1). Despite the high risk and frequency ... equip- ment in water sources used by humans, inadequate dis- posal of empty pesticide containers, and eating and drinking during pesticide application (Hurtig, San Sebas- tian, Soto, Shingre, 2003) ... to varying organophosphates. Cholinesterase levels are also affected by inter- and intra- individual variability (Tinoco-Ojanguren and Halperin, 1998) [24]. Therefore, pre-exposure baseline levels...

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... as interdisciplinary eff orts of engineers and medical experts, Telemed- icine is more and more evolving into a multidisciplinary approach. Consequently, com- piling a book on recent “Advances in ... Medicine and Experimental and Clinical Research Center Charité – University Medicine Berlin Campus Berlin-Buch Lindenberger Weg 80, D-13125 Berlin, Germany Email: graschew@mdc-berlin.de and ... They read the information coming out of one terminal and repackage it into a format that another terminal understands and passes it onto that other terminal. It is possible to think of this device...

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