Left ventricular remodeling and its association with mineral and bone disorder in kidney transplant recipients by Li Sun, Dongliang Zhang, Jiawen Liu, Xiang Gao, Chuanjian Suo, Shuang Fei, Zhengkai Huang, Zijie Wang, Hao Chen, Jun Tao, Zhijian Han, Xiaobing Ju, Zengjun Wang, Min Gu, Ruoyun Tan

“…Advanced age, increased BMI, diabetes, longer dialysis time, lower albumin level, and higher total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein levels were associated with LV remodeling.Conclusions LV remodeling partially improved after KT, showing a close relationship with MBD.…”
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Metabolic Alterations in Different Stages of Hypertension in an Apparently Healthy Nigerian Population by M. A. Charles-Davies, A. A. Fasanmade, J. A. Olaniyi, O. E. Oyewole, M. O. Owolabi, J. R. Adebusuyi, O. Hassan, M. T. Ajobo, M. O. Ebesunun, K. Adigun, K. S. Akinlade, U. A. Fabian, O. O. Popoola, S. K. Rahamon, W. Okunbolade, M. A. Ogunlakin, O. G. Arinola, E. O Agbedana

“…MS components and other CVD risk measures were investigated in different stages of hypertension. 534 apparently healthy Nigerian traders aged 18–105 years were participants of a cohort study. The International Diabetes Federation (2005) and the National High Blood Pressure Education Program Coordinating Committee criteria were used for MS and HTN classifications, respectively. …”
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Increased DHEAS and Decreased Total Testosterone Serum Levels in a Subset of Men with Early-Onset Androgenetic Alopecia: Does a Male PCOS-Equivalent Exist? by Rossella Cannarella, Rosita A. Condorelli, Federica Dall’Oglio, Sandro La Vignera, Laura M. Mongioì, Giuseppe Micali, Aldo E. Calogero

“…It has been suggested that a male polycystic ovarian syndrome- (PCOS-) equivalent, defined as an endocrine syndrome with a metabolic background and a PCOS-like hormonal pattern, predisposing to type II diabetes mellitus (DM II), cardiovascular and prostate diseases later in life, may occur in at least a part of these men. …”
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The association between periodontal disease and adverse pregnancy outcomes: a bibliometric analysis from 2000 to 2023 by Miaomiao Zhao, Miaomiao Zhao, Haoxiang Chang, Haoxiang Chang, Yuxu Yue, Yuxu Yue, Xinyue Zeng, Xinyue Zeng, Shaobang Wu, Shaobang Wu, Xiuyun Ren, Xiuyun Ren

“…Adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs), including preterm birth, small for gestational age infants, gestational diabetes and preeclampsia, are linked to pregnancy complications. …”
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Hei-Gu-Teng Zhuifenghuoluo Granule Modulates IL-12 Signal Pathway to Inhibit the Inflammatory Response in Rheumatoid Arthritis by Kang Zheng, Zexu Chen, Wen Sun, Bin Liu, Danping Fan, Qingqing Guo, Hui Luo, Jiawen Shen, Li Li, Xiaojuan He, Shuang Kou, Xiaoya Li, Guoming Pang, Hongchuan Zhao, Cheng Lu

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Association between the triglyceride-glucose index and contrast-induced nephropathy in chronic total occlusion patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention by Serdar Söner, Adem Aktan, Raif Kılıç, Hamdullah Güzel, Ercan Taştan, Metin Okşul, Adnan Duha Cömert, Mehmet Sait Coşkun, Hülya Tosun Söner, Tuncay Güzel

“…Results The mean age of the patients (65.8 ± 10.94 vs. 61.68 ± 11.4, P = 0.009), diabetes mellitus (60 [44.8%] vs. 11 [13.1%], P < 0.001), and dyslipidemia rates (52 [38.8%] vs. 21 [25%], P = 0.036) were higher in group 1. …”
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The effect of blue-blocking intraocular lenses on circadian biological rhythm: protocol for a randomised controlled trial (CLOCK-IOL colour study) by Taiji Hasegawa, Kenji Obayashi, Kimie Miyata, Tetsuo Ueda, Norio Kurumatani, Keigo Saeki, Nahoko Ogata, Hiroki Tsujinaka, Mariko Yamashita, Tomo Nishi, Nobuhiro Tone, Naonori Masuda, Yutarou Mizusawa, Masahiro Okamoto, Shinji Maruoka, Masashi Kojima, Toyoaki Matsuura

“…Circadian misalignment is associated with the increased risk of sleep disturbance, obesity, diabetes mellitus, depression, ischaemic heart disease, stroke and cancer. …”
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Association Between Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiac Autonomic Nervous Function and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Older Adults: A Retrospective Observational Study with Propensity Sco... by Cui N, Li Q, Cheng J, Xing T, Shi P, Wang Y, Luo M, Dun Y, Liu S

“…The participants were categorized into MetS and non-MetS groups according to the International Diabetes Federation criteria. Logistic regression analysis was applied to assess the association between MetS and CANF and CRF. …”
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Endogenous sex hormone levels are associated with the revised Framingham Stroke Risk Profile in postmenopausal women: a longitudinal study in a Swedish cohort by Kristin Ottarsdottir, Åsa Tivesten, Claes Ohlsson, Ying Li, Margareta Hellgren, Ulf Lindblad, Bledar Daka

“…Methods This is an observational cross-sectional study on the Vara-Skövde cohort, a Swedish population-based study for longitudinal surveillance of the development and progress of type 2 diabetes and hypertension. The participants were physically examined in 2002–2005 and sex hormones were analysed with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry assay (LC-MS/MS). …”
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Clinical Profile and Outcome in Patients with Coronary Slow Flow Phenomenon by Xiaogang Zhu, Hua Shen, Fei Gao, Sijing Wu, Qian Ma, Shuo Jia, Ziwei Zhao, Shan Tong, Zhihao Zhang, Yujie Zhou

“…Two hundred patients (46.6%) out of 429 patients had a history of hypertension, 72 (16.8%) had diabetes mellitus, and 222 (51.7%) had dyslipidemia. …”
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Pharmacological and Toxicological Threshold of Bisammonium Tetrakis 4-(N,N-Dimethylamino)pyridinium Decavanadate in a Rat Model of Metabolic Syndrome and Insulin Resistance by Samuel Treviño, Alfonso Díaz, Eduardo Sánchez-Lara, Víctor Enrique Sarmiento-Ortega, José Ángel Flores-Hernández, Eduardo Brambila, Francisco J. Meléndez, Enrique González-Vergara

“…Vanadium(IV/V) compounds have been studied as possible metallopharmaceutical drugs against diabetes mellitus. However, mechanisms of action and toxicological threshold have been tackled poorly so far. …”
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Tomographic features of lung damage associate with D-Dimer levels and further clinical outcome in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome due to COVID-19 by Juan Antonio Suárez-Cuenca, José Fernando Flores-Zaleta, Leslie Andrea Corona-Rojas, Pablo Guzmán-Rullán, Luis Alfonso Camacho-Barajas, Uzziel Aguilera-Ontiveros, Alberto Melchor-López, Alejandro González-Mora, Perla Marlene Guzmán-Ramírez, Janicia Rodríguez-Solis

“…Results One-hundred and four patients mean aged 55 years old, 66% males, main comorbidities obesity, hypertension and diabetes mellitus. Larger lung damage was associated with older age, male gender and higher pro-inflammatory mediators like leukocytes and ferritin; whilst consolidation pattern was related to higher Body Mass Index. …”
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Factors influencing waist circumference among urban bank employees in Northeast Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study by Woynshet Yimer, Lakew Asmare, Fikre Bayu Gebeyehu, Tihtna Alemu, Anisa Mehamed, Fanos Yeshanew Ayele

“…Numerous chronic conditions, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, and malignancies are linked to this syndrome. …”
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Smoking and secondhand smoke exposure and carotid intima-media thickness: Baseline data from the Aidai Cohort Study in Japan by Makoto Saito, Yoshihiro Miyake, Keiko Tanaka, Chisato Nagata, Hidenori Senba, Yasuko Hasebe, Toyohisa Miyata, Takashi Higaki, Eizen Kimura, Bunzo Matsuura, Osamu Yamaguchi, Ryuichi Kawamoto

“…Age, alcohol consumption, leisure time physical activity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes mellitus, body mass index, waist circumference, employment, and education level were adjusted at one time. …”
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Fucosylated haptoglobin promotes inflammation via Mincle in sepsis: an observational study by Taylor Roh, Sungeun Ju, So Young Park, Yeonghwan Ahn, Jiyun Chung, Miyako Nakano, Gyoungah Ryu, Young Jae Kim, Geumseo Kim, Hyewon Choi, Sung-Gwon Lee, In Soo Kim, Song-I Lee, Chaeuk Chung, Takashi Shimizu, Eiji Miyoshi, Sung-Soo Jung, Chungoo Park, Sho Yamasaki, Seung-Yeol Park, Eun-Kyeong Jo

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Oxidative Stress, Antioxidant Capacity, and Inflammatory Markers in Patients with Idiopathic Complete Heart Block by Shobhit Shah, Monika Bhandari, Pravesh Vishwakarma, Wahid Ali, Mohammad Kaleem Ahmad, Abhishek Singh, Ayush Shukla, Akhil Kumar Sharma, Gaurav Chaudhary, Akshyaya Pradhan, Sharad Chandra, Rishi Sethi, S. K. Dwivedi

“…These numbers were contrasted with those of 30 healthy individuals who had never smoked or had diabetes mellitus. Individuals with drug-induced CHB and acute myocardial infarction were not accepted. …”
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Clinicodemographic profile and predictors of poor outcome in hospitalised COVID-19 patients: a single-centre, retrospective cohort study from India by Prashant K Singh, Lokesh Tiwari, Alok Ranjan, Prakriti Gupta, Prabhat Kumar Singh, Yogesh Kumar, Yankappa N, Amrita Banerjee, C M Singh

“…Hypertension (45.2%), diabetes mellitus (41.8%) and chronic kidney disease (CKD; 6.1%) were common comorbidities. …”
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Insulin Resistance Increases MRI-Estimated Pancreatic Fat in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Normal Controls by Niraj S. Patel, Michael R. Peterson, Grace Y. Lin, Ariel Feldstein, Bernd Schnabl, Ricki Bettencourt, Ekihiro Seki, Claude B. Sirlin, Rohit Loomba

“…Compared to healthy controls, patients with NAFLD had significantly higher pancreatic MRI-PDFF (3.6% versus 8.5%, P value <0.001), and these results remained consistent in multivariable-adjusted models including age, sex, body mass index, and diabetes (P value =0.03). We found a strong correlation between hepatic and pancreatic MRI-PDFF (Spearman correlation, P = 0.57, P value <0.001). …”
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Radiogenomics and machine learning predict oncogenic signaling pathways in glioblastoma by Abdul Basit Ahanger, Syed Wajid Aalam, Tariq Ahmad Masoodi, Asma Shah, Meraj Alam Khan, Ajaz A. Bhat, Assif Assad, Muzafar Ahmad Macha, Muzafar Rasool Bhat

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Clinical impact of proteinuria on renal function and treatment outcomes in patients with radioiodine-refractory thyroid cancer treated with lenvatinib by Naoki Fukuda, Kazuhisa Toda, Hirotaka Suto, Ryosuke Oki, Xiaofei Wang, Tetsuya Urasaki, Yasuyoshi Sato, Kenji Nakano, Makiko Ono, Junichi Tomomatsu, Hiroki Mitani, Shunji Takahashi

“…Multivariate analysis revealed that age [&gt;65; odds ratio (OR) 8.24, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.74–39.00, p &lt; 0.01], history of diabetes mellitus (OR 7.79, 95% CI 1.31–46.20, p = 0.02), and hypertension (OR 4.07, 95% CI 1.22–13.60, p = 0.02) were significantly associated with the development of grade 3 proteinuria. …”
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