Evaluation of the role of hydroxychloroquine as a lipid profile improving and glucose adjusting drug in Egyptian females with inactive rheumatoid arthritis by Aliaa O. El-Hady, Mai M. Kamel, Yasmin T. Mosaad, Maha A. Ali, Soad S. El Molla

“…All the patients have been evaluated at the start of the trial, after 3 and 6 months. Lipid profile, fasting blood sugar (FBS), anthropometric parameters and systolic and diastolic blood pressure were assessed. …”
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A Mechanism Exploration of Metabolic Syndrome Causing Nodular Thyroid Disease by Zexin Li, Lili Zhang, Yingshi Huang, Peixuan Yang, Wencan Xu

“…The prevalence of TNs was higher in the GI group after matching age, gender, body mass index (BMI), systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), fasting blood sugar (FBS), UA, Cr, triglyceride (TG), cholesterol (CHOL), HDL, and low-density lipoprotein (LDL). …”
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Formononetin ameliorates polycystic ovary syndrome through suppressing NLRP3 inflammasome by Zhuo Liu, Rui-Han Wang, Ke-Hua Wang

“…Fifty rats were randomly assigned into five groups of 10 rats each: Control, PCOS, PCOS + FMN (15 mg/kg), PCOS + FMN (30 mg/kg), and PCOS + FMN (60 mg/kg). Fasting blood glucose, insulin, luteinizing hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone, testosterone, and estradiol were detected in DHEA-induced PCOS rats. …”
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Clinical Significance of the Peripheral Blood Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio in Predicting Chemotherapy Outcomes for Small Cell Lung Cancer by Gao L, Liu B

“…In parallel, a control group consisting of 44 healthy individuals undergoing routine physical examinations at the same hospital was also selected. Fasting venous blood samples were collected in the morning within one week before the initiation of chemotherapy, and a complete blood cell count was performed to calculate the NLR.Results: The NLR in the plasma of patients with SCLC was significantly elevated compared to that of healthy individuals (P < 0.01). …”
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Heart rate variability, a potential assessment tool for identifying anxiety, depression, and sleep disorders in elderly individuals by Wenna Liu, Shutong Wang, Hanyang Gu, Rong Li

“…Variables assessed included age, sex, body mass index (BMI), fasting blood glucose, glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), blood lipids, blood pressure, heart rate, and histories of smoking and alcohol consumption. …”
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Relationship between Body Roundness Index and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Japanese Men and Women: A Reanalysis of a Cohort Study by Wei Zhao, Jingjing Tong, Jinghua Li, Yongtong Cao

“…After adjusting for age, alcohol intake, smoking status, fatty liver, systolic blood pressure, fasting plasma glucose, glycated hemoglobin, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides, and total cholesterol, the relationship between BRI and T2DM was linear in women (HR (95% CI) for BRI Z score = 1.48 (1.26,1.74)) and curvilinear in men (HR (95% CI) on the left and right of the inflection point = 0.70 (0.44, 1.10) and 1.46 (1.27, 1.67), respectively). …”
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Relationship of Circulating Fetuin-A Levels with Body Size and Metabolic Phenotypes by Hye Soo Chung, Hyun Jung Lee, Soon Young Hwang, Ju-Hee Choi, Hye Jin Yoo, Ji A. Seo, Sin Gon Kim, Nan Hee Kim, Dong Seop Choi, Sei Hyun Baik, Kyung Mook Choi

“…Fetuin-A concentrations were significantly associated with detrimental anthropometric and laboratory measurements, including increased waist circumference, blood pressure, alanine aminotransferase, fasting plasma glucose, and triglyceride levels. Furthermore, fetuin-A levels were significantly increased in the metabolically abnormal (MA) group compared to the metabolically healthy (MH) group in subjects without obesity (717.1 [632.1, 769.7] vs. 599.5 [502.0, 709.3], P=0.001) and subjects with obesity (704.1 [595.5-880.9] vs. 612.2 [547.9-802.1], P=0.016). …”
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Does Baseline Serum Androgen Levels Have an Impact on Ovulation Induction Cycle Outcomes by Using Clomifene Citrate among Infertile Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome? A Retrospe... by Serkan Kahyaoglu, Muzeyyen Gulnur Ozaksit, Gozde Karacan Duman, Deniz Ozturk Atan, Inci Kahyaoğlu, Meryem Kuru Pekcan, Ozlem Moraloglu Tekin

“…RESULTS: Serum basal follicular stimulating hormone, LH, E2, fasting cholesterol, glucose, and HOMA-IR levels were comparable between these two groups of patients. …”
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Establishing of a risk prediction model for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: a retrospective cohort study by Nan Li, Chenbing Liu, Zhangfan Lu, Wenjian Wu, Feng Zhang, Lihong Qiu, Chao Shen, Di Sheng, Zhong Liu

“…Results Our study indicated that male, body mass index (BMI), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), fasting plasma glucose (FPG), serum uric acid to creatinine ratio (SUA/Cr) and white blood cell (WBC) were associated with MASLD incidence. …”
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The Effect of Zinc Supplementation on Glycemic, Weight, and Blood Pressure Control in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Double‐Blind Randomized Controlled Trial by Mehrab Sayadi, Sara Javadpour Nowbandegani, Fatemeh Balaghi Inalou, Bahman Nazemzadegan, Shirzad Javidi Alsaadi, Mohammadreza Eskandari, Matin Sepehrinia

“…At the start and end of the treatment period, the fasting blood glucose (FBG), glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), zinc level, weight, waist circumference (WC), and blood pressure were measured. …”
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Relationship between Obesity and Cognitive Function in Young Women: The Food, Mood and Mind Study by Rebecca L. Cook, Nicholas J. O’Dwyer, Cheyne E. Donges, Helen M. Parker, Hoi Lun Cheng, Katharine S. Steinbeck, Eka P. Cox, Janet L. Franklin, Manohar L. Garg, Kieron B. Rooney, Helen T. O’Connor

“…Questionnaires on depression and physical activity and a fasting blood sample for C-reactive protein and the Omega-3 Index were also collected. …”
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Triglyceride-glucose index is associated with microcirculatory resistance in patients with type 2 diabetes and STEMI undergoing primary PCI by Guoyu Wang, Cen Xu, Jian Wang, Zhimei Teng, Xiang Sha, Kai Xu, Ruzhu Wang, Li Zhu

“…The TyG index was calculated using the formula: ln [plasma triglyceride (mg/dL) × fasting blood glucose (mg/dL)/2]. The study enrolled 81 patients in the low AMR group and 87 in the high AMR group, with the TyG index being significantly higher in the high AMR group. …”
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Chronic Mild Hyperglycemia in GCK-MODY Patients Does Not Increase Carotid Intima-Media Thickness by Stepanka Pruhova, Petra Dusatkova, Pavel J. Kraml, Michal Kulich, Zdena Prochazkova, Jan Broz, Jaroslav Zikmund, Ondrej Cinek, Michal Andel, Oluf Pedersen, Torben Hansen, Jan Lebl

“…No difference was detected for other characteristics, with the exception of fasting blood glucose (GCK-MODY 7.6 mmol/L ± 1.2 (136.4 mg/dL); controls 5.3 mmol/L ± 0.3 (95.4 mg/dL); P<0.0001) and glycated hemoglobin HbA1c (GCK-MODY 6.9% ± 1.0%, 52 mmol/mol ± 10; controls 5.7% ± 0.4%, 39 mmol/mol ± 3; P<0.0001). …”
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The Early Results of the Laparoscopic Mini-Gastric Bypass/One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass on Patients with Different Body Mass Index by Mohsen Mahmoudieh, Behrouz Keleidari, Naser Afshin, Masoud Sayadi Shahraki, Shahab Shahabi Shahmiri, Erfan Sheikhbahaei, Hamid Melali

“…Patients’ BMI, postoperative weight, excess weight loss, and laboratory tests including fasting blood sugar (FBS), lipid profile, serum iron (Fe), ferritin, total iron-binding capacity (TIBC), 25-OH vitamin D, vitamin B12, liver function tests, and albumin were recorded preoperatively and within 3- and 6-month follow-up. …”
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Pomegranate peel powder and extract improved weight control, lipid metabolism and gut microbiota in hamsters fed with standard american diets by Xingzhu Wu, Wallace Yokoyama, Yuqing Tan, Glenn Bartley, Ling Chen, James Pan, Priscila Alves Buongiorno, Jose Berrios, Tara McHugh, Zhongli Pan

“…The HP group had significantly lower liver-to-body weight ratio (3.10 ± 0.08 % vs 3.65 ± 0.09 %), fasting blood glucose (68.11 ± 5.27 vs 82.94 ± 6.49 mg/dL), and hepatic lipid content (6.31 ± 0.26 vs 7.49 ± 0.22 g/100 g liver) compared to the HF group. …”
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Applying evidence-based cross-disciplinary concepts helps to explain the heterogeneity in pain, function, and biological measures in individuals with knee pain with/at risk of oste... by Angela M. Mickle, Jared J. Tanner, Udell Holmes, III, Ahmed Rashid, Olivier Barolette, Brittany Addison, Nicola Sambuco, Cynthia Garvan, Song Lai, Christoph Seubert, Siegfried Schmidt, Roland Staud, Jeffrey C. Edberg, David Redden, Burel R. Goodin, Catherine C. Price, Roger B. Fillingim, Kimberly T. Sibille

“…Kellgren–Lawrence scores were determined from knee radiographs, the clinical composite from fasting blood draws, and brain age from MRI data. …”
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Can the 3rd Hour Value of 100 g Oral Glucose Tolerance Test Be Ignored in the Diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus? by Mehmet Metin Altay, Serdinç Özdoğan, Aytaç Tohma, Sertaç Esin, Okyar Erol, Orhan Gelişen, Melih Akkuş, Sinan Karadeniz

“…STUDY DESIGN: During the first 8 months of 2010, 6909 patients between 24 and 28 weeks’ of gestation were screened with 50 g glucose challenge test and 140 mg/dl or higher plasma glucose levels were further evaluated with 100 g OGTT to diagnose gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). 1195 patients’ test results were acquired for this retrospective study. For the 100 g OGTT fasting plasma glucose cut-off value was 105 mg/dl, 1 hour cut-off value was 190 mg/dl, 2 hour cut-off value was 165 mg/dl and 3 hour cut-off value was 145 mg/dl. …”
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Plasma Asprosin Levels Are Associated with Glucose Metabolism, Lipid, and Sex Hormone Profiles in Females with Metabolic-Related Diseases by Xing Li, Mingyu Liao, Rufei Shen, Linlin Zhang, Hua Hu, Jun Wu, Xiuli Wang, Hua Qu, Shaodong Guo, Min Long, Hongting Zheng

“…Plasma asprosin was significantly higher in T2DM females than in healthy subjects (P<0.001) and was positively correlated with fasting blood glucose (FBG), hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), and HOMA-IR (P<0.05). …”
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Prediction of the risk of 3-year chronic kidney disease among elderly people: a community-based cohort study by Tao Wang, Zhitong Zhou, Longbing Ren, Zhiping Shen, Jue Li, Lijuan Zhang

“…Nine variables (age, systolic blood pressure, body mass index, exercise, previous hypertension, triglycerides, fasting plasma glucose, glycated hemoglobin and serum creatinine) were included in the prediction model. …”
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Effects of community family doctors-led intervention for self-management and medication adherence in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients: study protocol of a cluster randomised contr... by Yue Chen, Biqi Ren, Ningsheng Wang, Shuang Lei, Shuzhi Lin, Lianye Liu, Yufang Xiang, Bianling Feng

“…The primary outcomes are changes in fasting blood glucose, glycosylated haemoglobin, self-management knowledge and behaviour, and medication adherence from baseline to the 3rd and 6th months. …”
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