Correlation between Colon Polyps and Metabolic Syndrome and HP Infection Status by Lijuan Huang, Lihong Wu, Qiaohua Qiao, Lizheng Fang

“…Compared with the control group, the polyp group had significant differences in patient gender, body mass index (BMI), waistline, blood pressure, fasting blood glucose level, blood lipid level, and uric acid level (p<0.05), but there were no significant differences in LDL and CEA levels (p>0.05). …”
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High Salt Intake Increases Copeptin but Salt Sensitivity Is Associated with Fluid Induced Reduction of Copeptin in Women by Irina Tasevska, Sofia Enhörning, Philippe Burri, Olle Melander

“…Measurements of 24 h blood pressure, body weight, 24 h urinary volume, and fasting plasma copeptin were performed at high and low salt consumption. …”
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Cardiovascular Hyperreactivity and its Association with Cardiovascular Risk Factors by Milagros Lisset León Regal, Mikhail Benet Rodríguez, Yudith Brito Pérez de Corcho, Lázaro Hermes González Otero, José Omar de Armas García, Luciano Miranda Alvarado

“…The variables analyzed were: sex, skin color, age, height, weight, body mass index, waist circumference, triglycerides, cholesterol, HDL cholesterol and fasting blood glucose. Chi-square and prevalence ratio with a 95 % confidence interval were calculated. …”
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Coronary Calcium Scoring and Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Belkis Mercedes Vicente Sánchez, Gisela Zerquera Trujillo, Felix R. Jorrín Román, Lázaro E. de la Cruz Avilez, Elodia M. Rivas Alpízar

“…More than half were from 2 to 11 years of evolution and had fasting glucose levels higher than 7.0 mmol / L. In 40.0% of diabetic patients three or more risk factors and average and high coronary calcium values were present. …”
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Leptin as well as Free Leptin Receptor Is Associated with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Young Women by Nasser M. Rizk, Elham Sharif

“…A cross-sectional study included 78 female students aged 17–25 years. Fasting serum leptin and sOB-R concentrations were measured. …”
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VAPB/ALS8 MSP ligands regulate striated muscle energy metabolism critical for adult survival in caenorhabditis elegans. by Sung Min Han, Hajer El Oussini, Jelena Scekic-Zahirovic, Jack Vibbert, Pauline Cottee, Jeevan K Prasain, Hugo J Bellen, Luc Dupuis, Michael A Miller

“…Finally, Vapb knock-out mice exhibit abnormal muscular triacylglycerol levels and FoxO target gene transcriptional responses to fasting and refeeding. Our data indicate that impaired vMSP signaling to striated muscle alters FoxO activity, which affects energy metabolism. …”
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Correlation of Inflammatory Markers and Disease Severity with Cardiovascular Autonomic Dysfunction in Indian Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis by Mohan Babu Saminathan, Renuka Sharma, Arun Gogna, Anita Rani, Raj Kapoor

“…TNF-α and IL-10 were assessed in 3 ml overnight fasting serum. Severity of RA was assessed by DAS28 score. …”
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Quality of Life and Metabolic Indicators of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study in Iran by Mohammad Hossein Kaveh, Keramat Noori, Mahin Nazari, Khadijeh Khademi

“…The present study was conducted to investigate the relationships between QOL and physical activity level, body mass index, fasting blood sugar, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglyceride, total cholesterol, HbA1c, and systolic and diastolic blood pressure among Iranian patients with uncomplicated T2DM. …”
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Theoretical Sufism and Sharia regulations by Halilović Seid

“…If someone does not thoroughly implement the Sharia regulations, such as the regulations on prayer or fasting, he will not be able to properly approach the sphere of spirituality and it will even be meaningless to talk about the results of his spiritual and mystical development. …”
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Vitamin D Status and Its Relationship with Metabolic Markers in Persons with Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in the UAE: A Cross-Sectional Study by Amena Sadiya, Solafa M. Ahmed, Sijomol Skaria, Salah Abusnana

“…Serum concentrations of 25-hydroxy vitamin D (s-25(OH)D), calcium, phosphorus, parathyroid hormone, alkaline phosphatase, glycemic profile, and cardiometabolic parameters were assessed in fasting blood samples, and anthropometric measurements were recorded. …”
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Anti-diabetic potential assessment of aqueous and ethanol extracts of arrow poison (<i>Strophanthus hispidus</i>) plant stem bark in Wistar male rats by M Osibemhe, M Ibrahim, I.O. Onoagbe

“…The results revealed significant (P<0.05) progressive decrease in fasting blood glucose concentration on the 2nd-12th weeks and 4th-12th weeks in normal and diabetic-treated rats respectively. …”
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Study the effect of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (UPA) and some biochemical parameters in Iraqi hemodialysis patients with type 2 diabetes by Fatima Ali Essa Al-Sudani, Nawal Mohammed Jawad Al-Shammaa

“…UPA, Blood. Urea, Creatinine, fasting serum glucose (FSG), HbA1c, Insulin, HOMA-IR, and lipid profile levels were determined. …”
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Prevalence Of Skin Manifestations In Patients With Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome by Tehseen Naveed, Asma Afzal Kiyani, Sameena Kausar, Aqsa Naheed, Dawood Khan, Sakina Sadiq Malik

“…Venous blood sampling was done after overnight fasting for hormonal assays (TSH, LH, FSH, prolactin and testosterone), glucose, and lipid levels. …”
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Anti-diabetic potential assessment of aqueous and ethanol extracts of arrow poison (<i>Strophanthus hispidus</i>) plant stem bark in Wistar male rats by M Osibemhe, M Ibrahim, I.O. Onoagbe

“…The results revealed significant (P<0.05) progressive decrease in fasting blood glucose concentration on the 2nd-12th weeks and 4th-12th weeks in normal and diabetic-treated rats respectively. …”
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The effects of the gut bacterial product, gassericin A, on obesity in mice by Valeh Mahdavi, Hamid Reza Kazerani, Fereidoun Taghizad, Hedyeh Balaei

“…The test groups received gassericin A at doses of 0.75, 1.5, or 3 mIU/kg through intraperitoneal injection, daily for 10 weeks. Body weight, fasting blood sugar, serum lipid profile, and hepatic function indicators were then assessed. …”
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Anti-oxidation enhancement, inflammation alleviation, and microbial composition optimization of using tussah (Antheraea pernyi) silk fibroin peptides for hyperglycaemia remission. by Rui Mi, Xuejun Li, Yajie Li, Xingfan Du

“…<h4>Results</h4>The results indicated that TSFP could significantly reduce the fasting blood glucose (FBG) levels and suppress the mRNA expression of glycometabolism genes of diabetic mice. …”
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Analysis on Soy-Yamgurt Potential as Antidiabetic in Streptozotocin-Nicotinamide Induced Rats by Jessica Kwanariesta, Herla Rusmarilin, Ismed Suhaidi

“… This study was conducted to determine the potential of soy-yamgurt probiotics drink from the mixture of yam and soy extract with a ratio of 1: 1 in reducing the fasting blood glucose level of rats induced by streptozotocin-nicotinamide. …”
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Prevalence and Risk Factors for Glucose Intolerance among Saudi Women with Gestational Diabetes by Hayfaa Wahabi

“…Based on to the American Diabetes Association criteria and the results of fasting blood glucose (FPG) and HbA1c, participants were classified into three groups: diabetic, impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), and normal. …”
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Predicting the onset of chronic kidney disease (CKD) for diabetic patients with aggregated longitudinal EMR data. by Neda Aminnejad, Michelle Greiver, Huaxiong Huang

“…Furthermore, we identify the most significant features for predicting CKD onset, including mean, minimum, and first quartile of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) during the observation year, along with variables such as diagnosis age and duration of hypertension, osteoarthritis, and diabetes, as well as levels of hemoglobin and fasting blood glucose (FBG). We also explored a refined model utilizing only these most significant features, which yields a slightly lower AUC of 0.86. …”
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Correlation between hepatic steatosis severity diagnosed by ultrasound and metabolic indexes in elderly patients with MAFLD by Zhitang Liang, Renhao Huang, Lingyun Zhang

“…To identify indicators of risk for the severity of hepatic steatosis, metabolic data was contrasted between the groups employing logistic regression.ResultsIn comparison to the non-MAFLD group, the MAFLD group showed significantly elevated levels of body mass index (BMI), blood pressure, gender, age, lipid profile, alanine transaminase (ALT), and fasting blood glucose (FBG; p &lt; 0.05). Among individuals with MAFLD, there was a positive correlation between BMI, FBG, ALT, and aspartate transaminase (AST) levels and the severity of hepatic steatosis (p &lt; 0.05). …”
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