Screening/Diagnosis
Up one levelProcedures for the measurement of the waist circumference
2008
- 06/30 - One hour plasma glucose concentration as a strong predictor of future risk for type 2 diabetes
- 04/23 - Insulin as the only reliable biomarker to differentiate metabolic syndrome status in an obese population with elevated waist circumference
- 04/17 - Including abnormal liver function tests in the definition of metabolic syndrome could increase its predictive nature for cardiovascular disease
- 04/03 - Gender differences in the response to the oral glucose tolerance test may be accounted for by height
- 04/02 - The triglyceride to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio may be a clinically useful indicator for hyperinsulinaemia among nondiabetic adults regardless of race/ethnicity
- 03/27 - No consistent glycaemic threshold for incident retinopathy across different populations
- 03/05 - Circulating adiponectin level as a strong risk marker for metabolic syndrome, independent of measures of adiposity, insulin resistance and inflammatory markers
2007
- 11/26 - An effective screening strategy to detect impaired glucose tolerance and undiagnosed type 2 diabetes in UK South Asians
- 09/27 - No incremental utility of apolipoproteins over traditional risk factors for coronary heart disease risk prediction
- 09/07 - Elevated Interleukin-18 levels are not independently associated with atherosclerosis in the general population
- 08/17 - Derivation and validation of a new cardiovascular disease risk score for the United Kingdom: QRISK
- 08/14 - Abdominal obesity associated with coronary artery calcification in young adults
- Fitness as a stronger predictor of fasting insulin levels than fatness in overweight male children - (03/05/07)
- Minimal waist circumference is a better indicator of cardiovascular risk than umbilical waist circumference - (30/04/07)
- A systematic review on HbA1c as a screening tool for detection of type 2 diabetes - (26/04/07)
- The MedDietScore as a useful tool to detect subjects prone to nutrition-related health conditions and cardiovascular disease - (12/04/07)
- Ethnic-specific criteria needed to predict metabolic risk - (03/04/07)
- Adiponectin as independent predictor of the metabolic syndrome in overweight Latino youth - (02/04/07)
2006
- Clinicians should identify risk factors and not insulin resistance in clinical practice
- Oral glucose tolerance testing to be conducted in patients undergoing coronary angiography
- Control of metabolic risk factors to be considered in postmenopausal women for the prevention of cardiovascular disease - (10/11/06)
- Metabolic syndrome as a useful clinical tool for stratifying vascular risk in young adults with type 2 diabetes - (08/11/06)
- High prevalence of metabolic syndrome and ischemic heart disease in patients with gout - (07/11/06)
- Serum uric acid as a determinant of metabolic syndrome - (07/11/06)
- Oral glucose tolerance tests to be considered in all non-diabetic patients with acute myocardial infarction - (03/11/06)
- Elevated oxidized LDL associated with subclinical cardiovascular disease - (20/10/06)
- Higher nutritional risk predicts abdominal obesity and metabolic syndrome during longterm follow-up in women - (12/10/06)
- Serum ferritin as a surrogate marker of insulin resistance in subjects with hepatitis C and metabolic syndrome - (09/10/06)
- Waist circumfererence and the metabolic syndrome are risk factors for developing elevated albuminuria - (13/06/06)
- A practical continuous score to evaluate the risk of the metabolic syndrome - (12/06/06)
- IDF criteria better suited for screening and estimating risk of metabolic syndrome among Chinese people? - (12/05/06)
- Increased prevalence of the metabolic syndrome among Arabs when using IDF criteria - (09/05/06)
- ATP III metabolic syndrome criteria superior to IDF 2005 criteria in predicting vascular events? - (05/05/06)
