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Top 10 cardiometabolic news stories posted in 2018
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Endocrine Today has compiled a list of the top 10 cardiometabolic news reports posted in 2018. Healio.com/Endocrinology readers in 2018 were interested in predicting weight gain with insulin resistance, cardiometabolic risks of hormonal contraception, metabolic syndrome and more.
In metabolically healthy obesity, no link between proinflammatory diet, all-cause mortality
Among adults with metabolically healthy obesity, a proinflammatory diet is not associated with increased risk for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, but this risk persists for those with metabolically unhealthy obesity who adhere to the same diet, according to findings published in Clinical Nutrition.
Fasting insulin, insulin resistance may predict weight gain over 10 years
In a population-based cohort, each 1 µU/mL increase in fasting insulin level was associated with an average half-pound increase in body weight over 10 years, whereas each unit increase in insulin resistance was associated with an average 1.32-pound increase in body weight over the same period, according to findings published in Diabetes Metabolism Research and Reviews.
Consider CV risks when prescribing hormonal contraception
Among the increasing numbers of U.S. women with metabolic syndrome, choice of contraceptive method can influence their risk for CVD, according to a presenter at the Cardiometabolic Health Congress.
‘Normal-weight obesity’ linked to cardiometabolic risk in Chinese adults
Normal-weight obesity — defined as a high body fat percentage in the setting of normal BMI — is relatively common in China, and the condition increases the risk for several cardiometabolic conditions, including diabetes and hypertension, according to findings published in Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases.
Incident stroke risk increases with rising BMI
A meta-analysis of more than 4 million adults suggests there is a J-shaped association between BMI and risk for incident stroke, with each 5-unit BMI increment increasing stroke risk by 10%, according to findings published in Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases.
Metabolic syndrome associated with poorer cognition in midlife
Middle-aged Hispanic adults with metabolic syndrome were more likely to have lower global neurocognitive scores and to satisfy criteria for low mental status, both early hallmarks of dementia, than their peers without metabolic syndrome, according to findings published in Diabetes Care.
Fortified yogurt improves body composition, metabolic parameters
Adults with overweight or obesity and metabolic syndrome who consumed yogurt fortified with whey protein, calcium and vitamin D experienced increases in 25-hydroxyvitamin D and decreases in waist circumference, body fat mass and body fat percentage compared with those assigned to eat conventional low-fat yogurt, study data show.
Lorcaserin reduces diabetes progression in high-risk adults with obesity, CVD
Adults with obesity, prediabetes and established CVD randomly assigned to the serotonin receptor agonist lorcaserin (Belviq, Eisai) were less likely to progress to overt type 2 diabetes over 3 years and more likely to revert to normoglycemia compared with similar patients assigned to placebo, according to findings published in The Lancet and presented at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes annual meeting.
Smartwatch app may predict diabetes via heart rate variability
Heart rate sensors in smartwatches utilizing a deep learning app detected diabetes in users with 85% accuracy, according to findings presented at the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence annual meeting.
Alternatives to waist circumference, BMI ‘weak’ predictors of cardiometabolic risk
Alternative surrogate measurements of central body shape and fat accumulation are not superior indicators of cardiometabolic risk when compared against the currently recommended measurements of waist circumference and BMI, according to findings published in Clinical Nutrition.