Cardiometabolic Disorders News

Updated guidance on preventing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in people with dyslipidemia includes changes reflecting newer medications that could be added to statin therapy or used on patients intolerant to statins.

Genetic risk scores for predicting insulin resistance that were developed for adults are also tied to some cardiometabolic metrics in children and adolescents, according to study findings.

Women with hypertension who followed a very low-calorie ketogenic diet had greater reductions in systolic and diastolic blood pressure than those who engaged in intermittent fasting, researchers reported.

Women prescribed a GLP-1 receptor agonist up to 2 years before conception were less likely to develop hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, gestational diabetes, have a preterm birth or cesarean delivery, researchers reported.

Adults with type 2 diabetes receiving tirzepatide had significantly greater declines in urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio than those receiving comparators such as placebo or another therapy, researchers reported.

Adults receiving semaglutide for the treatment of obesity were more likely to have antihypertensive or lipid-lowering therapy tapered or discontinued than those receiving placebo, according to data from the STEP trials.

February is American Heart Month, a highlight of which is Wear Red Day, which aims to raise awareness about heart disease in women, on the first Friday of the month.

Roche announced its next generation assay received FDA 510(k) clearance for the measurement of lipoprotein(a) for assessment of CV risk.

Adults with type 1 diabetes who partake in weight cycling and repeatedly lose and regain body weight are more likely to develop diabetic kidney disease, researchers reported in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.