Cardiometabolic Disorders News

At 10 years, higher baseline levels of systemic inflammatory markers, including plasma interleukin-6 and fibrinogen, were associated with greater cognitive decline for adults with type 2 diabetes, according to data.

Moderate consumption of alcohol, particularly wine, was associated with reduced risk for type 2 diabetes, but only if consumption occurred with meals, researchers reported.

Premenopausal women with long or irregular menstrual cycles have a higher risk for prevalent and incident nonalcoholic fatty liver disease compared with women with normal cycles, according to study findings.

Poor maintenance of electronic health records may contribute to the low reported numbers of lifestyle interventions offered to individuals with high BP, high cholesterol or obesity in England, researchers reported.

The FDA approved an expanded indication for the SGLT2 inhibitor empagliflozin to reduce the risk for CV death and HF hospitalization in adults with HF with reduced or preserved ejection fraction, according to an agency press release.

People living in walkable neighborhoods are more likely to engage in physical activity and less likely to have diabetes, obesity and other metabolic diseases, according to findings published in Endocrine Reviews.

Adults with type 2 diabetes and a higher BMI may have an increased risk for diabetic kidney disease, according to study findings published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Arterial stiffness, as measured by carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity, is associated with elevated risk for CVD, diabetes, dementia and other adverse long-term outcomes, according to research published in Hypertension.

Pulmonary function levels may be used to predict risk for cardiometabolic diseases and cardiometabolic multimorbidity, researchers reported in Chest.

As many as 50% of patients prescribed statins take reduced or no doses due to perceived statin intolerance, but the actual prevalence of statin intolerance is less than 10%, according to a meta-analysis of more than 4 million patients.