Context: Due to current operational requirements, elite soldiers deploy quickly after
completing arduous training courses. Therefore, it is imperative that endocrine and …

Objective: Adults with prediabetes are at increased risk to develop cardiovascular disease.
Whether prediabetes in adolescents is associated with early markers of cardiovascular …

Background and Objectives: Carotid intima–media thickness (CIMT) and obesity are
considered independent determinants of cardio-and cerebrovascular events. The aim of our …

Featured Application The proposal to use intima-media thickness as a non-invasive and cost-
efficient biomarker of subclinical atherosclerosis in obese children. Abstract Given the …

Prediabetes is the precursor stage of diabetes mellitus and is also considered to be a risk
factor for the development of cardiovascular disease. Atherogenic indices have been used …

Background The purpose of this study was to analyze the evolution of vascular, cardiac and
renal target organ damage (TOD) in patients with increased insulin resistance over a 3.5 …

Context: Clinical evidence supports a role for progestins in the growth of leiomyomata
(fibroids). The mechanism (s) for this is thought to involve gene regulation via the nuclear …

Prediabetes is considered as a risk factor for the development of diabetes mellitus and
cardiovascular disease. The present study was conducted with the aim of finding out the …

Carotid atherosclerosis is associated with many serious cardiovascular diseases; hence, it is
necessary to identify factors related to its occurrence in order to develop preventive and …

Purpose.: To investigate the relationship between vascular function parameters measured at
the retinal and systemic level and known markers for cardiovascular risk in patients with …