Background: Observational studies have reported inconsistent findings in the relationship
between metabolic syndrome (MetS), its components, and loss of renal function, mainly …

Insulin resistance (IR) is an important variable in the diagnosis of metabolic syndrome
(MetS). Currently, IR is not part of the existing pediatric definition of MetS, instead elevated …

Objectives Early detection is of crucial importance for prevention of type 2 diabetes and pre-
diabetes. Diagnosis of these conditions relies on the oral glucose tolerance test and …

Objective To evaluate the efficacy of 6 Traditional Chinese patent medicines combined with
lifestyle modification in the treatment of prediabetes with network meta-analysis. Method The …

Background: Patients with IgA nephropathy (IgAN), a chronic kidney disease (CKD), are
significantly more likely to have cardiovascular (CV) mortality and morbidity than the general …

Pyrethroids (PYRs), a widely used class of insecticides, may pose a serious risk to human
health. Our study aims to investigate the relationship between six PYRs and impaired fasting …

This study aimed to evaluate the role of risk factors included in the Framingham Risk Score
for hard coronary heart disease (CHD) in the development of type 2 diabetes (DM) in …

The evidence remains inconsistent regarding whether vitamin D deficiency (VDD) increases
the risk of prediabetes. This study aimed to examine whether there is sex-specific …

This study aimed to understand the potassium voltage-gated channel KQT-like subfamily,
member 1 gene polymorphism in a rural elderly population in a county in Guangxi and to …

The cognitive dysfunction caused by prediabetes causes great difficulties in human life, and
the terrible thing is that the means to prevent the occurrence of this disease are very limited …