Background Fatty liver (FL) is the most frequent liver disease in Western countries. We used
data from the Dionysos Nutrition & Liver Study to develop a simple algorithm for the …

Abstract Savla, Jainy J., Benjamin D. Levine, and Hesham A. Sadek. The effect of hypoxia
on cardiovascular disease: Friend or foe? High Alt Med Biol. 19: 124–130, 2018.—Over 140 …

The ϵ4 allele of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene is associated with increased cholesterol
levels and heart disease. Population allele frequencies of APOE have previously been …

Background—Studies assessing the effect of altitude on cardiovascular disease have
provided conflicting results. Most studies were limited because of the heterogeneity of the …

Background There is a substantial variation in life expectancy across US counties, primarily
owing to differentials in chronic diseases. The authors' aim was to examine the association …

Objective: To evaluate the impact of generalized, abdominal, and truncal fat deposits on the
risk of hypertension and/or diabetes and to determine whether ethnic differences in these fat …

Primary objective: The study aimed to evaluate the sensitivity (SN) and specificity (SP) of
body mass index (BMI) and skinfold thicknesses in detecting excess adiposity in children …

Background Living at higher altitude was dose-dependently associated with lower risk of
ischaemic heart disease (IHD). Higher altitudes have different climatic, topographic and built …

Many pathological conditions, like sleep apnea (SA), preeclampsia, high altitude sickness,
and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, that cause intermittent or chronic hypoxia, are …

The objective of the study was to evaluate the effects of intermittent hypobaric hypoxia (IHH)
on plasma lipid concentrations of male coronary heart disease (CHD) patients. Forty-six …