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complex ‘environmental factors’ (broadly defined). These can include socio-economic status, family lifestyle, workplace culture, and urban design (the ‘built environment’). Coupled with inadequate physical activity and nutritional imbalance, these may
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, this results in an accumulation of free fatty acids (FFAs) inside the liver (FFA), which aggravates insulin resistance by inhibiting insulin receptor signaling pathway. Finally, genetic and epidemiological factors, including diet, lifestyle
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, auxiliary examinations, co-morbidities, and lifestyles. We selected 10 characteristic variables with nonzero coefficients from 44 variables through the LASSO regression model, including age, neck circumference, waist-to-height ratio, BMI, TG, IFG
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study. Details of data collection protocols for the AWI-Gen study have been described elsewhere ( 24 ). Study sample 2 included participants (501 men and 529 women) recruited as part of a longitudinal study designed to identify the determinants of type 2
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Introduction Type 2 diabetes is a multifactorial disorder with environmental triggers such as a sedentary lifestyle, physical inactivity and ensuing overweight. Genetic predisposition also plays an important role in the development of the
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important chronic non-communicable disease, the likelihood of developing DR would be affected by a lot of factors including dyslipidemia, hypertension, metabolic syndrome, lifestyle and others. All these known or unknown confounders would modify the results
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physical activity guidelines, a lifestyle intervention could be essential for the health of overweight non-western immigrants. When 25(OH)D concentrations were >60 nmol/l after intervention, there was borderline improvement of physical exercise capacity in
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). Of relevance, SHBG was found to linearly increase with ageing while decreasing with increasing BMI values ( 8 , 9 , 11 ). Additionally, SHBG per se has also been shown to be an independent determinant of DM, metabolic syndrome (MetS
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questionnaires were used to obtain information on lifestyle including current smoking habits, alcohol intake, and leisure time physical activity ( 14 ). Laboratory analyses Fasting venous blood samples were drawn in the morning and 2 h after a 75 g oral
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normality independently of any condition. The other one, metabolic disruption, could be prevented by timely diagnosis of GHD and treated by adequate GH replacement, but it will also require a lifestyle intervention, physical activity and especially weight