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Filter by:The Lawrence Latino Diabetes Prevention Project (LLDPP) is a community-based translational research study which aims to reduce the risk of diabetes among Latinos who have a >30% probability of developing diabetes in the next 7.5 years per a predictive equation. The project was conducted in Lawrence, Massachusetts; a predominantly Caribbean-origin urban Latino community. Individuals were identified primarily from a community health center's patient panel, screened for study eligibility, randomized to either a usual care or a lifestyle intervention condition, and followed for one year.
Metabolic syndrome is a term that describes a group of conditions that increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. The conditions include high blood pressure, obesity, and high cholesterol. This study will examine how changes in tobacco exposure and weight can affect the risk of developing metabolic syndrome among adolescents.
The investigators aim to examine how medical conditions that indicate high cardiometabolic risk, such as increased body weight, high cholesterol levels and high blood pressure, affect heart structure and function among individuals with known HF. Furthermore, this study is being undertaken to identify potential differences in these effects between non-Hispanics whites and Mexican Americans.
The main purpose of this project is to investigate the effects of an exercise program on arterial function and cardiovascular diseases risk factors in obese and lean pre-pubertal children. This information will be used to underpin prevention strategies to reduce cardiovascular diseases in overweight youth.
RATIONALE: Gathering information about metabolic syndrome from young patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia may help doctors learn more about the disease. PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying the metabolic syndrome in young patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in remission.
The investigators specific objective is to determine the effectiveness of a pulse-based diet combined with an exercise training program for reducing the risk of metabolic syndrome in older adults. The metabolic syndrome is a cluster of risk factors that predispose one to the development of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. These risk factors include increased abdominal obesity, high blood triglyceride levels, low blood high-density lipoproteins, high blood pressure, high blood glucose and insulin levels, and increased inflammation. The investigators hypothesize that a pulse-based diet combined with exercise training will be very effective for reducing the risks of the metabolic syndrome because each intervention acts on different components of the metabolic syndrome. The design will involve a randomized single-blind cross-over for the pulse-based diet, and a single blind randomized parallel group assignment for the exercise-based intervention. 100 subjects will be randomized to receive the pulse-based diet or their regular diet for 2 months and then cross-over to receive the opposite diet for 2 months, separated by a one-month "wash out". Subjects will be further randomized to exercise or "exercise placebo" groups for the duration of the trial (i.e. 5 months). The exercise intervention will involve aerobic training as this is most effective for reducing metabolic syndrome risk. Dependent variables will be measured at 4 time points: baseline, after the first 2-month diet, before the second 2-month diet (i.e. after the washout) and at the end of the second 2-month diet. These variables will include: Serum triglycerides, high density lipoproteins, C-reactive protein (as an inflammatory marker), glucose, and insulin, trunk body fat, and blood pressure. A composite metabolic syndrome score will be determined by converting each of these variables into Z-scores and determining the mean of these Z-scores. Secondary variables will include other serum lipids, including low density lipoproteins and total cholesterol.
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the blood pressure lowering effect and safety of aliskiren in combination with Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) compared to aliskiren monotherapy when given to metabolic syndrome patients with stage 2 systolic hypertension (mean sitting systolic blood pressure [msSBP] ≥ 160 mm Hg and < 200 mm Hg).
Schizophrenia patients treated with clozapine have a high prevalence of obesity-related metabolic syndrome. The condition is often poorly treated and may lead to the emergence of coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes. The study will investigate whether structured treatment provided at the site of the outpatient psychiatric clinic of metabolic syndrome in this population will decrease the severity of metabolic syndrome as compared with usual care received by these patients in the community.
The purpose of this study is to consider the following points in patients with hypertension who complicated by metabolic syndrome for Valsartan basis treatment and an existing, standard treatment. - Blood pressure control - Changing of adiponectin and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 - Influence metabolizing and cardiac function, etc.
Milk contains a vast number of bioactive components that have been suggested to have a positive impact on human health, of special interest is the effects related to metabolic syndrome and obesity but the effect of the individual milk components is not clear. This study examine whether it is beneficial for overweight and obese children to increase the intake of skim milk, or whey or casein in relation to bodyweight and markers of MS. The participants will be randomized to receive skim milk, whey milk drink, casein milk drink or mineral water for 3 mo. They will be examined at baseline, end of intervention and followed up 3 month later.