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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of a combined vitamin D and magnesium supplementation on parathyroid hormone and cardiometabolic health in persons living with obesity.
This is a prospective, single-center, non-randomized validation study being conducted under a non-significant risk study design with the primary aim to evaluate PWV, PR, and BW accuracy in a sample of subjects representative of the US general adult population. The primary study objective is to demonstrate equivalency when measuring: Pulse Wave Velocity (PWV) and Pulse Rate (PR) between the PhysioWave Cardiovascular Analyzer (CA) and AtCor Medical SphygmoCor® XCEL PWA & PWV (XCEL), and Body Weight (BW) between the CA and the Detecto Solo Digital Healthcare Scale (Detecto).
This is a randomised trial in which healthy volunteers, men and women aged 50-75 years from the general community are randomized into one of three arms: participants will be provided with 50 gm extra virgin coconut oil,or 50 grams butter or 50 extra virgin olive oil to be eaten daily for a month. The key outcome is blood low density lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations and secondary outcomes blood lipid profile (total cholesterol, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides) and anthropometric measures: weight and waist circumference. This trial is powered to detect a difference of 0.5 mmol/L LDL-cholesterol difference between the trial arms.
This project will examine whether long-term consumption of healthy Nordic foods can maintain a healthy weight also after weight loss, and decrease abdominal fat accumulation and cardiometabolic risk. The study will be performed with the aim to achieve a substantial body weight loss in the first phase by prescribing a standardized low caloric dietary formula. The follow-up phase will be a body weight-maintenance period and the subjects will be randomised to a healthy Nordic diet group and a control diet group. During the study body weight will be monitored and other measurements will include insulin sensitivity, blood lipids and inflammation markers.
This study examines the efficacy of individualized counseling letters to reduce systolic blood pressure level of ≥ 130 mmHg in individuals aged between 40 and 65 years. The computer-generated counseling letter intervention aimed to increase moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, to reduce sedentary time, and to achieve smoking abstinence.
The primary purpose of this study is to explore the effect of high versus normal egg-based protein meals on acute exercise-induced elevated blood pressure.
The investigators are testing a two-group, randomized, controlled trial with 280 primary caregivers of adult patients with a chronic illness to test the efficacy of the Rural Intervention for Caregivers' Heart Health (RICHH). Immediate (4-month) and long-term (12-month) effects of the RICHH intervention on CVD risk factors, self-management behaviors, and depressive symptoms will be compared to usual care. The investigators also will test the moderating effect of gender on intervention outcomes, given the many differences between male and female caregivers. Specific Aim 1: To determine effects of the RICHH intervention on the primary outcomes of CVD risk factors (i.e., lipid profile, body mass index, and blood pressure) at 4 and 12 months. Hypotheses 1: The intervention group will have better lipid profile, body mass index, and blood pressure outcomes than the usual care group at 4 and 12 months. Specific Aim 2: To determine effects of the RICHH intervention on self-management behaviors (i.e., diet quality, physical activity level, and self-report adherence to specific CVD health behaviors). Hypotheses 2: The intervention group will have better diet quality, higher physical activity levels, and better adherence to specific CVD health behaviors than the usual care group at 4 and 12 months. Specific Aim 3: To determine effects of RICHH on depressive symptoms at 4 and 12 months. Hypotheses 3: Caregivers receiving the intervention will have lower levels of depressive symptoms than caregivers receiving usual care at 4 and 12 months. Specific Aim 4: To evaluate whether intervention effects on outcomes will differ by caregivers' gender. Hypotheses 4: Effects will be stronger for male compared to female caregivers at 4 and 12 months. Impact: The proposed study will have a substantial impact on caregivers' cardiovascular health and quality of life because it will provide needed CVD risk prevention, and health promotion to rural caregivers living in distressed environments where CVD risk reduction and self-management is difficult. The intervention holds the potential to produce major improvements in health among caregivers living in rural environments in the US.
A 3-period randomized cross-over, controlled feeding study will be conducted to determine the effect of chronic spice consumption on postprandial vascular function. Participants will consume three test diets containing different amounts of spice. Each treatment period will last for 4 weeks. After each diet period a meal test will be conducted. Participants will consume a meal with a spice content corresponding to the diet period they have just completed. Endothelial function will be measured at 2 and 4 hours after meal consumption. Blood samples will also be taken during the 4 hours after meal consumption for measurement of lipids, immune and inflammatory markers.
Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) is a small organic compound naturally present in fish and seefood or generated by the bacterial breakdown of dietary phosphatidylcholine and carnitine-containing foods within the human gut microbiome. Elevated serum TMAO was previously reported to be associated with an elevated risk for cardiovascular events. Aim of this study was to investigate the association between plasma levels of TMAO with the Mediterranean diet in a cohort of healthy adults.
Obesity has been considered as one of the primary factors for the development of pathologies and cardiovascular risk factors. In the child it has been mediator for the development of these comorbidities still in childhood, in the adolescence and more strongly in the adult age, at the time of most cardiovascular events with death records. Objective: To analyze the effects of an interdisciplinary intervention program on the cardiovascular risk factors of overweight and obese children. Methods: It was conducted a physical activity program, nutritional and psychological orientations, lasting ten weeks with overweighed children and their mothers. Thirty-three children with BMI considered overweight and obese participated in the study, they were divided into two groups, experimental (n=14) and control (n=19). Physical activities occurred 3 times a week with children and once a week with mothers. Nutritional and psychological counseling occurred once a week with both children and mothers. BMI, waist circumference, waist-height ratio, percentage of fat, cardiorespiratory fitness, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, lipid profile, glucose, left ventricular mass, daily energy intake and parental perception of children's weight were analyzed. For the statistical analysis it was first verified the normality of the data by the Shappiro Wilk test, with the variables that presented normality the possible differences were verified through the Anova test of mixed design with the post hoc of Bonferroni, for the normal variables, but that presented significant difference in the initial moment of the research, it was resorted to the Ancova, finally, for the non-normal variables the "U" tests of Mann Whitney and Wilcoxon.