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Background Risk factors for cardiometabolic diseases have their onset in infancy. Comorbidities such as overweight, abdominal obesity, hypertension, insulin resistance and elevated triglycerides have been observed in childhood with a tendency to persist into adult life. Furthermore, this situation has generated an increase in morbidity and mortality rates due to chronic non-communicable diseases. One approach to decrease the impact of cardiometabolic diseases is the intervention with exercise training (strength and aerobic capacity), where an important role of protein intake plays a role in influencing the performance of strength training, due to the greater utilization of low-energy protein compared to aerobic exercise. In children, a better tolerance was reported in muscle strength exercises, with at least one supervised training session per week with moderate intensity (20 minutes of physical activity). Currently, there is no consensus on the minimum time required to intervene and achieve significant changes in the metabolic profile of adolescents and children. Objective To evaluate the relationship between weight at birth and adaptations to aerobic exercise and muscular strength, and its effects on metabolic risk, body composition and physical capacity. Methodology An experimental study with individual analysis per participant would be perform. The sample will include a 12 to 17-year-old adolescent population. It will consist of two phases. The intervention will be based on moderate strength, power and resistance training programs, and/or moderate aerobic capacity exercise in circuit steps. The workouts will be done two times a week, approximately 30 to 40 minutes including warm-up, stretching and cooling. All participants personal and family history data would be collected and blood samples would be taken. Potential results Within the expected results, the protocol wants to implement a new methodology of physical capacity training. Furthermore, the protocol will evaluate if related cardiometabolic risk factors with the intervention would improve in target patients at risk of developing cardiometabolic diseases to identify them and prevent the occurrence of these pathologies in adult life.
The CREATION Health Lifestyle Intervention (CHLI) will study the effect of a lifestyle intervention program on the cardiovascular risk profile (blood pressure, BMI, and Hemoglobin A1C) of participants diagnosed with hypertension and/or type 2 diabetes.
Although statins reduce cardiac events in hypertensive patients with cardiovascular risk factors, the effect of statins on coronary flow reserve (CFR) has not been examined in such patients. The investigators hypothesize that pitavastatin added to standard antihypertensive therapy will be superior to placebo in improving CFR in hypertensive patients with cardiovascular risk, and try to examine this hypothesis in a double-blind, randomized comparison study using Doppler echocardiography.
This is an observational study that will collect data from adult survivors of childhood cancer and compare it to data collected from age- and gender-matched controls for the purpose of assessing vascular risk among cancer survivors. Advances in cancer therapies have led to increasing numbers of adults previously treated for a pediatric malignancy, many of whom experience late adverse health-related sequelae and are at risk for developing chronic conditions related to their prior therapy. The epidemiology of many end-organ toxicities has been described, yet the pathophysiologic mechanisms of injury are incompletely understood. One mechanism may be damage to the circulatory system, in particular the endothelial layer, initiating an inflammatory state leading to dysfunction and premature atherosclerotic disease. This process may begin and significantly progress in a sub-clinical nature for many years prior to manifesting as a cardio- or cerebrovascular event. Using established and novel biomarkers predictive of atherosclerotic disease combined with unique measurements of vascular function, this study will assess pre-clinical vascular disease in a population of childhood and adolescent cancer survivors. The goals of this project are to investigate the effects of cancer therapy on the vascular system and acquire new knowledge with which to risk-stratify survivors and plan interventional studies to prevent or reduce premature vascular morbidity and mortality.
This is a national, non interventional, prospective study performed in the general practice setting. The study has been designed : - to assess the level of concordance between patients' cardiovascular risk perception and the cardiovascular risk evaluated by the physicians, - and to evaluate the impact of patients' exposure to a medical information leaflet on patients' cardiovascular risk perception.
Birth control pills are the most commonly used method of birth control. The purpose of this research study is to examine whether birth control pills change heart disease risk and how the body handles blood sugar when given to different women.
The investigators are conducting an intervention study to examine the effects of a 16-week exercise and diet interventions on prevention of disease, specifically type 2 diabetes and heart disease, in African American youth. Sixty overweight African American boys and girls will be recruited and placed in one of the following intervention groups: 1) Control Group (delayed intervention), 2) Dietary Education Group (nutrition education focused on reducing sugar & soda, increased fiber & whole grain intake), or 3) Combination of Strength Training (twice/week for 60 min, progressive increases in exercise volume and intensity) + Dietary Education (nutrition education focused on reducing sugar & soda, increased fiber & whole grain intake). The investigators will assess which intervention group has the most effects on health parameters such as weight, body composition, and insulin related measures.
The aim of this study is to examine the safety and the effects of EDs at high doses, either alone or in combination with other risk factors such as alcohol intake, physical exercise and sleep deprivation, on cardiovascular markers and subjective health.
BACKGROUND: Mediterraneans have traditionally a low cardiovascular risk, although emerging lifestyles might change the trend. The aim of this study is to assess if hypercholesterolemic patient involvement in the preventive decision with the help of a decision aid has an impact on cardiovascular (CV) risk reduction superior to usual care. METHOD: The design is a cluster randomised clinical trial. Participants are hypercholesterolemic patients (>200 mg/dl or c-LDL>130) from four primary care teams of Barcelona. Patients with previous CV events, age over 75 years or cognitive impairment are excluded. It is expected to create two cohorts of 139 patients each one. The randomisation is by doctor. Intervention group will receive information about their CV risk and the risk and benefits of different preventive measures. They will have access to a decission aid that will help them in the choice of the preventive measures.The material (printed and software) is adapted to the Catalan Population using local CV risk tables and will meet the CREDIBLE and DISCERN criteria. STUDY VARIABLES: Sociodemographic variables, CV risk factors, subjective health (SF 12), decisional conflict, anxiety/depression, analytic controls, treatment, treatment adherence, compliance and resources use. Basal evaluation and 3, 6, 12 month assessment. The study, financed by FIS, will begin the 01-07-2007. RESULTS: The expected results are a higher reduction on the CV risk factors in the intervention group versus regular care. CONCLUSIONS Study will provide a tool to be used in Spanish and Catalan population.