Cristina Lopez-Lopez

TL;DR: It appears that interactions between angiotensin II and leptin/adiponectin imbalance may be important mediators of the elevated risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseases associated with abdominal obesity.

TL;DR: The results of studies performed in different populations that have shown an interrelationship between obesity and overweight with the presence of preeclampsia are discussed, particularly the alterations in the L-arginine/nitric oxide pathway as a crucial mechanism that is common to obesity, preeClampsia and cardiovascular diseases.

TL;DR: The importance of define the group of patients in whom significant BP reduction could be particularly dangerous and those with a high risk of stroke who could benefit most from an intensive hypotensive therapy is discussed.

TL;DR: NC was positively associated with fasting plasma glucose and triglycerides, and systolic and diastolic blood pressure, C-reactive protein, insulin and HOMA-IR, and negatively with HDL-C, suggesting it could be used as clinically relevant and easy to implement indicator of cardio-metabolic risk in children.

TL;DR: It is agreed that the current evidence argues against the reduction of dietary sodium as an isolated public health recommendation and that an alternative approach of recommending high quality, potassium rich diets, might achieve greater health benefits, including blood-pressure reduction, than aggressive sodium reduction alone.