M. den Heijer

TL;DR: In this review, the current status for the use of a panel of non-invasive measurements of atherosclerosis (NIMA) in CV risk prediction in clinical practice is discussed and the main determinants of NIMA are still unclear.

TL;DR: One single nucleotide polymorphism of the ATG16L1 gene has been shown to affect the autophagy process and also to modulate production of IL1b in human cells and this polymorphism was investigated whether it is associated with the susceptibility or clinical outcome of TC.

TL;DR: Evaluating which factors influence BMD at the time of diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome found that age was the main determinant of the Z score at both sites and for both sexes.

TL;DR: There are differences in relation between thyroid function and age between populations with differences in iodine intake in the past, despite an adequate iodine status at present, and this raises the question whether the present but also historical iodine status of a population should be taken into account when establishing the reference limits of TSH and FT4.

TL;DR: The association between depressive symptoms and atherosclerosis is explained by the somatic-affective symptom cluster of depression, which may explain why treatment of depression in cardiac patients hardly affects vascular outcome.