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Petra Aerts
Researcher at University of Antwerp
Publications - 7
Citations - 189
Petra Aerts is an academic researcher from University of Antwerp. The author has contributed to research in topics: Weight loss & Oxidative stress. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 7 publications receiving 163 citations.
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Cachexia in cancer: what is in the definition?
Greetje Vanhoutte,Mick van de Wiel,Kristin Wouters,Michaël Sels,Linda Bartolomeeussen,Sven De Keersmaecker,Caroline Verschueren,Veronique De Vroey,Annemieke De Wilde,Elke Smits,Kin Jip Cheung,Liesbeth De Clerck,Petra Aerts,Didier Baert,Caroline Vandoninck,Sofie Kindt,Sofie Schelfhaut,Marc Vankerkhoven,Annelies Troch,Lore Ceulemans,Hanne Vandenbergh,Sven Leys,Tim Rondou,Elke Dewitte,Kristel Maes,Patrick Pauwels,Benedicte Y. De Winter,Luc Van Gaal,Dirk Ysebaert,Marc Peeters +29 more
TL;DR: A correlation with prognosis in favour of Evans et al’ definition as a tool for cachexia diagnosis is presented, which means that weight loss and BMI decline are both key factors in patients with cancer leading to cachexia but less decisive as stated by Fearon et al.
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Weight loss and sleep-disordered breathing in childhood obesity: effects on inflammation and uric acid.
Kim Van Hoorenbeeck,Hilde Franckx,Patrick Debode,Petra Aerts,Kristien Wouters,José Ramet,Luc Van Gaal,Kristine Desager,Wilfried De Backer,Stijn Verhulst +9 more
TL;DR: Weight loss is effective in treating obese children with SDB and improvements in UA were associated with improvements in RDI and ODI, suggesting a link exists between inflammation and SDB.
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Diet and paraoxonase 1 enzymatic activity in diabetic foot patients from Romania and Belgium: favorable association of high flavonoid dietary intake with arylesterase activity.
Daniela Lixandru,Maria Mohora,Anca Coman,Irina Stoian,Carolien van Gils,Petra Aerts,Begoña Manuel-y-Keenoy +6 more
TL;DR: A flavonoid-rich diet is positively associated with PON1 arylesterase activity in diabetic foot patients and this results in a diet richer in cholesterol and poorer in monounsaturated fats and fish.
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Metabolic disregulation in obese adolescents with sleep-disordered breathing before and after weight loss.
K. Van Hoorenbeeck,Hilde Franckx,Patrick Debode,Petra Aerts,José Ramet,L. Van Gaal,Kristine Desager,W. De Backer,Stijn Verhulst +8 more
TL;DR: The aim was to assess the association of sleep‐disordered breathing and metabolic disruption before and after weight loss.
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Time course of oxidative stress status in the postprandial and postabsorptive states in type 1 diabetes mellitus: relationship to glucose and lipid changes.
Begoña Manuel-y-Keenoy,Ann Van Campenhout,Petra Aerts,J. Vertommen,P. Abrams,Luc Van Gaal,Carolien van Gils,Ivo H. De Leeuw +7 more
TL;DR: In type 1 diabetes lipid peroxidation increases during the postprandial phase in parallel to glucose and triglyceride changes, however, blood antioxidants followed diverse patterns of change.