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Metabolic syndrome and renal disease

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There has been little evidence that preventing or treating symptoms of the MetS protects patients from renal impairment, and obesity may enhance the risk of renal dysfunction development probably through mechanisms associated with renal hyperfiltration, hyperperfusion and focal glomerulosclerosis.
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This article is published in International Journal of Cardiology.The article was published on 2013-04-05. It has received 82 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Kidney disease & Metabolic syndrome.

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Obesity and inflammation: the linking mechanism and the complications.

TL;DR: Managing obesity can help reduce the risks of cardiovascular diseases and poor outcome via inhibiting inflammatory mechanisms.
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Insulin resistance in patients with chronic kidney disease.

TL;DR: Improved understanding of the pathogenic mechanisms underlying IR in CKD may lead to more effective therapeutic strategies to reduce uremia-associated morbidity and mortality.
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Linking Chronic Inflammation with Cardiovascular Disease: From Normal Aging to the Metabolic Syndrome.

TL;DR: How inflammation modifies insulin sensitivity, known factors believed to contribute to this process, and new concepts of inflammatory markers in regulating the development of MetS and its individual components are addressed.
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Mediterranean Diet Nutrients to Turn the Tide against Insulin Resistance and Related Diseases.

TL;DR: The Mediterranean diet, characterized by high consumption of extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO), nuts, red wine, vegetables and other polyphenol-rich elements, has proved to be associated with greater improvement of IR in obese individuals, when compared to other nutritional interventions.
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Definition, diagnosis and classification of diabetes mellitus and its complications. Part 1: diagnosis and classification of diabetes mellitus provisional report of a WHO consultation.

TL;DR: A WHO Consultation has taken place in parallel with a report by an American Diabetes Association Expert Committee to re‐examine diagnostic criteria and classification of diabetes mellitus and is hoped that the new classification will allow better classification of individuals and lead to fewer therapeutic misjudgements.
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Chronic kidney disease and the risks of death, cardiovascular events, and hospitalization

TL;DR: The longitudinal glomerular filtration rate was estimated among 1,120,295 adults within a large, integrated system of health care delivery in whom serum creatinine had been measured between 1996 and 2000 and who had not undergone dialysis or kidney transplantation.
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